Warsaw Trade Tower | |
Location: | Warsaw, Poland |
Coordinates: | 52.2356°N 20.9831°W |
Status: | Completed |
Start Date: | June 1997 |
Completion Date: | November 1999 |
Building Type: | Office |
Antenna Spire: | 208m (682feet) |
Architectural: | 184m (604feet) |
Top Floor: | 176m (577feet) |
Floor Count: | 43 |
Floor Area: | 71567sqm[1] |
Main Contractor: | Mostostal Warszawa S.A. Warbud |
Developer: | Daewoo |
Owner: | Globalworth |
The Warsaw Trade Tower (WTT) is a skyscraper in Warsaw, Poland. Along with Varso Tower, Palace of Culture and Science, Warsaw Spire and Warsaw Unit, it is one of the five buildings in Warsaw with a spire height greater than . The tower is the seventh tallest building in Warsaw and the ninth tallest in Poland.
The Warsaw Trade Tower is located in the Wola district, at Chłodna and Towarowa streets, two blocks from the Warsaw Uprising Museum. The 43-storey skyscraper has a height of, with its roof height being . The spire attached to the building starts on the 32nd floor and rises up to 24m (79feet) above the roof.[2]
The tower includes offices, a two-storey shopping centre and three floors of underground parking for 300 cars. It has one of Europe's fastest elevators, travelling at a speed of .[3]
Construction took place from June 1997 to November 1999 by the Korean company Daewoo. In 2002, Daewoo sold the property to the American firm Apollo-Rida. Since 2009 the owner and manager of the building has been the real estate company Globalworth.[4]
Between 2015 and 2016, the WTT underwent a thorough modernisation. As a result of the implemented changes, the facility gained a number of amenities that set the standards of modern office buildings. Further renovations in 2023 included a new lobby for the tower designed by the MIXD architectural studio.[5] [6]