Naberezhnaya Tower ( rus, Башня на Hабережной, r=Bashnya na Naberezhnoy, literally means Tower on the Embankment) is an

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complex composed of two skyscrapers and a high-rise located on plot 10 in the Moscow International Business Center (MIBC) in

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with a total area of . The buildings are named after the first three letters of the alphabet and from the lowest height to the tallest: the 17-story tall Tower A, the 27-story tall Tower B, and the 59-story tall Tower C. Construction of the complex started in 2003, with Tower A being completed in 2004, Tower B in 2005, and Tower C in 2007. Tower C is the tallest building out of the complex, with a height of and 59 stories. It is formerly the tallest building in Russia and

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, surpassing the

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, also in Moscow, in August 2007. Tower C was surpassed by its neighboring skyscraper Moscow Tower of the

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complex as the tallest building in July 2008.

History

In the summer of 2003, the Turkish company

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started construction of the 17-story Tower A, designed by architects Inan Vehbi and Ertürk Olcay. Tower A, covering a total area of and standing , opened on 11 October 2004. Since the Naberezhnaya Tower was divided into three stages, Enka was able to start construction earlier, postponing construction of the tallest building in the complex, Tower C. Tower A became the first building completed in the central area of the MIBC. Due to the demand, the developer managed to sell all of available office space 4 months before the opening of Tower A. Construction of Tower B started in the same year as Tower A. Tower B, covering a total area of and standing , opened in 2006. By the beginning of 2007, when the Naberezhnaya Tower was still the only operating complex in the central area of the MIBC, Tower A and Tower B were occupied by about 40 companies, including Alcoa, Citibank, IBM, GE,

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, and

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. However, tenants faced the underdeveloped infrastructure of the MIBC that was currently under construction and the fact that 7,000 of their workers only have 1200 parking spaces in a 4-level underground parking lot. Construction of Tower C started in 2005, way later than Tower A and Tower B. It was completed in 2007. Standing tall, the 59-story skyscraper surpassed the

, also in

, by four meters as the tallest building in Russia and

. Tower C kept its rank until the neighboring Moscow Tower of the

complex surpassed it in July 2008 as the tallest in Russia and Europe. The building includes of retail space and of leased space. Possessing its own production base,

did not use a

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and built the Naberezhnaya Tower using its own funds. The total investment is estimated at $200 million. By the beginning of the

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, almost all the areas in the complex had already been opened.

Construction gallery

File:Башня на набережной 1.jpg, Tower C, 20 June 2006 File:На набережной 19-12.jpg, 19 December 2006 File:На набережной 30-01.jpg, 30 January 2007

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* {{Moscow-City Moscow International Business Center Office buildings completed in 2004 Office buildings completed in 2005 Office buildings completed in 2007 Skyscraper office buildings in Moscow Residential skyscrapers in Moscow

History

Construction gallery

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