Almoayyed Tower, Commercial skyscraper in Seef district, Manama, Bahrain
Almoayyed Tower is a 172-metre commercial skyscraper in Seef, Manama, with 42 floors and a regular four-sided body. Its blue facade rises in stepped tiers toward the base and carries two long vertical recesses with tan stripes. The ground and mezzanine floors hold a mall with its own north entrance, and an eight-storey car park for over 1000 cars stands alongside.
Almoayyed Tower was built in two phases: the tower itself was finished in November 2003, and an eight-storey car park for 1,050 cars followed in 2004. It stood as Bahrain's tallest structure from 2001 until 2008, when Bahrain Financial Harbour, Bahrain World Trade Center and Abraj Al Lulu surpassed it. The Bahraini architect Mazen Al-Omran designed it, and Fujairah National Contracting built it at a cost of 53 million dollars.
The tower's nickname, Dark Tower, comes from the dark tinting of its glass and exterior walls. Its ground and mezzanine floors form a mall with its own entrance on the north side, separate from the office lobby. The building is managed by YK Almoayyed & Sons Properties, while office leasing has been handled by Cluttons, whose offices are on the 20th floor.
Almoayyed Tower stands in the Seef district of Manama. Its mall occupies the ground and mezzanine floors and has its own entrance on the north side of the building, separate from the office lobby. The eight-storey car park holds 1,050 vehicles. Six public elevators serve the tower, and antennas from Bahrain's main telecom providers keep mobile signal working inside them.
The building features Bahrain's first private helipad and houses specialized telecommunication equipment on the 43rd floor. This setup enhances signal coverage across the city and makes it an important piece of infrastructure.
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