Arcos Bosques is an office and shopping complex in

Bosques de las Lomas Bosques de las Lomas is a '' colonia'', or officially recognised neighbourhood, located in western Mexico City. It falls partly in Cuajimalpa borough and partly in Miguel Hidalgo borough. It was the masterpiece of Carleton F. Boyle, who previousl ...

, Cuajimalpa borough,

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, very close to the Santa Fe business district. There are two office towers, Torre I and Torre II, and a shopping center, Paseo Arcos Bosques.

Tower I

Arcos Bosques Torre 1 or officially known as Arcos Bosques Corporativo Torre Oriente, is a prominent skyscraper in

. It was designed by

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. When completed in 1996, it was the tallest building in the Santa Fe area of Mexico City with a height of . It is 36 stories tall, with 33 levels of office space, and also equipped with a heli-pad. It is composed of two parallel columns of 31 floors and 4 more floors at the top joined by a

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. It is colloquially known as ''El Pantalón'' ("The Trousers"). As of now, it is the second-tallest building in the Santa Fe area, which was surpassed by the

Torre Altus Torre Altus is one of the tallest skyscrapers in Mexico City, Mexico. It is a residential condominium tower located on Paseo de los Laureles y Alcanfores in the Bosques de las Lomas district of the Miguel Hidalgo borough in the city. Bosques de ...

in 1998. It is also currently the sixth-tallest building in Mexico City, as well as the tenth-tallest in the entire country. Torre Arcos Bosques

Tower II

'' See article in Spanish Wikipedia'' Arcos Bosques Torre II consists of connected twin towers, and its address is Paseo de los Tamarindos #400B. It includes a five-star hotel (Aqua Bosques) and a high-end shopping center. Each floor is between 1600 and 1655 m², and the total floor space is 98,900 m².

Paseo Arcos Bosques shopping center

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multicinema and

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, it includes branches of luxury goods retailers

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, Marc by

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etc. In December 2019, the second

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in Mexico City opened in the shopping center.

External links

Paseo Arcos Bosques shopping center website

References

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