Plimmer Towers facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Plimmer Towers |
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| General information | |
| Type | Office & hotel |
| Architectural style | Late Modern |
| Location | Plimmer Steps, Wellington, New Zealand |
| Coordinates | 41°17′9″S 174°46′30″E / 41.28583°S 174.77500°E |
| Current tenants | Brother NZ, Travelodge |
| Completed | 1977 |
| Owner | Eureka Funds Management, Toga Group |
| Height | 84 metres (276 ft) |
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| Floor count | 25 |
| Design and construction | |
| Main contractor | Williams Construction |
Plimmer Towers is a high-rise office and hotel complex in central Wellington, New Zealand. The building is named after John Plimmer, a major business and political personality during Wellington's early years. Towering at 25 floors and 84M in height it was at its time of its completion the tallest building in New Zealand until it lost its title to Auckland's Quay tower in 1981.
History
Originally developed by construction tycoon Arthur Williams, the building was opened in 1977 as the Williams Centre. At the time of opening, it was Wellington's tallest building until 1984, when the nearby BNZ Centre opened. A second matching tower was opened in 1985.
Williams sold the building to Smart Group NZ in 1986, which was severely affected by the 1987 sharemarket crash. It was later purchased by the Singaporean-based Grand Central Group in 1993, by which time it was renamed the Plimmer City Centre, with the hotel section rebranded as a Copthorne.
In 2010, the complex was refurbished and repainted by its current owners, Australian-based Eureka Funds Management and the Toga Group. Hotel naming rights were passed on to the Travelodge group.
Due to the slope the building is on, the Lambton Quay side of the tower is 31 floors and 106M above street level rather then the 25 floors and 84M on the other side of the tower.
