Pacific Tower, High-rise apartment building in Christchurch City, New Zealand

Pacific Tower is a modern high-rise with apartments and a hotel in Christchurch, standing at about 86 meters tall. The building combines a hotel on lower floors with residential areas above, creating a mixed-use structure.

The building was completed in 2010 and was the tallest structure in Christchurch at that time. Following a major earthquake in 2011, it underwent extensive inspection and reopened in 2013 after repairs.

The hotel opened as The Marque before being rebranded Rendezvous Hotel, and its 171 rooms reopened on 1 May 2013 after the building sat closed following the February 2011 earthquake. The tower went up in 2010 alongside the HSBC Tower and the Novotel Hotel, and all three survived the 2010 and 2011 quakes.

The tower stands in Christchurch's central city, with the Rendezvous Hotel occupying levels 1 to 14, apartments on levels 15 to 22 and a plant room on level 23. The hotel reopened on 1 May 2013 with 171 rooms after the building was closed following the February 2011 earthquake. Ground-floor super moment-resisting frames leave the front elevations free of braces, so the lower facade stays open.

The tower's eccentrically braced steel frame survived the 2010 and 2011 earthquakes with only one fractured active link, which was replaced; three weakened links were removed for testing by civil engineering universities in Auckland and Christchurch. That fracture was the first failure of this building element worldwide, drawing scientific interest.