Torre TV Bandeirantes, Television tower in Consolação district, São Paulo, Brazil
Torre TV Bandeirantes is a 212-metre steel lattice television and radio tower in the Consolação district, near Avenida Paulista. It is the tallest tower in São Paulo and one of the tallest in Latin America, built with 650 tons of steel. It is privately owned by Grupo Bandeirantes de Comunicação and closed to the public.
Completed in 1997, the tower replaced the TV Bandeirantes São Paulo and Band FM transmitters at Pico do Jaraguá. Its construction used 650 tons of steel. It remained the tallest structure in São Paulo until 2006, when a TV tower for Rede Globo was built atop Alameda Santos, 680.
The tower is named after Maria Helena Mendes de Barros Saad, wife of Rede Bandeirantes founder João Saad. Since late 2019 it has carried the signal of BandNews FM São Paulo, moved from Edifício Paulista I on Avenida Paulista, and in 2026 Bandeirantes São Paulo migrated its transmissions there from the Rodovia dos Imigrantes.
The tower is privately owned by Rede Bandeirantes and is not open to the public; there is no observation deck or interior access. It stands in the Consolação district near Avenida Paulista, so it can be reached on foot from the surrounding streets and seen from street level. Its lattice structure is best viewed from a distance, since the base sits within the broadcaster's grounds.
In 2011, the structure received an upgrade featuring 30,000 LED lights that transformed how it appears at night. This lighting installation makes it a visible landmark that stands out distinctly from the surrounding cityscape after dark.
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