The North Galaxy Towers are twin 28-storey skyscrapers on the / in the
Northern Quarter central business district
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of
Brussels
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,
Belgium
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. There is a third building in the complex which is 6 storeys tall. The first two floors are shared by all three buildings.
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The two towers are tall, placing them amongst the ]tallest buildings in Belgium
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The vast majority of Belgium's skyscrapers are located in multi-municipal entity of the Brussels-Capital Region, which includes the City of Brussels, Sain ...
. The complex has of office space above ground and below ground.[ About of the space below ground is used for ]archives
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.[ There are a total of 35 elevators in the complex.][
The towers were originally conceived as part of an eight-building Brussels World Trade Center complex, but were splintered off into a separate project.World Trade Center, Brussels at Emporis]
/ref> The construction of the towers began in 2002 and ended in 2004.
The complex is being leased by the Belgian Federal Government. It houses the Federal Public Financial Service and other governmental bodies, with all three buildings used for administration and management.
See also
* Astro Tower
The Astro Tower (french: Tour Astro, nl, Astrotoren) is a skyscraper in Brussels, Belgium. It is located on the north-eastern corner of the Small Ring (Brussels' inner ring road) in the municipality of Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, just north of the Ma ...
* Finance Tower
The Finance Tower (french: Tour des Finances, nl, Financietoren) is a skyscraper in the Northern Quarter central business district of Brussels, Belgium. It was designed by the architects Hugo Van Kuyck, Marcel Lambrichs and Léon Stynen and buil ...
* Madou Plaza Tower
* Proximus Towers
The Proximus Towers (french: Tours Proximus, nl, Proximus-torens, known as the Belgacom Towers before the company's name change) are twin skyscrapers on the / in the Northern Quarter central business district of Brussels, Belgium. The buildings ...
* Rogier Tower
* World Trade Center (Brussels)
The World Trade Center (WTC) is a complex of skyscrapers at the corner of the / and the / in the Northern Quarter central business district of Brussels, Belgium. Its three towers are among the tallest buildings in Belgium.
The complex was origi ...
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Buildings and structures in Brussels
Skyscraper office buildings in Belgium
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Office buildings completed in 2004
Twin towers