Bancomer Tower
Introduction
The BBVA Tower is the headquarters of BBVA Mexico. Its construction began at the beginning of 2008 and was completed during the second half of 2015. The official inauguration took place on February 9, 2016.[2] It is currently the fourth tallest skyscraper in Mexico City at 235 meters, after Chapultepec Uno, Torre Reforma and Mitikah.
Location
The tower is located at Paseo de la Reforma 510, Juárez neighborhood, Cuauhtémoc delegation, C.P. 06600, in Mexico City, D.F. It is located in front of the Torre Mayor, on the property occupied since 1971 by the Reforma 506 building[3], better known as the Mario Moreno I Tower, which measured 95 meters. It will also occupy the property of the Jena Building[4], which measured 68 meters, in addition to another building located at Reforma 508 with an approximate height of 45 meters with 10 floors, to give rise to a tower 235 meters high.
The shape
• - Its height is 235 meters to the heliport and 250m to the tip of the antennas, however, the official height is 235m because the antennas are decorative.[5] It has 60 floors of 4.30 meters high each on the office floors and 3.70m on the parking levels.
• - The property has LEED GOLD certification, environmentally friendly, saving 40% water and 25% energy.
• - The total area of the building is 185,000 m² on a property of 11,000 m².
Important details
• - The investment for the purchase of the property of three thousand 389 square meters was 13,000 dollars per square meter, making it the largest real estate investment in Latin America at that time.[6].
• - The tower integrates high technology and solar protection for energy savings, as well as vertical gardens every three floors.
• - The structure of the banking tower is mixed (concrete and steel) and is in charge of Ove Arup and Colinas de Buen, who use the latest technology in earthquakes and the highest safety coefficients.
• - The skyscraper includes cutting-edge equipment in air conditioning, lighting, hydraulic and sanitary systems and proposes measures to reduce water and electricity consumption by 33%.