Farewell to the Four Towers! Hello, Five Towers!
It will not be the tallest of towers. In fact, its 181 meters are far from the 250 of the Torre de Cristal, the highest, and the 235 of the Torre Espacio, the lowest. However, the arrival of Caleido will not go unnoticed and will once again change the profile of the city. Its construction will begin next March and is scheduled to be completed during the last quarter of 2019 , they inform from the City council .
181 meters and 36 floors
The new tower will be built on the 66,972 m2 of land that the City Council owns at number 259 Castellana. After a public tender, the Consistory has ceded its use to the company Icono Torre Vida S.A.U, a real estate company of the Villar Mir Group, for 75 years for four million euros. This represents 300 million euros which include the building costs, the urbanization of the plot destined for a green area, the fees and the canon.
It will house a university campus and a private health clinic
Designed by the Fenwick Iribarren and Serrano-Suñer Arquitectura studio, Caleido will have two different spaces : the tower itself, which, at 161 meters high, will have the appearance of a slender monolith, if seen from Paseo de la Castellana, and an inverted 'T', if seen from Monforte de Lemos; and an extensive 20 meter plinth that will be distributed to the north and south of the tower.
Caleido will be shaped like a slender monolith or an inverted 'T'
The complex as a whole will house a University campus of the Instituto de Empresa (IE) with capacity for 6,000 students, a private health center focused on sports medicine, a commercial, leisure and service area , and a green area of 33,300 m2 in which it is planned to organize activities related to sports and culture. With 48,000 m2, the university will occupy the largest space, with classrooms and administrative offices located in the tower and sports services in the southern half of the base.
Model of the new tower