| Tour Aurore | |
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| General information | |
| Location | La Défense |
| Country | France |
| Inaugurated | 1970 |
| Height | 133 meters |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 27 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architecture firm | Coyne et Bellier |
Tour Aurore is a 133-metre, 27-story office building in the La Défense central business district outside of Paris. Empty since the 1990s, its destruction was announced a decade later, but its new owner since 2018 decided to keep and upgrade the building.
History[edit]
Tour Aurore was designed by Coyne et Bellier and constructed in 1970.
Since the 1990s, no tenants occupied the building.[1] It became the property of The Carlyle Group who obtained in 2011 the permit to demolish Tour Aurore to erect a new building, Tour Air 2.[2]
In March 2018, the investment firm Aermont bought the real estate development project from The Carlyle Group.[3] A week later, it was announcement that the destruction project was abandoned after The Carlyle Group failed to get the necessary approvals to launch it. A project to restructure it and add top floors was announced.[4] Its iconic copper windows would be replaced with a more contemporary look.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ Teurlais, Adrien (2019-02-27). "La tour Aurore va enfin s'offrir un gros lifting". Defense-92.fr (in French). Retrieved 2023-10-06.
- ^ a b Hubin, Florence (2018-11-08). "A La Défense, la tour Aurore dit adieu à son look seventies". leparisien.fr (in French). Retrieved 2023-10-06.
- ^ "La Défense : la tour Air 2 reprise par un nouveau fonds". CFNEWS IMMO (in French). 2018-03-07. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
- ^ Teurlais, Adrien (2018-03-14). "Fini la tour Aire 2, revoilà la tour Aurore". Defense-92.fr (in French). Retrieved 2023-10-06.
External links[edit]
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