Neva Towers


The Neva Towers, formerly the Renaissance Moscow Towers, is a complex of two skyscrapers located on plots 17 and 18 of the Moscow International Business Center in Moscow, Russia. Tower 1 will be 302 meters tall and have 69 floors while Tower 2 will be 345 meters tall and have 79 floors. The complex is currently under construction and is expected to be completed in two stages: first stage was commissioned in 2019 and the second stage is to be completed in late 2020.

History

Origins

Plots 17 and 18 of the MIBC were to be used originally for the Russia Tower, a supertall skyscraper designed by Norman Foster, but the Great Recession and issues with investors forced development of the project to be cancelled. On 2014, ownership of half of the plot was transferred to Turkish company Rönesans Holding.
As general contractor, Rönesans Holding hired ST Towers LLC to develop a new complex, the Renaissance Moscow Towers, later renamed the Neva Towers. The project would also be developed by the SPEECH Architectural Bureau in partnership with American companies HOK and FXCollaborative, with public spaces designed by Hirsch Bedner Associates. The management of the complex claimed to receive a LEED Gold certificate.

Construction

Sales of the apartments in the complex opened in September 2016. Investments for the complex exceeded $1 billion later in November 2016.
On 15 October 2018, Tower 2 of the Neva Towers was architecturally topped out when work on the 79th floor was completed. Construction of the first stage of the project is 70% completed.

Design

The plots Neva Towers are to be built on have a total area of 2.41 hectares. The total area of the complex will be 349.2 thousand square meters. The complex will be composed of a single four-story stylobate where the two towers would be build on top on. Tower 2 will be a 79-story residential skyscraper with a height of 345 meters. Tower 1 will be a 69-story skyscraper with a height of 302 meters with office space proposed on the 28th floor. In the complex would be a private park with an area of seven thousand square meters. In addition, the complex would have a hotel and a fitness center with a swimming pool located on Tower 2. There is also a parking lot with a planned capacity of 2,040 cars for workers and residents of the complex. Stone plates of light stone are to be used to decorate the skyscrapers.

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