Upper West (Berlin)
{{Short description|5th tallest building in Berlin}}
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|name = Upper West
|image = Berlin 20171030-07 Upper West.jpg
|caption = Upper West Tower at Breitscheidplatz
|location = Charlottenburg, Berlin, Germany
|coordinates = {{coord|52.504966|13.332796|display=inline,title}}
|floor_count = 33
|start_date = 2013
|completion_date = March 2017
|references = Website {{cite web | url=http://www.upper-west.de/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180416110959/http://www.upper-west.de/ | archive-date=2018-04-16 | title=Upper West }}
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|roof = {{convert|118.8|m|abbr=on}}
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|architect = Christoph Langhof
KSP Jürgen Engel Architekten
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|owner = Signa Holding
|hotel_chain = Motel One
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Upper West is a mixed-used skyscraper in Berlin, Germany. It is located at Breitscheidplatz in the City West area of Berlin, next to the high-rise Zoofenster. It opened on May 3, 2017, and was designed by Christoph Langhof and KSP Jürgen Engel Architekten (Berlin).
Building
The Upper West is situated in the district of Charlottenburg in Berlin. It has 33 floors and a height of {{convert|118.8|m|ft|0}} and was constructed from spring 2013 to March 2017.{{cite web | url=https://www.morgenpost.de/berlin/article129447496/Grundstein-fuer-das-Upper-West-in-Berlins-City-gelegt.html | title=Grundstein für das "Upper West" in Berlins City gelegt | date=25 June 2014 }} The building is the 5th tallest building in Berlin after Edge East Side {{convert|142|m|ft|0}}, Park Inn & Treptowers, both {{convert|125|m|ft|0}} and Steglitzer Kreisel, {{convert|120|m|ft|0}}.
Usage
The lower floors contain 3,900 m2 of retail space. The first 19 floors above are occupied by the Hotel chain Motel One with 582 rooms.{{cite web | url=http://www.deal-magazin.com/news/27582/STRABAG-startet-UPPER-WEST-in-Berlin-mit-Motel-One-als-Ankermieter | title=DEAL - Magazine | Real Estate | Investment | Finance }} The commercial law firm Görg, including an insolvency administrator, has leased floors 20–23 as well as partial areas on the 19th and 25th floors.{{cite web | url=https://www.goerg.de/de/aktuelles/veroeffentlichungen/04-08-2014/goerg-mietet-ueber-5-000-m2-bueroflaeche-im-berliner-upper-west | title=GÖRG mietet Bürofläche im Berliner UPPER WEST | GÖRG }} A real estate company and an online marketing company moved in above the 25th floor. A Skybar was supposed to open on the 33rd floor, but this has not yet happened.
The developer, the US company RFR Holding, sold the high-rise in November 2017 to Signa Holding, the real estate and trading company founded by René Benko,{{cite web | url=https://www.morgenpost.de/bezirke/im-westen-berlins/article212488543/Karstadt-Eigner-Singa-kauft-Berliner-Hochhaus-Upper-West.html | title=Karstadt-Eigner Signa kauft Berliner Hochhaus "Upper West" | date=9 November 2017 }} whose Berlin office is located on the 31st and 32nd floors.
See also
References
External links
- Web-archive (Website) [https://web.archive.org/web/20180416110959/http://www.upper-west.de/]
- skyscrapercenter.com [https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/upper-west/16112]
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