Foreshore Place (formerly ABSA Centre) is a mixed-use skyscraper in
Adderley Street
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The street bisects the CBD. It runs from the Parliament of South Africa at the north, pa ...
, in the
central business district
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(CBD) of
Cape Town
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,
South Africa
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.
History
The tower was completed in 1970
as the ''Heerengracht Hotel''. It was later purchased by the predecessor to the ABSA banking group and converted to offices, known as ''ABSA Centre''. In 2019, the building was redeveloped as premium mixed-use residential and office space and renamed ''Foreshore Place''.
Description
The building is tall. It consists of a four-storey podium and a 29-storey tower block characterised by a concrete central core.
Its continuous glass
curtain wall façades were the first of their kind in Cape Town.
References
External links
Foreshore Place official website
{{Cape Town Skyscrapers
Skyscrapers in Cape Town
Skyscraper office buildings in South Africa