Vitri Tower, Postmodern residential building in Costa del Este, Panama.
Vitri Tower (Torre Vitri) is a residential skyscraper at the end of Avenida Paseo del Mar in Costa del Este, Panama City. Sources give 74 storeys and 260 metres, or 75 storeys and 275 metres; it is the tallest residential building in Panama and the second-tallest skyscraper in the country.
Construction began in 2007 and the tower reached its full height in late 2010, though it was not completed until early 2012. In 2018 it ranked as the second-tallest building in Panama and the third-tallest in Latin America.
Torre Vitri stands at the end of Avenida Paseo del Mar in Costa del Este, a district of Panama City developed from the 1990s as a business and residential zone. Its name is shared with the tower itself, and the building is known in Spanish as Torre Vitri and in English as Vitri Tower. In 2018 rankings it placed second among Panama's tallest buildings and third in Latin America.
The building is served by four high-speed elevators connecting all levels from the ground floor to the upper residential areas. Access to the tower may be restricted to certain times or designated areas.
The Spanish Wikipedia lists the tower at 275 metres and 75 storeys, while the English article gives 260 metres and 74 storeys; both agree it was completed in 2012. Its ranking also shifts with the source: second-tallest in Panama by the Spanish figures, sixth in Panama City by the English ones.
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