| Portside Tower | |
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 Portside Tower in 2018 | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Commercial |
| Address | 5 Buitengracht Street |
| Town or city | Cape Town |
| Country | South Africa |
| Coordinates | 33°55′00″S 18°25′19″E / 33.91667°S 18.42194°E |
| Completed | 2014 |
| Cost | R1.6 Billion (estimated)[1] |
| Owner | Accelerate Property Fund and First Rand |
| Landlord | Baker Street Properties |
| Height | 139 metres (456 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 32[2] |
| Floor area | over 52,000 m2[2] |
| Design and construction | |
| Architecture firm | dhk Architects; Louis Karol Architects[2] |
| Civil engineer | WSP Structures Nadeson |
| Quantity surveyor | Aecom Davis Langdon De Leeuw Group |
| Main contractor | Murray & Roberts |
| Awards and prizes | Tallest Green Building in South Africa |
| Website | |
| www | |
Portside is a 139-metre-tall (456 ft) building in Cape Town, South Africa. Completed in 2014, it is the city's tallest building[3] and, at the time of completion, was Cape Town's first significant skyscraper developed in the central business district (CBD) in 15 years.[4]
The property is jointly owned by FirstRand Bank (FNB, RMB, Wesbank and Ashburton) and Accelerate Property Fund (APF). The bank self-occupies its share of the property, while AcPF leases office and retail space to tenants. AcPF appointed the Cape Town commercial brokerage firm Baker Street Properties[5] to manage and market the property.
The Green Building Council of South Africa (GBCSA) awarded the property a 5 star Green Star rating,[6] making it the tallest Green Building in South Africa.
- ^ "At The Portside". Land Mark Properties. Archived from the original on 9 June 2011. Retrieved 21 April 2011.
- ^ a b c "The Building Portside". Archived from the original on 19 October 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
- ^ "Cape Town | Statistics". Emporis. Archived from the original on 11 November 2012. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
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- ^ "We are your new go-to firm for everything on Portside in Cape Town (blog)". Baker Street Properties. 22 June 2016. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
- ^ Munnik, Mike (February 2015). "GBCSA Case Studies | Portside" (PDF). Green Building Council of South Africa.