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Main Tower
General information
Type	Commercial offices
Location	Neue Mainzer Straße 52-58 Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany
Coordinates	50°06′44″N 8°40′19″E / 50.11222°N 8.67194°E / 50.11222; 8.67194
Construction started	18 October 1996
Completed	March 1999
Opening	28 January 2000
Cost	700 million Deutsche Mark
Height
Antenna spire	240 m (787 ft)
Roof	200 m (656 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	56 5 below ground
Floor area	101,705 m (1,094,700 sq ft)
Lifts/elevators	27
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Schweger + Partner
Structural engineer	Burggraf, Weichinger + Partner Förster + Sennewald Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH
Main contractor	Hochtief AG Philipp Holzmann AG
Other information
Public transit access	Taunusanlage (10 min)
References

Main Tower is a 56-storey, 200 m (656 ft) skyscraper in the Innenstadt district of Frankfurt, Germany. It is named after the nearby Main river. The building is 240 m (787 ft) when its antenna spire is included.

The tower has five underground floors and two public viewing platforms. It is the only skyscraper in Frankfurt with a public viewing observatory. As of 2023, it is the fourth-tallest building in Frankfurt and the fourth-tallest in Germany, tied with Tower 185.

The foyer of the building has two art pieces accessible to the public: the video installation by Bill Viola "The World of Appearances" and the wall mosaic by Stephan Huber "Frankfurter Treppe / XX. Jahrhundert" ( "Frankfurt's Steps/20th century").

The tower's design features what appears to be two connected towers. The smaller of the two is of a cuboid shape and a design common to 1970s architecture. The second and taller of the two towers is circular with a blue glass exterior which features the transmission tower on top.

History

The structure was built between 1996 and 1999, and serves as headquarters for Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen (Helaba). Other tenants are the German Offices of Merrill Lynch and Standard & Poor's and a television studio of the Hessischer Rundfunk. Prominent US law firms Sullivan & Cromwell and Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton are also residents of the Main Tower. The first tenants moved in on 5 November 1999, and the official inauguration was 28 January 2000. During weather reports by the television station, the weather reporter stands on the top of the building.

In June 2015, NorthStar Realty Finance of New York entered into an agreement to acquire Main Tower for about €540 million.

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See also

• List of tallest buildings in Frankfurt
• List of tallest buildings in Germany
• List of tallest buildings in Europe

References

1. "Main Tower". CTBUH Skyscraper Center.
2. "Emporis building ID 109692". Emporis. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
3. "Main Tower". SkyscraperPage.
4. Main Tower at Structurae
5. "NorthStar Pays $600M Plus for Frankfurt Tower". globest.com. 17 June 2015. Archived from the original on 20 June 2015. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
6. MAIN TOWER - SKYLINE ATLAS

External links

• The official website in English

v t e Bankenviertel of Frankfurt
Notable buildings (financial)	City-Haus Commerzbank Tower Deutsche Bank Twin Towers Eurotower (Frankfurt) Frankfurt Stock Exchange Gallileo (skyscraper) Garden Tower Japan Center (Frankfurt) Main Tower Opernturm Skyper Trianon (Frankfurt am Main) Westendstrasse 1
Notable attractions	Alte Oper
Notable squares and streets	Börsenstraße Freßgass Goethestraße Kaiserhofstraße Mainzer Landstraße Opernplatz Hochstraße
Public transport	Frankfurt Hauptwache station Frankfurt Taunusanlage station

v t e Skyscrapers in Frankfurt
List of tallest buildings in Frankfurt
>300 m	Europaturm (337.5 m)
200-300 m	Commerzbank Tower (258.7 m) Messeturm (256.5 m) Four I (233 m) Westendstrasse 1 (208 m) Main Tower (200 m) Tower 185 (200 m)
150-200 m	One Frankfurt (190.9 m) Omniturm (189 m) Trianon (186 m) Seat of the European Central Bank (185 m) Grand Tower (179.9 m) Four II (178 m) Opernturm (170 m) Taunusturm (170 m) Silberturm (166.3 m) Westend Gate (159.3 m) Deutsche Bank Twin Towers (155 m) Marienturm (155 m) Skyper (153.8 m)
100-150 m	Eurotower (148 m) One Forty West (145 m) Frankfurter Büro Center (142.4 m) City-Haus (142.1 m) Henninger Turm (140 m) Gallileo (136 m) Nextower (136 m) Pollux (130 m) The Spin (128 m) Four III (128 m) Garden Tower (127 m) Messe Torhaus (117 m) Japan Center (115 m) Park Tower (115 m) Westhafen Tower (112.3 m) IBC Tower (112 m) Büro Center Nibelungenplatz (110 m) Eurotheum (110 m) WinX (110 m) Global Tower (108.6 m) Four IV (104 m) Leonardo Royal Hotel Frankfurt (100 m)
<100 m	MainTor Porta (70 m) MainTor Panorama (64 m)
Under construction	Central Business Tower (205 m) Sparda-Bank Tower (124 m)
Proposed	Millennium Tower I (288 m) Kaiserkaree (195 m) Das Präsidium (175 m) Millennium Tower II (157 m) Icoon (140 m) Matthäuskirche Tower (130 m) NION (106 m)
Demolished	AfE-Turm (116 m)
Category

• Germany
• Architecture

• Office buildings completed in 1999
• Skyscraper office buildings in Frankfurt
• Bankenviertel
• 1999 establishments in Germany
• Observation towers in Hesse