Multi-story City Centre gets ready by year end
Thursday, 14 February 2008
FE Report
Construction of the multi-story City Centre, a project involving Tk 1.0 billion at Motijheel in the city, will be completed by the end of this year.
"Nearly 80 per cent construction work of the 37-story modern structure has already been completed. The building is expected to be ready by next December," said a project insider.
When constructed, the car parking cum commercial complex will help ease the prevailing car parking problem at the main commercial hub of Dhaka city to a large extent.
With three underground floors, the skyscraper will be an international standard structure of spectacular beauty offering all modern facilities including restaurants, international standard convention centre, conference facilities, business lounge, gymnasium, cyber café and helipad.
Other modern facilities of the Centre include a four-megawatt captive power unit to ensure uninterrupted electricity supply.
The Belhasa-Acm JV Limited, a joint venture between two companies of Bangladesh and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), is constructing the tallest ever building in Bangladesh.
Located at the heart of the city's Dilkusha-Motijheel commercial area, the multi-storied complex will be able to accommodate 500 cars at a time and 1500 cars daily, Belhas representative KM Haq said.
Nine floors of the building will be entirely used for car parking, he added.
Apart from the car parking facility, the centre will also offer some other facilities, which will ultimately help boost trade and business activities of the capital. The total space of the City Centre will be 482,413 square feet.
The Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) took the initiative to build the City Centre with a view to helping reduce traffic congestions in the city's main commercial area.
Although former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia laid the foundation stone of the building on January 19, 2004, its construction work kicked off in 2005 after obtaining project clearance from 11 agencies, including Dhaka WASA, BTTB, DESA, Fire Service Department, Department of Environment, Civil Aviation, DCC and Titas Gas.
On implementation of this pilot project, similar projects will also be undertaken in and around Dhaka City, DCC sources said.
The Belhas representative, however, told the FE that more foreign investors should be encouraged to venture into the construction sector of Bangladesh.
Construction of the multi-story City Centre, a project involving Tk 1.0 billion at Motijheel in the city, will be completed by the end of this year.
"Nearly 80 per cent construction work of the 37-story modern structure has already been completed. The building is expected to be ready by next December," said a project insider.
When constructed, the car parking cum commercial complex will help ease the prevailing car parking problem at the main commercial hub of Dhaka city to a large extent.
With three underground floors, the skyscraper will be an international standard structure of spectacular beauty offering all modern facilities including restaurants, international standard convention centre, conference facilities, business lounge, gymnasium, cyber café and helipad.
Other modern facilities of the Centre include a four-megawatt captive power unit to ensure uninterrupted electricity supply.
The Belhasa-Acm JV Limited, a joint venture between two companies of Bangladesh and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), is constructing the tallest ever building in Bangladesh.
Located at the heart of the city's Dilkusha-Motijheel commercial area, the multi-storied complex will be able to accommodate 500 cars at a time and 1500 cars daily, Belhas representative KM Haq said.
Nine floors of the building will be entirely used for car parking, he added.
Apart from the car parking facility, the centre will also offer some other facilities, which will ultimately help boost trade and business activities of the capital. The total space of the City Centre will be 482,413 square feet.
The Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) took the initiative to build the City Centre with a view to helping reduce traffic congestions in the city's main commercial area.
Although former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia laid the foundation stone of the building on January 19, 2004, its construction work kicked off in 2005 after obtaining project clearance from 11 agencies, including Dhaka WASA, BTTB, DESA, Fire Service Department, Department of Environment, Civil Aviation, DCC and Titas Gas.
On implementation of this pilot project, similar projects will also be undertaken in and around Dhaka City, DCC sources said.
The Belhas representative, however, told the FE that more foreign investors should be encouraged to venture into the construction sector of Bangladesh.