Tour Postel 2001, Commercial high-rise building in Plateau, Ivory Coast
Tour Postel 2001 is a 105-meter high-rise office building with 26 floors located in the business district. The facade features mirrored windows with metal sun-blocking fins that give it a uniform appearance.
Completed in 1984, Tour Postel 2001 was one of the most recent towers built by the Ivorian administration, which from the 1970s onward erected office towers for government services. It housed four ministries: Economic Infrastructure, Transport, Crafts and SMEs, and Posts and ICT. A Council of Ministers decision of 14 August 2013 emptied it because of its dilapidation, and a full rehabilitation was planned at a cost of 14 billion CFA francs.
The tower reflects how Abidjan shaped its business district during the 1980s, standing out among other structures with its clean lines and practical design approach. Today it remains a visible symbol of the city's ambitions during that period of development.
The tower stands on Rue Jesse Owens in Plateau, facing the French Embassy and flanked by the SCIAM and CAISTAB buildings. It is a 26-storey building over 105 metres tall. A full rehabilitation was planned at a cost of 14 billion CFA francs.
The tower is often wrongly called Postel 2000, because most Ivorian buildings of this naming type from that era carry the year 2000 rather than 2001. It faces the French Embassy and stands next to the SCIAM and CAISTAB towers. Funds meant for its upkeep were diverted within SIEGIM-CI, the manager at the time, leaving it unmaintained through the 2000s.
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