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Obel Tower 
Obel Tower, BelfastGeneral information Type Residential Location Donegall Quay, Belfast, Northern Ireland. Coordinates 54°36′07″N 5°55′19″W / 54.602°N 5.922°WCoordinates: 54°36′07″N 5°55′19″W / 54.602°N 5.922°W Construction started 2006 Completed 2011 Cost £60 million Height Roof 85 m (279 ft) Technical details Floor count 28 Design and construction Architect Broadway Malyan and Chris Marshall The Obel Tower is a skyscraper in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Costing £60 million and measuring 85 metres (279 ft) in height, the tower dominates the Belfast skyline. On completion it overtook the previous tallest skyscraper in Ireland, Windsor House (80 m), also in Belfast. Developed by the Karl Group, the Obel Tower is located on Donegall Quay on the River Lagan beside the Lagan Weir.
The tower contains 233 apartments.[1] The first 182 apartments released in March 2005, priced from £100,000 to £475,000 were reserved off plan within 48 hours.[2]
Construction work on phase one of the project, the foundations and 2 storey basement carpark, began in January 2006.[3] In mid-2007 construction work on the site ceased, and all of the construction equipment was removed; construction then recommenced on 17 June 2008.
Planning permission was granted in January 2008 for an extra two floors to be added to the tower to cater for further demand in apartment space. The anticipated completion date was originally summer 2010; however, owing to the construction moratorium the building was not completed until spring 2011. These extra floors will bring the overall height up from 80.5 metres to 85 metres.
In April 2011 it was announced that London law firm Allen & Overy was to rent all of the available office space at the Obel.[4]
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See also
- List of tallest buildings and structures in Belfast
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Obel Tower, October 2009
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Obel Tower, October 2009
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Obel Tower, October 2009
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Obel Tower, October 2009
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Obel Tower completed
References
- ^ "Obel residential sales brochure". http://www.ericcairns.co.uk/images/Developments/full/145166325835221741.pdf.
- ^ "High-rise flats all sold out in 48-hour rush". Belfast City Council - Investment Belfast News. 8 March 2005. http://www.investmentbelfast.com/NewsItem.aspx?ID=141.
- ^ "First pile driven on Obel project". Belfast City Council - Investment Belfast News. 1 February 2006. http://www.investmentbelfast.com/NewsItem.aspx?ID=226.
- ^ "Top legal firm set to move into Obel". Belfast Telegraph. 21 April 2011. http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/business-news/top-legal-firm-set-to-move-into-obel-15145468.html.
External links
- Obel.co.uk, Obel Tower official site
- Davies, Helen (27 February 2005). "Belfast aims for the heights". London: The Times. http://property.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/property/new_homes/article1078479.ece. Retrieved 20 May 2010.
- "Building debate towers over city". BBC News. 11 March 2005. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/4339209.stm.
- "Price of a place in tower is 'sky-high'". Newsletter. 7 December 2007. http://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/Price-of-a-place-in.3568393.jp.
- Broadway Malyan
- Obel Tower Discussion
Categories:- Buildings and structures in Belfast
- Skyscrapers in Northern Ireland
- Towers in Northern Ireland
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