€1b Berlin residential tower to be built

Bewocon has been awarded the exclusive sales and marketing rights for the highest residential building in Berlin, the Alexander – Berlins Capital Tower.

Russian developer the MonArch Group will be constructing the €1 billion ($1.1 billion) Alexander Berlins Capital, with a height of 492 feet and a total of 38 floors, which could become the city’s tallest building. The new tower will be 82 feet taller than the city’s current tallest building, the 410-foot-high Park Inn Berlin Alexanderplatz.

Alexander – Berlins Capital Tower will include 475 residential apartments with spa and gym facilities, private cinema, residents terrace and club levels, as well as underground parking facilities for cars and bicycles.

Designs for the Alexander Tower were first revealed in the city’s Master Plan in 1994, as part of an initiative to regenerate the Alexanderplatz area of central Berlin. Bewocon filed a planning application for the project last month, but is confide