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Torre Ciudadana

Torre Ciudadana, High-rise building in Monterrey, Mexico.

Torre Ciudadana, also called the Administrative Tower of the State Government, is a 180-metre, 34-storey glass, concrete and steel tower beside the Paseo Santa Lucía, facing Parque Fundidora in the Obrera neighbourhood. The complex has two parts: a three-storey building for citizen services and the tower housing 22 state government departments, with five parking levels and eight high-speed lifts. Its profile is likened to a bottle opener, like the Shanghai World Financial Center.

Construction began in October 2007 and ended in March 2010, funded through a public-private scheme (PPS) with an estimated investment of 1 billion pesos. The tower replaced rented offices for 22 government departments, which had cost about 70 million pesos annually. It was built on a site in the Obrera neighborhood, facing Parque Fundidora.

The tower's name, Torre Ciudadana, refers to its role in citizen services: a separate three-storey building on the site handles public attention, while the 34-storey tower houses 22 state government departments. The building also has a parking area for 3,000 cars.

The building is accessible to visitors who need to conduct government business or explore its public areas. It is advisable to arrive during business hours and ask staff for directions to specific offices, as the size can be overwhelming at first.

The tower's silhouette is compared to a bottle opener, a shape shared with the Shanghai World Financial Center and Riyadh's Kingdom Centre. It was built by the Brazilian firm Andrade Gutierrez, and its eight high-speed lifts run at 6.3 metres per second. The complex is split in two: a three-storey block for citizen services and a 34-floor tower housing 22 state agencies.

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