101 Tower (Kyiv)
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| 101 Tower | |
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| General information | |
| Status | Closed |
| Address | 57 Lva Tolstoho Street |
| Town or city | Kyiv |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Coordinates | 50°26′21″N 30°29′47″E / 50.43919035016632°N 30.496359645324347°E |
| Construction started | April 2009 |
| Completed | May 2012 |
| Closed | 10 October 2022 |
| Height | 116 metres (381 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 27 |
| Lifts/elevators | 10 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Oleksandr Koval Ivan Ryabokon |
| Architecture firm | Arkhitekturne Byuro A. Koval Archimatika |
| Developer | KAN Development |
| Engineer | BIP-PM |
| Main contractor | KAN Stroi |
101 Tower is a skyscraper in Kyiv, Ukraine. The 27 storey building was completed in 2012.[1] In 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine the building received a serious damage in October airstrikes by Russian army, currently the building is closed waiting for reconstruction.[2][3]
The land under the property was being rented by the Eurozhitlogrup Company which is owned by Сур Rose Holding Limited based in Cyprus. In March 2020, it was announced that Сур Rose Holding Limited was being bought by Dragon Capital Investments Limited, also bought in Cyprus. It was reported that one of the beneficiaries of Eurozhytlogrup is Stepan Chernovetskyi, a son of the former mayor of Kyiv, Leonid Chernovetskyi.[4] The building houses the headquarters of Samsung in Ukraine.
Accidents
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25 June 2012 the balcony at the seventh floor of the building had caught fire due to short circuit in the fitness center. Firefighters arrived in 8 minutes and extinguished the fire in 15 minutes. Nobody got hurt, but fire destroyed the insulation.[5]
During 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine the building suffered severe damage in Russian air strikes in October. 10 October Russian rocket fell behing the business center and the impact of its explosion seriously damaged building's facade, nobody got hurt inside the building.[6]
See also
References
- ^ Emporis.com Emporis
- ^ A missile may have hit Samsung’s Ukraine R&D office in Europe
- ^ 101 Tower on Youtube
- ^ "Dragon Capital покупает небоскреб 101 Tower в Киеве". finance.ua (in Russian). 23 March 2020.
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20140930201413/http://kiev.pravda.com.ua/news/4fe9c4057963e/
- ^ https://fakty.com.ua/ua/ukraine/20221010-vybyti-vikna-vnaslidok-raketnogo-udaru-u-kyyevi-poshkodzheno-biznes-czentr-101-tower/