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{{Infobox building

|name = OpernturmOpernTurm

|image = Opernturm.jpg

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

|image_size = 240px

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

|caption =

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

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

|floor_count = 43<br>3 below ground

|coordinates = {{coord|50.116|8.670|source:dewiki|display=inline,title}}

|elevator_count = 16

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

|floor_countopening = 42March 2007–2009

|start_date building_type = Jan,Commercial 2007offices

|est_completion =

|opening = 2010

|building_type = Office Tower

|status = Complete

|floor_area = approx. {{convert|62,500|m2|sqft|abbr=on}}

|architect = Christoph Mäckler<br>MOW Architekten Olschok Westenberger + Partner

|structural_engineer= [[Bollinger + Grohmann]]

|main_contractor =

|developer = [[Tishman Speyer Properties]]

| references = <ref>{{emporis|101355}}</ref><ref>{{skyscraperpage|2998}}</ref><ref>{{structurae|s0029808}}</ref>

}}

The'''OpernTurm''' ({{lang-en|'''OpernturmOpera Tower'''}}) is a skyscraper in [[Frankfurt am Main]], [[Germany]]. The property is situated opposite [[Alte Oper]] on the corner of Bockenheimer Landstrasse and Bockenheimer Anlage. The building was designed by Christoph Mäckler. The project developer was Tishman Speyer, a US firm that previously built the [[Sony Center]] in [[Berlin]] and the [[Messeturm]] in Frankfurt. [[UBS]] AG is the main tenant.

== Design ==

The OpernturmOpernTurm consists of a 42-storey, {{convert|170-|m|abbr=on}} high-risetower, buildinga (42 floors) and an approximately7-storey, {{convert|26-|m low-rise|abbr=on}} podium building (7 floors) facing towards the [[Alte Oper]]. Access is through an {{convert|18 meter|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 LEED Gold standard ([[Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design]] (LEED) Gold standard.

The site was previously occupied by one of Frankfurt's first high-rise buildings, the {{convert|68 |m|abbr=on}} tall Zürich Tower (''[[Zürich-Haus'')]] built in 1962. In 1998, Zürich Versicherung, 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 now empty site - the old tower had beenwas 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 the Zürich Tower-Haus. The groundbreaking for the development of OpernturmOpernTurm took place on 22 January 2007.

The completion of OpernturmOpernTurm in late 2009 added another landmark to the city's much photographed skyline, with its elegant silhouette and the natural stone façade setting it apart from the glass towers dominating the cityscape. The adjoining Rothschildpark has been extended by {{convert|5,500 square metres|m2|abbr=on}} and redesigned in the style of an English garden.

== Tenants ==

In November 2009, the retailer [[Manufactum]] was the first tenant to move into the podium building. The mainbuilding's anchor tenant, (occupying {{convert|31,000|m2|abbr=on}}, sqm) inis the towerGerman isheadquarters theoffices Germanof head[[Union officeBank of UBSSwitzerland|Union Bank of Switzerland AG (UBS)]]. As of year-end 2010 the property was reported to be 95 percent rented.

== See also ==

*[[List of tallest buildings in Germany]]

==References==

{{Reflist}}

== External links ==

*[http://www.tishmanspeyer.com/properties/Property.aspx?id=76 Tishman Speyer – OpernTurm]

*[http://www.opernturm.com OpernTurm - official Website]

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