The Metropolitan Center is a mixed-use skyscraper building complex located in the Valle Oriente district of the San Pedro Garza García municipality of Monterrey, Mexico. Overally built between 2012 and 2020, the complex consists of three towers, with the tallest one (the Hotel Safi Metropolitan also known as Metropolitan Center Tower III) standing at 233 m (764 ft) tall with 56 floors, which is the current 7th tallest building in Mexico and the 3rd tallest in Monterrey.[4][5]
| Metropolitan Center | |
|---|---|
 Torre III (Hotel Safi Metropolitan) | |
 | |
| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Type | Mixed-use: Office / Hotel, Residential, Commercial |
| Architectural style | Neomodern |
| Location | San Pedro Garza García, N.L., Mexico |
| Address | 2400 Avenida Lázaro Cárdenas, Valle Oriente, San Pedro Garza García, Monterrey, Nuevo León |
| Coordinates | 25°39′02″N 100°19′59″W / 25.65058°N 100.33302°W |
| Construction started | 2012 |
| Completed | 2020 |
| Owner | Safi Royal Luxury Hotels |
| Height | |
| Roof | 233 m (764 ft) (Hotel Safi)[3] 181 m (594 ft) (Torre II)[1] 126 m (413 ft) (Torre III)[2] |
| Technical details | |
| Structural system | Reinforced concrete |
| Floor count | 56 (Hotel Safi) 43 (Torre II)[1] 31 (Torre III)[2] |
| Floor area | 155,250 m2 (1,670,000 sq ft) (entire complex) |
| Design and construction | |
| Developer | Motiva Desarrollos Safi Royal Luxury Hotels |
| Website | |
| Metropolitan Center | |
History
editArchitecture
editThe tower is located in the Valle Oriente district of San Pedro Garza García and is the tallest building of the Metropolitan Center Complex. The complex was proposed in 2011 and consists of a shopping mall and three main high-rise towers, one of which shares the functions of an office building and hotel, and two of which they only feature a residential function. All of the buildings' glazings are made of curtain walls with insulated blue-coloured glass panels.[6] The complex also features a street-level podium which houses social areas, green spaces and five levels of retail and commercial spaces with a total of 25,000 m2 (269,000 sq ft) usable area.[7][8]
Buildings
edit| Name | Image | Height m (ft) |
Floors | Function | Completed | Floor area |
Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Torre III (Hotel Safi Metropolitan) |
|
233 m (764 ft) | 56 | Office / Hotel | 2020 | 29,750 m2 (320,000 sq ft)[8] | |
| Torre I (far right) |
 |
181 m (594 ft) | 43 | Residential | 2014 | 44,000 m2 (474,000 sq ft)[8] | [1] |
| Torre II |  |
126 m (413 ft) | 31 | Residential | 2017 | 56,500 m2 (608,000 sq ft)[8] | [2] |
| Mall | N/A | 5 | Commercial | 2014 | 25,000 m2 (269,000 sq ft) | [8] |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c "Metropolitan Center Torre II". CTBUH Skyscraper Center. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
- ^ a b c "Metropolitan Center Torre III". CTBUH Skyscraper Center. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
- ^ "Hotel Safi Metropolitan". CTBUH Skyscraper Center. Retrieved 10 October 2024.
- ^ Rocha, Sharai (December 15, 2023). "How much does it cost to stay at the Safi Hotel; the most iconic tower in St. Peter's". mvsnoticias.com (in Spanish). MVS Noticias. Retrieved October 10, 2024.
- ^ Brizuela, Bedilia (November 30, 2021). "Safi Metropolitan de Monterrey: un hotel de altura". deviajerosytragones.com (in Spanish). Retrieved October 10, 2024.
- ^ "Hotel Safi Metropolitan". megaconstrucciones.net. MegaConstrucciones. Retrieved October 10, 2024.
- ^ "Metropolitan Center La vida ahora es vertical". playersoflife.com (in Spanish). Players of Life. November 5, 2019. Retrieved October 10, 2024.
- ^ a b c d e "METROPOLITAN CENTER". anahuac.com.mx. Anahuac Organización Constructora. Retrieved October 10, 2024.
