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Triangle House

South Africa

The 1019th tallest building in the world

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Triangle House, originally known as Safmarine House, is a 104-metre-tall (341-foot) building in Cape Town, South Africa. Construction work began in 1991 and it was completed in 1993 by Murray & Roberts Construction, now known as Concor at a cost of US$6,000,000 (equivalent to US$9, 610, 000 in 2018). it was the last skyscraper built in Cape Town until the completion of the Portside Tower 21 years later in 2014. The building was originally named after its first occupant, the South African shipping company Safmarine. The building was originally owned by Old Mutual Investment Group Property Investments. At the end of August 2023, the hotel component within the building was sold to the real estate private equity firm Kasada. The hotel is now operated by Accor (the French-listed hotel group) under the Pullman brand.

Building data from Wikidata (CC0); heights normalised. Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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