Ocean Mall
Ocean Mall, is a 120-metre-tall (393 ft) skyscraper in the Clifton locality of Karachi, Pakistan. It was built between 2009 and 2014, and contains a shopping mall and office spaces.[2]
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| General information | |
| Type | Shopping mall, corporate offices |
| Location | Karachi, Pakistan |
| Coordinates | 24°49′26″N 67°02′08″E |
| Construction started | 2007 |
| Cost | PKR 7 billion |
| Height | |
| Roof | 120 m (390 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 30 [1] |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Arcop Associates |
| Structural engineer | Mushtaq & Bilal Consulting Engineers |
| Website | |
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Founded as an international hotel project for Sofitel, but was later abandoned due to law and order situation in the city.[3] Later, it was redesigned into a shopping mall.[3]
Structural information
Ocean Tower is a 120-metre-high (393 ft) skyscraper in Karachi.[4] It contains 28 storeys above ground, and 5 below ground.[2] The project has its own 5-megawatt powerhouse, as compared with the 2 MW- and 1.2 MW-capacity powerhouses of MCB Tower and the Arif Habib Building respectively, and it does not rely on K-Electric for power. The tower uses state-of-the-art technology for monitoring heat and smoke. It has nine passenger lifts and five cargo lifts.[5]
Surface Area of the project is 850,000 sq.ft. Construction cost is Rs. 5 billion. The Project Architect is arcop Private Limited.[6]
References
- "Karachi Skyscraper Diagram - SkyscraperPage.com". skyscraperpage.com.
- "Ocean Towers, Karachi | 1205401 | EMPORIS". www.emporis.com. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
- Arshad, Aisha (November 28, 2016). "Out with the old, in with the new".
- "Unfortunate accident: Worker dies after falling off 25th floor of Ocean Towers". The Express Tribune. 2013-12-11. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
- "Country's tallest building inaugurated". PakistanToday. 2012-02-19. Retrieved 2012-07-21.
- "THE OCEAN MALL, KARACHI – AAA Partnership Pvt. Ltd". Retrieved 2020-05-03.