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The Amalgamated Banks of South Africa Tower (simply Absa Tower or ABSA Tower) is an office skyscraper in the Central Business District of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is 31 storeys tall. It is also the headquarters of Absa Group Limited .
The tower was completed in 1970 [3] as the Heerengracht Hotel. It was later purchased by the predecessor to the ABSA banking group and converted to offices, known as ABSA Centre . In 2019, the building was redeveloped as premium mixed-use residential and office space and renamed Foreshore Place .
Absa Bank Limited is a 100 percent subsidiary of Absa Group Limited, the Pan African financial services conglomerate headquartered in South Africa, with subsidiaries in 12 African countries, whose total assets exceeded US$91 billion as at October 2019.
ABSA Tower Building 132 38 1976 3 Kruger Park Building 120 33 1985 4 Telkom Tower North 115.5 [3] 26 1965 [4] 5 Civitas Building 112 31 1973 6 Agricultural Union Centre 110 30 1968 6 Poyntons Building 110 30 1968 8 Saambou Building 102 30 1974 [5] 8 Schubart Park D 102 28 1980s [6] 10 National Treasury Building 95 29 1980 11 Telkom Tower South ...
It was the first building in South Africa taller than the Great Pyramid of Giza (138.5 m (454 ft)), which had been the continent's tallest structure from its completion ca. 2600 BC until overtaken by Cairo Tower in 1961. Southern Life Centre: 138 m (453 ft) 30: 1973: Johannesburg [9] Monte Blanc: 133 m (436 ft) 40: 1985: Durban [10] ABSA Tower ...
Marble Towers: 152 m (499 ft) 32: 1973: Johannesburg CBD: For a brief period in 1973, this was the tallest building in Africa. Marble Towers was the first building in South Africa to surpass the ancient and early mediaeval height of the Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt (146.6 m (481 ft)). Sandton City Office Tower: 141 m (463 ft) 22: 1973: Sandton ...
Absa Bank Kenya Plc, formerly Barclays Bank Kenya Limited, is a commercial bank in Kenya and a subsidiary of South Africa-based Absa Group Limited. [3] It is licensed by the Central Bank of Kenya , the central bank and national banking regulator.
The Carlton Centre is a 50-storey skyscraper and shopping centre located on Commissioner Street in central Johannesburg, South Africa.At 223 metres (732 ft), it was the tallest building in Africa for 46 years from its completion in 1973 until 2019.