19°23′40″N 99°10′28″W / 19.3945°N 99.1744°W
World Trade Center Mexico City | |
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![]() Exterior of the building (c.2006) | |
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General information | |
Status | Completed |
Location | Colonia Nápoles, Benito Juárez |
Address | Filadelfia S/N, Montecito 38 03810 Mexico City Mexico |
Construction started | 1966 |
Opened | 1972 (as Hotel de México) |
Renovated | 1992–1995 |
Height | |
Antenna spire | 218 m (715 ft) |
Roof | 191 m (627 ft) |
Top floor | 172 m (564 ft) |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 50 |
Floor area | 239,000 m2 (2,570,000 sq ft) |
Lifts/elevators | 35 |
Design and construction | |
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Seating capacity | CIEC
Pepsi Center
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Public transit access | Poliforum BRT station |
The World Trade Center Mexico City, commonly known by its former name, Hotel de México, is a building complex located in the wealthy neighborhood of Colonia Nápoles in central Mexico City. Its most famous and recognizable feature is the 50-story, 172 metres (564 ft) high Torre WTC, the biggest building in the local area. It is the third tallest building in Mexico City when including antenna, and at its roof height, it stands 218 metres (715 ft).
The complex includes a convention center, cultural center, parking facilities, a multi-screen cinema, a revolving 45th-floor luxury restaurant and 44th floor observation gallery, and a shopping center with a supermarket and a Sears (originally opened as a JCPenney, the first location outside of the USA) as an anchor tenant. It also includes a 22-floor hotel, and will share some ammenities with the slighlty taller 48-story Polyforum Tower, currently under construction.
Located on Avenida de los Insurgentes, the complex is served by the Poliforum station of the Metrobús Bus rapid transit system, located a few meters away. The station is named after the Polyforum Cultural Siqueiros, a part of the WTC complex.