Portside Tower

{{short description|High rise building in Cape Town}}

{{use dmy dates|date=April 2023}}

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| name = Portside Tower

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| image = Portside Tower complete.JPG

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| caption = Portside Tower in 2018

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| address = 5 Buitengracht Street

| location_town = Cape Town

| location_country = South Africa

| coordinates = {{coord|33|55|00|S|18|25|19|E|display=inline}}

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| completion_date = 2014

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| landlord = Baker Street Properties

| owner = Accelerate Property Fund and First Rand

| cost = R1.6 Billion (estimated){{cite web | url=http://www.landmark-properties.co.za/Portfolios/Commercial_Office_Properties/At-The-Portside.html | title=At The Portside | publisher=Land Mark Properties | access-date=April 21, 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609064715/http://www.landmark-properties.co.za/Portfolios/Commercial_Office_Properties/At-The-Portside.html | archive-date=June 9, 2011 | url-status=dead }}

| floor_area = over 52,000 m²{{cite web |url=http://portside.co.za/building |title=The Building Portside |access-date=2014-07-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141019044228/http://portside.co.za/building |archive-date=2014-10-19 |url-status=dead }}

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| floor_count = 32

| awards = Tallest Green Building in South Africa

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| website = {{URL|www.portsidecapetown.com}}

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| building_type = Commercial

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| height = {{convert|139|m}}

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| architecture_firm = dhk Architects; Louis Karol Architects

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| civil_engineer = WSP Structures
Nadeson

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| quantity_surveyor = Aecom Davis Langdon
De Leeuw Group

| main_contractor = Murray & Roberts

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Portside is a {{convert|139|m|ft|adj=mid|-tall}} building in Cape Town, South Africa. Completed in 2014, it is the city's tallest building{{cite web|url=http://www.emporis.com/statistics/tallest-buildings-capetown-southafrica |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111171554/http://www.emporis.com/statistics/tallest-buildings-capetown-southafrica |url-status=usurped |archive-date=November 11, 2012 |title=Cape Town | Statistics |publisher=Emporis |date= |accessdate=2022-05-02}}
- {{cite web|url=http://www.iolproperty.co.za/roller/news/entry/cape_town_s_tallest_building|title=Cape Town's tallest building officially unveiled : Property News from Property360}} and, at the time of completion, was Cape Town's first significant skyscraper developed in the central business district (CBD) in 15 years.{{cite web | url=http://www.e-architect.co.uk/africa/portside_cape_town.htm | title=Portside Tower Cape Town | website=e-architect | date=20 April 2009 | access-date=21 April 2011}}

The property is jointly owned by FirstRand Bank (FNB, RMB, Wesbank and Ashburton) and Accelerate Property Fund (APF). The bank self-occupies its share of the property, while AcPF leases office and retail space to tenants. AcPF appointed the Cape Town commercial brokerage firm Baker Street Properties{{cite web|url=http://blog.baker-street.co.za/2016/06/22/we-are-your-new-go-to-firm-for-everything-on-portside-in-cape-town/|title=We are your new go-to firm for everything on Portside in Cape Town (blog)|date=22 June 2016|publisher=Baker Street Properties|access-date=12 September 2016}} to manage and market the property.

The Green Building Council of South Africa (GBCSA) awarded the property a 5 star Green Star rating,{{cite web|url=https://www.gbcsa.org.za/uploads/Project-study-162/portside-as-built.pdf|title=GBCSA Case Studies {{!}} Portside|last=Munnik|first=Mike|date=February 2015|publisher=Green Building Council of South Africa}} making it the tallest Green Building in South Africa.