Torre del Caballito is a skyscraper located on the

Paseo de la Reforma Paseo de la Reforma (translated as "Promenade of the Reform") is a wide avenue that runs diagonally across the heart of Mexico City. It was designed at the behest of Emperor Maximilian by Ferdinand von Rosenzweig during the era of the Secon ...

#10 at the Cuauhtemoc delegation in

Mexico City Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous city in North America. One of the world's alpha cities, it is located in the Valley o ...

. It was designed by Grupo Posadas de Mexico. It is 135 metres (443 feet) and 35 storeys tall.Al-Kodmany, Kheir.
Tall Buildings and the City: Improving the Understanding of Placemaking, Imageability, and Tourism
'. Germany, Springer Nature Singapore, 2020. 51. 33 of the floors are used as office space which measures 60,000 square meters. It also has 15 underground parking levels. The building's total area is 131,000 square meters. The building houses the offices of MPs and senators. Torre Prisma, Edificio El Moro, the Melia Mexico Reforma Hotel, and the

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are located nearby. The building is equipped with 20 high-speed elevators which move at 6.3 meters per second. In 1978 construction began with an ambitious project of a hotel which would have stood 220 metres 60 floors tall and have 700 rooms. It would be owned by the

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chain. Due to Mexico's unstable political and economic conditions, construction was stopped several times. The works resumed in 1984 with the central concrete structure reaching 40 meters high. The metallic-structure assembly began but all works stopped again for a year. Works were delayed further when the main crane and some concrete elements were partially destroyed by the

1985 Mexico City earthquake The 1985 Mexico City earthquake struck in the early morning of 19 September at 07:17:50 (CST) with a moment magnitude of 8.0 and a maximal Mercalli intensity of IX (''Violent''). The event caused serious damage to the Greater Mexico City area a ...

. The damaged crane was moved away and the hotel project was cancelled altogether. In 1987, the damaged concrete and steel components were repaired and the height was shortened to 134 metres and by the end of 1988 construction was completed at last with a black mirror facade covering the structure. Due to

's high propensity to

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s, the tower incorporates several anti-earthquake measures such as the inclusion of 70 seismic shocks. It is anchored to the ground with 185 concrete piles which penetrate 60 meters surpassing the old swampy landfill lake below Mexico City. The tower could support other 25 floors if needed, though it is not planned to do so. The building is currently owned by Fibra Mexicana de Inmuebles (FIBRAMEX).

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{{Paseo de la Reforma Skyscraper office buildings in Mexico City Office buildings completed in 1988 Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City Paseo de la Reforma