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{{Short description|43-storey 170 m (560 ft) skyscraper in the Westend-Süd district of Frankfurt, Germany}}

{{Infobox building

|name = OpernTurm

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|___location = Bockenheimer Landstraße 2-4<br/> [[Frankfurt]]<br/> [[Hesse]], [[Germany]]

|coordinates = {{coord|50.116|8.670|region:DE-HE_type:landmark|display=title,inline}}

|mapframe-marker = building

|roof = {{convert|170|m|abbr=on}}

|floor_count = 43<br>3 below ground

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|developer = [[Tishman Speyer Properties]]

| references = <ref>{{EmporisCite web |url=https://www.emporis.com/buildings/101355 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160422182523/https://www.emporis.com/buildings/101355 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=April 22, 2016 |title=Emporis building ID 101355 |work=[[Emporis]]}}</ref><ref>{{SkyscraperPage|2998}}</ref><ref>{{Structurae|20029808}}</ref>

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The Opernturm consists of a 42-storey, {{convert|170|m|abbr=on}} tower, a 7-storey, {{convert|26|m|abbr=on}} podium building facing towards [[Alte Oper]]. Access is through an {{convert|18|m|abbr=on}} high lobby. The yellow-beige stone cladding of the facades was designed to fit in with the existing buildings surrounding Opernplatz. Designed to consume 23 percent less energy than stipulated by Germany's 2007 EnEV Energy Regulation, the Opernturm was one of the first office buildings in Europe to be certified to the [[Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design]] (LEED) Gold standard.

The site was occupied by one of Frankfurt's first high-rise buildings, the {{convert|68|m|abbr=on}} [[Zürich-Haus]] built in 1962. In 1998 the owner of the building, [[Zürich Versicherung]], commissioned Christoph Mäckler's firm to design a new building that would be {{convert|22|m|abbr=on}} taller in order to maximize land use. When the initially proposed building was felt to be rather bulky, Zürich Versicherung suggested to the local government to build the new tower up to a height of {{convert|160|m|abbr=on}} and to compensate for the added height by making available company-owned land to extend the adjacent Rothschildpark down to Bockenheimer Landstrasse. The local government eventually agreed but Zürich Versicherung did not go ahead with the development and sold the empty site - the old tower was demolished in 2002 - to project developer Tishman Speyer in July 2004.

Civil engineering works started in late 2006 with the removal of the former underground garage of Zürich-Haus. The groundbreaking for the development of OpernTurm took place on 22 January 2007.

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== Tenants ==

In November 2009, the retailer [[Manufactum]] was the first tenant to move into the podium building. The building's anchor tenant, occupying {{convert|31,000|m2|abbr=on}}, is the European headquarters offices of the [[Union Bank of SwitzerlandUBS|UnionUBS Bank of SwitzerlandGroup AG (UBS)]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/ubs-group-eu-wealth-idUSL8N1DW4BQ|title=UPDATE 1-UBS sets up Frankfurt bank for European wealth management|date=2016-12-01|work=Reuters|access-date=2017-04-22}}</ref>

Leading multinational legal services [[Allen & Overy]], [[Ashurst LLP|Ashurst]], [[Morgan, Lewis & Bockius]] and [[Reed Smith LLP]] and the world's largest asset manager [[BlackRock]] are occupying several floors of the tower.

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* [[List of tallest buildings in Frankfurt]]

* [[List of tallest buildings in Germany]]

* [[List of tallest buildings in the European Union]]

* [[List of tallest buildings in Europe]]

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