Hanza Tower is a

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, located at the 50 Wyzwolenia Avenue, in the

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municipal neighbourhood. The building is 125 m tall, making it the tallest building in the city. It has 34 floors, including 4 underground. Its construction begun in 2011, and had been finished in 2021. The building had been designed in the shape of the ship sail, with the project made by companies Laguarda Low and Urbicon.

Description

The skyscraper is located in the city of

, at the 50 Wyzwolenia Avenue, in the

municipal neighbourhood. It was designed in the traditional and

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style, and shaped to look like a sail of a ship. It is tall, making it the tallest building in the city. Its height from the base to the roof is . It has 34 floors, including 4 underground, and its total usable area is . Of that, , is for the residential space located in the upper levels, while , for the commercial and service space, located at the lower ones. The building has 480 residential apartments, whose area varries from to . Its underground car park can house 383 vehicles.

History

The construction of the building begun in September 2011. It was designed by the companies Laguarda Low, and Urbicon, and it was constructed by Calbud, and J.W. Construction. The name of the building comes from the

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, which short name, Hansa, is known in

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as ''Hanza''. The cost of the investment was estimated to be between 150 and 200 million

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. The construction was planned to end in late 2020, however, following changes to the building's plans, it was moved to March 2021.

Gallery

File:Hanza Tower in Szczecin, March 2021 (2).jpg, Hanza Tower in 2021, as seen from Wyzwolenia Avenue, and Ofiar Oświęcimia Street. File:Hanza Tower hol.jpg, Main hall of the building in 2022.

References

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