Plimmer Towers
| Plimmer Towers | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Office & hotel |
| Architectural style | Late Modern |
| Location | , Wellington, New Zealand |
| Coordinates | 41°17′9″S 174°46′30″E / 41.28583°S 174.77500°E |
| Current tenants | Brother NZ, Travelodge |
| Completed | 1977 |
| Owner | Eureka Funds Management, Toga Group |
| Height | 84 metres (276 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 27 |
| Design and construction | |
| Main contractor | Williams Construction |
Plimmer Towers is a high-rise office and hotel complex in central Wellington, New Zealand, named after John Plimmer, active in business and politics during Wellington's early years.[1] The building is 84m high and has 27 floors; when completed it was the tallest building in New Zealand until Auckland's 1981 Quay tower.[2]
History[]
Originally developed by construction tycoon Arthur Williams, the building was opened in 1977 as the Williams Centre.[3] It was Wellington's tallest building until 1984, when the nearby BNZ Centre opened. A second matching tower was opened in 1985.
Williams sold the building to Smart Group NZ in 1986, which was severely affected by the 1987 sharemarket crash.[3] It was later purchased by the Singapore-based Grand Central Group in 1993,[4] by which time it was renamed the Plimmer City Centre, with the hotel section rebranded as a Copthorne.
In 2010, the complex was refurbished and repainted by its current owners, Australian-based Eureka Funds Management and the Toga Group.[5] Hotel naming rights were passed on to the Travelodge group.
Due to the slope the building is on, the Lambton Quay side of the tower is 106m above street level rather than the 84m on the other side of the tower.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Plimmer Towers - History
- ^ "Copthorne Hotel Plimmer Towers, Wellington". Emporis. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
- ^ a b Arnold Pickmere (24 November 2001). "Obituary: Arthur Williams". NZ Herald.
- ^ Mathew Loh (27 June 1993). "Singaporeans snap up bargains". South China Morning Post.
- ^ Plimmer Towers - The Building
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