Le Parc Figueroa Alcorta is a residential complex comprising the Alcorta and Cavia towers. The tallest one (Cavia) is tall, and the Alcorta tower is tall. The towers were designed by the Lanuzzi studio and are under construction in the

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neighborhood of

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. The residential complex is the third of its type the Raghsa Group of Buenos Aires is developing in the city, after Le Parc Residential Tower (1995) and Le Parc Puerto Madero (2006). Raghsa has developed numerous commercial real estate projects in Buenos Aires, as well. This complex is one in a series of such developments announced in major Argentine cities since the

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began to recover in 2003 from a serious financial crisis. Following their successful development of three residential towers in their Le Parc Puerto Madero project, Raghsa announced in 2006 the construction of two premier residential buildings on Buenos Aires' upscale

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, surpassing the previous proposed record-holder: Renoir II in

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, with . Following this announcement, however, DYPSA, the developers of the

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complex, decided to add one more level and extend Renoir II's height to . Should DYPSA complete Renoir II to these specifications, the Cavia Tower will be the tallest building in

for just one year. Le Parc Figueroa Alcorta broke ground on the intersection of the Figueroa Alcorta Avenue and Cavia Street. in 2006, joining the development of numerous competing projects, many of them scheduled for completion on or before 2010, the year of the Argentine Bicentennial.

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