The DC Towers (also known as Donau City Towers) is a pair of tower in

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's Donaucity. The Donau City Towers was designed by the French star architect

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. DC Tower 1 is complete and the first tenants moved into the offices in October 2013. Construction of DC Tower 2 on Vienna's Donauplatte will rise up to 180 metres, the construction would be within the immediate vicinity of DC Tower 1, Austria's

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, which has already been completed. The new landmark will house offices, shops and rental flats. DC Towers construction 19

DC Tower 1 is 220 metres high (250 metres including the antenna

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) which makes it the tallest skyscraper in Austria as it will be 18 metres higher than Millennium Tower, which was leading that ranking before. The DC Tower 1 was officially finished with an opening ceremony on 26 February 2014 by

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. DC Tower 2 is expected to be 180 metres high which will make it Vienna's fourth tallest building. Due to the global

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2007, ground breaking had to be delayed several times. Eventually construction was started on 17 June 2010. After slightly more than three years, DC Tower 1 is outwardly complete, while works inside the building are on-going. Work will start on DC Tower 2 after DC Tower 1 has been fully completed. Most of the available floor space will be used for offices. Baxter International has been confirmed as one of the largest tenants at DC Towers. The upper floors will be used for sky lofts, while the first 15 floors will house a

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operated by the Spanish Sol Meliá Group. There will also be a restaurant in one of the top floors. As of June 2012 tenants have been confirmed for 50 percent of the floor space according to the owner WED (Wiener Entwicklungsgesellschaft für den Donauraum).

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