Centrum Biurowe Neptun (''Neptune Office Centre'') is a

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and

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, Poland, located at 103A Grunwald Avenue, within the district of Wrzeszcz Górny. Opened in 2014, it measures and was the city's tallest building between 2014 and 2018, today being its second-tallest.

Characteristics

The building has 19 storeys, a floor area of , and a height of . The property meets the requirements of the international

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environmental certificate. Of its floor space, is used for offices, whereas the rest is mostly occupied by restaurants and other public businesses, largely located on the lower floors.

History

The building was designed by the

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-based company

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and built by Budimex, based in

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. It was an investment of the Globe Trade Centre, costing around 77 million zł. Its construction lasted from March 2012 to January 2014. Its construction time was notably minimal, although its manner of construction was ordinary. The building was formally opened on 27 March 2014. With the height of , it was the tallest building in Gdańsk, until 2018, when its lost the title to Olivia Star, a skyscraper in the

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References

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