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Gran Torre Santiago The Costanera Center Torre 2, better known as Gran Torre Santiago (Great Santiago Tower), and previously known as Torre Gran Costanera, is a 62-story skyscraper in Santiago, Chile, the second tallest in Latin America (behind Mexico's T.Op Torre ...

and three other

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– two high-end hotels and an office building. The complex is located in the

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of Providencia,

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, and is owned by the holding

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. The tallest of the four buildings, the Torre Costanera, was designed by architect César Pelli and is tall, making it the second tallest building in

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at tall. Of the two other buildings in the complex, one will be high and the other only four stories. Construction was put on hold in January 2009 as a consequence of the

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, as the developers were concerned that they would not be able to find tenants if completed by the originally proposed date. After the recession reached its end, Cencosud announced the construction would resume on December 16, 2009. The construction process restarted at the end of 2010. On February 14, 2012, the Gran Torre Santiago reached 300 meters and became the tallest building in South and Latin America. El Costanera Center The mall opened on June 12, 2012 and it is the largest in South America. Designed by Canadian retail agency Watt International, the mall has six floors and includes hypermarket:

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Gallery

Image:Costanera1xi3.jpg, Costanera Center (right) and

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(left) Image:Nuevatorresstgo.jpg, Progress of the Costanera Center (right) and Titanium La Portada (left), Feb. 14, 2009 Image:Costanera Center junio 2012.jpg, Costanera Center in June 2012 Image:Gran Santiago Tower, Views from San Critóbal Hill - Santiago - Chile 08.jpg, Costanera Center in January 2014 Image:Mall de Costanera Center.JPG, Costanera Center mall

References

External links

Costanera Center WebSite
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