Torre Mayor

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Torre Mayor

Location	Paseo de la Reforma, Mexico City
Status	Complete
Constructed	1999-2003
Use	office
Height
Antenna/Spire	230.1 m (755 ft)^{[citation needed]}
Roof	225.4 m (738 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	55
Floor area	84,135 m² (905,700 ft)
Elevator count	29
Companies
Architect	Zeidler Roberts Partnership IDEA Asociados de México
Contractor	A.D. Tec Gerencia de Construcción
Developer	Reichmann International Empresas ICA Sociedad Controladora
References: ^[1]

The Torre Mayor is a skyscraper in Mexico City, Mexico. With a height of 225 meters (740 feet) to the top floor, and 55 stories, it is the tallest building in Latin America, surpassing in mid-2003 the 220 meter (724 feet) high towers of Parque Central Complex, in Caracas, Venezuela, which were, between 1979 and 2003, the tallest buildings in Latin America. The Torre Mayor was developed by Canadian businessman Paul Reichmann, who also maintains part ownership. It is also part-owned by a group of institutional investors. The building was designed by the architecture firm, Zeidler Partenership Architects.

The Torre Mayor dominates this view of Mexico City along Paseo de la Reforma

Located at Paseo de la Reforma #505, it was built by Canadian-owned Reichmann International on the former location of the Cine Chapultepec. Construction work began in 1999 and was finished in late 2003. Due to Mexico City's high propensity to earthquakes, the tower incorporates several anti-earthquake measures. In fact, this building shares the title of the strongest (in matter of pro-earthquake engineering) building on Earth alongside U.S. Bank Tower in Los Angeles, California. The Torre Mayor building is designed to withstand an 8.5 intensity earthquake in the Richter Scale, compared to the U.S. Bank Tower that can withstand an 8.3 intensity earthquake.

1 Explosive device
2 Apple Store
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Explosive device

On Friday, 31 August 2007, a homemade explosive device attached to a cell phone was found in a car parked in the building. The device was removed without incident after an anonymous phone tip prompted the authorities to evacuate 10,000 people from the building. ^[2]^[3]

[edit] Apple Store

Apple Inc. has planned for building and eight story high annex for a proposed Apple Store. It is being planned to being in open in late 2008, or early 2009.