11-743: Eurotower may refer to: Eurotower (Frankfurt am Main) , a high-rise building in Frankfurt, Germany, once a headquarters of the European Central Bank Eurotower (Zagreb) , a high-rise building in Zagreb, Croatia, headquarters of the Zagreb Stock Exchange Euro Tower (Bucharest) , a high-rise building in Bucharest, Romania, mainly headquarters of
22-553: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Buildings and structures disambiguation pages Eurotower (Frankfurt am Main) Eurotower is a 40- storey , 148 m (486 ft) skyscraper in the Innenstadt district of Frankfurt , Germany . The building served as the seat of the European Central Bank (ECB) until 18 March 2015, at which point it
33-589: The Bankenviertel, the Eurotheum and Neue Mainzer Straße 32–36. This was considered less than optimal, so in the late 1990s the ECB began a process to have a new seat built on a site in the eastend of Frankfurt. This was originally envisaged to bring together all the bank's personnel in one place, however with the increase in the ECB's responsibilities with the entry into force of European Banking Supervision ,
44-590: The ECB will retain its presence in the Eurotower after its refurbishment. Construction of the new tower started in 2008 and was completed in late 2014. In November of that year bank personnel started to transfer from the Eurotower to their new offices at the Seat. The building has since been hosting the European Central Bank's supervisory arm, with around 1,400 employees working from the site. In 2023,
55-554: The bank announced plans to abandon the building and move to the Gallileo tower by 2025. Gallileo (skyscraper) Gallileo is a 38-storey 136 m (446 ft) skyscraper in the Bahnhofsviertel district of Frankfurt , Germany. It was built from 1999 to 2003. The towers architecture is made up of two towers linked by a connecting central core. The north tower is 136 m (446 ft) with 38 storeys, and
66-593: The building at night from the inside out glowing. These are not architecturally visible. The undersides of the floor slabs serve as reflective surfaces. Shops, a bar, and the English Theatre Frankfurt are located on the ground floor. In 2018, Gallileo was sold to the Singapore-based real estate investor CapitaLand for €356 million, with Commerzbank retaining a long-term lease. Further, in 2022 Commerzbank's rent-free sublease contract of
77-460: The company eSilicon Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Eurotower . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eurotower&oldid=1135074275 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
88-531: The corporate headquarters of Dresdner Bank since 2008. A year later, after the takeover of Dresdner Bank by Commerzbank , the new owner planned to use only the Gallileo. Gallileo has a glass facade with 400 individual windows forming an approximately 22,000 m (240,000 sq ft) large transparent outer skin. In the glass floors were the American artist James Turrell, integrated lighting, which make
99-408: The south tower is 114 m (374 ft). The core is the building's full height. Together with its 49,000 m (530,000 sq ft) floor space, it is the 26th tallest building in the city. Its name is an intentional misspelling of the scientist Galileo's name; the extra l comes from the building's other namesake, the nearby park Gallusanlage. Along with the nearby Silberturm , it served as
110-590: Was built between 1971 and 1977. The first main tenant was the Bank für Gemeinwirtschaft . The building was later used by the European Monetary Institute , the forerunner of the European Central Bank that was established in 1998. Until 2013, a club/restaurant called Living XXL was situated in the basement. Because of the limited space in the Eurotower the personnel of the ECB were also (up to March 2015) distributed between two other skyscrapers in
121-533: Was officially replaced by a new purpose-built building . It now hosts ECB Banking Supervision . The building is located at Willy-Brandt-Platz in Frankfurt's central business district , the Bankenviertel , opposite to the Opern- und Schauspielhaus Frankfurt . Right next to the building is an underground U-Bahn station and an above-ground tram station. The tower was designed by architect Richard Heil and
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