The so-called building will be twice as tall as the tallest building in Athens today. Riviera Towera tower to be built on its coastal front Hellenic following the issuance of the appropriate building permit yesterday. Height 103 meters, 28 floors. Athens tower, at the intersection of Mesogion and Vasilisis Sofias streets, I hope that in three years, starting today, when the construction work of the Riviera Tower is completed, she will lose her scepter. He has been holding the scepter since September 1972, when its construction, begun in the summer of 1969, was completed.

The Elliniko skyscraper will rise 200 meters above sea level and will have about 200 apartments on 50 floors. This is the first permit in the history of Greece for the construction of such a height. It is noted that in the area of ​​​​the former airport, it is planned to build a total of six very tall buildings over time, although not all of them will be 200 meters. From sales of apartments in this first tower Lambda Development expects revenue of 600 million. All apartments have already been pre-approved, with the exception of top-floor penthouses, which are expected to sell at record prices, perhaps for the entire Mediterranean. The issuance of a building permit allows Lamda to begin negotiating contracts and collecting related fees.

There will be apartments on several floors that will also have their own pool, and the reception area on the ground floor will be especially high, which means that even the first floor of the Riviera Tower (formerly called Marina Tower by Lamda) will correspond to the high floor. apartment building in a wider area. Based on the relevant price lists that have been reviewed “TO”, the cost of apartments differed not only by floors, but also by their orientation. On each floor, 800 square meters will be available, which will be divided into separate apartments, depending on the signed preliminary agreements. In other words, there can be one, two, three, four or even more apartments on one floor. The last, higher floors can be configured as duplex maisonettes, with buyers able to purchase more than one unit and combine them as they wish. Overall, apartments facing southwest are 8% more expensive than average, and apartments facing northeast are 8% cheaper.

Given that the total usable structured area of ​​the tower is estimated at 40,000 square meters, and Lamda expects revenue of 600 million, it follows that the average price per square meter was 15,000 euros. However, as mentioned above, it differed significantly between the first and last ceiling, reaching even the level of 30,000 euros in some cases. Penthouses are expected to rise even higher. Designed by the international architectural firm Foster+Partners in collaboration with the Research Bureau Alexandros N. Tombazi SA, the project highlights the significant presence of greenery and water, enhancing the bioclimatic character of the building.

All residences are spacious and offer unobstructed panoramic views, while each apartment has state-of-the-art quality features in space, amenities and comfort, excellent environmentally friendly building materials, and all the characteristics of a smart building.

The Riviera Tower, in addition to being the tallest building in Greece and one of the tallest in the Mediterranean, claims to be one of the greenest skyscrapers in the world, a model of sustainable design that incorporates the best environmental practices and the most modern international standards. . security protocols.

It took over 1900 designs.

The tallest building in Athens to date, the Tower of Athens, was built in the late 1960s, during the period when a law was passed limiting the height of buildings in Greece, with Law 395/68 on Heights of Buildings and Free Structure, and the buildings were given freedom of location within the site to provide the best possible lighting and ventilation. Prior to this, the maximum allowable height was 35 meters.

Today, in Elliniko, by decree of the President, urban development had to be carried out so that, after numerous objections and appeals, a height of 200 meters could be reached. The permission to build the Riviera Tower, which should be the tallest building in Greece, was a particularly difficult process, as a large number of special permits were required (for example, from the Civil Aviation Authority, the Central Board of Architecture, the Fire Brigade Headquarters, etc.). .), and it took more than 1,900 designs, the company said.

Ministry of Environment and Energy and General Secretariat of Spatial Planning and Urban Environment, Ministry of Development, Hellenic Directorate, Architecture, Building Regulations and Licensing Authority (DAOKA), KESA, Hellenic Chamber of Technology, Ministry Climate, Crisis and Civil Protection” with the Fire Headquarters, the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport and the General Secretariat of Infrastructure, the Civil Aviation Service and DEDDIE.

Therefore, it is not surprising that since yesterday, when the building permit was issued, Lamda Development Managing Director Odysseas Athanasiou, in a related statement, thanked “all the services of the Greek state for their prompt and efficient contribution to the issuance of the building permit.” a particularly difficult permit for the construction of the Riviera Tower, the tallest building in Greece. Another important step has been taken towards the speedy completion of the first phase of Elliniko.

The construction of the Tower was started following a tender held by Lamda, Bouygues Batiment International, a subsidiary of the French Bouygues group, in a joint venture with Intrakat. Bouygues has built over 80 high-rise buildings around the world.