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Ocean Tower is a skyscraper in Karachi. It contains 28 storeys above ground, and 5 below ground. The project has its own 5-megawatt powerhouse, as compared with the 2 MW- and 1.2 MW-capacity powerhouses of MCB Tower and the Arif Habib Building respectively, and it does not rely on
skyscraper
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in the Clifton
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locality of Karachi
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, Pakistan
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. It was built between 2009 and 2014, and contains a shopping mall and office spaces.
Founded as an international hotel project for Sofitel
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, but was later abandoned due to law and order situation in the city. Later, it was redesigned into a shopping mall
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and was named The Mall.
Structural information
Ocean Tower is a skyscraper in Karachi. It contains 28 storeys above ground, and 5 below ground. The project has its own 5-megawatt powerhouse, as compared with the 2 MW- and 1.2 MW-capacity powerhouses of MCB Tower and the Arif Habib Building respectively, and it does not rely on K-Electric
Electric (KE) ( ur, ) (formerly known as Karachi Electric Supply Company / Karachi Electric Supply Corporation Limited) is a Pakistani investor-owned utility company based in Karachi. K-Electric is a privately owned and vertically-integrated e ...
for power. The tower uses state-of-the-art technology for monitoring heat and smoke. It has nine passenger lifts and five cargo lifts.
Surface Area of the project is 850,000 sq.ft. Construction cost is Rs. 5 billion. The Project Architect is arcop Private Limited.
See also
*List of tallest buildings in Pakistan
This is a list of the tallest buildings in Pakistan, ranked by structural height.
The current tallest building in Pakistan is the Bahria Icon Tower in Karachi. Upon its completion, it changed the skyline of Karachi with its 62 floors and a heig ...
* List of tallest buildings in Karachi
This is a list of tallest buildings in Karachi. Karachi has around 36 buildings rising at least 100 metres (330 ft) in height.
Completed
Under construction / Proposed & Vision
Images
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* List of tallest buildings in ...
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