City Plaza 2 office building starts going up
On 5 September, Merko entered into a design and construction contract with Estconde Invest OÜ for building an office building on the Tartu mnt 1 plot at the corner of Gonsiori and A. Laikmaa streets in Tallinn.
A 101-metre-high building with 28 aboveground storeys and two underground levels will be erected on the former site of the Estonian Academy of Arts. Named City Plaza 2, the complex will also have lower parts – a six-storey structure with office and commercial space on the corner of Gonsiori and A. Laikmaa streets and a four-storey structure with office space along A. Laikmaa.
We will build a business complex featuring modern and comfortable class A office space, the infrastructure the building needs to function and a surrounding area with a city square between the buildings. The design is based on the requirements of the Excellent level of the international sustainability standard BREEAM.
Boasting total floor space of 21,000 m2, City Plaza 2 will be a front-line high-rise in the Tallinn skyline, offering the best views of the sea and Old Town. The developer has sought the most energy-conserving solutions for a sustainable office building – it will conform to energy class A requirements, and will have energy-efficient solutions, efficient heating and ventilation systems and solar panels on the roof.
Emphasis was laid on maximum comfort for the office space users. The work environment in the complex will be modern and support healthy lifestyles, with the largest indoor bike parking facility in Estonia with space for more than 200 bikes. There will be 160 parking spaces for cars.
The architectural design for the complex was by Andres Alver, Tarmo Laht, Sven Koppel and Kristjan Värav of Alver Arhitektid. The work will span three years and four months and the building will be completed in January 2028.
