- Centro Financiero Confinanzas
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Centro Financiero Confinanzas General information Status Incomplete Type office
hotelLocation Downtown Caracas Construction started 1990 Completed 1994 Opening 1994 Height Roof 190 m (620 ft) Technical details Floor count 45 Design and construction Owner CORPOLAGO, C. A. References [1] Centro Financiero Confinanzas also known as Torre de David (the Tower of David), is the third highest skyscraper in Venezuela, after the twin towers of Parque Central Complex.
Construction began on the tower in 1990.
The tower is nicknamed "Torre de David" after David Brillembourg, the tower's investor who died in 1993. During the Venezuelan banking crisis of 1994, government took control of the building. The building lacks elevators, installed electricity, running water, balcony railing, windows, and even walls in many places.[2]
Venezuela's massive housing shortage led to occupation of the building by squatters in October 2007. Residents have jury rigged basic services, with water reaching up to the 22nd floor. The residents live up to the 28th floor, with many bodegas and even an unlicensed dentist also operating in the building. Some residents even have cars, parked in the building's parking garage.[2] 700 families live in the tower.[3]
Its construction began in 1990, however the crisis of 1994 stopped the construction. The complex has 6 buildings, El Atrio (Lobby and conference's room), the Torre A of 190 m. included an heliport, Torre B, Edificio K, Edificio Z, and the parking of 12 stores.
See also
- List of tallest buildings in South America
References
- ^ Centro Financiero Confinanzas - SkyscraperPage.com
- ^ a b Romero, Simon; María Eugenia Díaz (1 March 2011). "CARACAS JOURNAL; In Venezuela Housing Crisis, Squatters Find 45-Story Walkup". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/01/world/americas/01venezuela.html. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
- ^ Grant, Will (18 December 2010). "Venezuelan squatters bank on the future in office tower". BBC Online. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11942501. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
External links
- Vertical slums - blog article discussing the tower at Affordable Housing Institute
Categories:- Buildings and structures completed in 1994
- Skyscrapers in Venezuela
- Buildings and structures in Caracas
- Caracas
- Venezuelan building and structure stubs
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