Hochhaus am Park, Architectural structure in Westend-Nord district, Frankfurt, Germany
The 160 Park View, formerly Hochhaus am Park, is a 96-metre tower in Frankfurt's Westend-Nord, built by ABB Architekten and completed in 1985 with a glass facade. It has 26 upper floors, far more than the four storeys the zoning plan allowed. Since 2016 owner RFR has converted the taller part into about 130 flats and the lower part into a hotel.
The building was constructed in 1975 but exceeded permitted height limits, resulting in a temporary halt to construction. Developer Willi Göbel settled the issue with a payment of one million Deutsche Marks to complete the project.
The building was originally called Westend Center and only took the name Hochhaus am Park in 1985, when it received its glass facade. From 1990 it housed the Hessische Berufsakademie, founded there, and later served as offices for BDO. Since 2016 the empty tower has been converted into around 130 flats and a hotel.
The tower stands in Westend-Nord, close to Grüneburgpark and the Campus Westend of Goethe University. The building itself is private and not open to visitors, so the skyline views claimed for it cannot be had from inside. The surrounding streets and the adjacent park are the accessible points of orientation.
In 1978 the unfinished building was put up for forced auction, but no bidder was found. The architect was the Frankfurt firm ABB Architekten, and the building was only completed in 1985, when it received its glass facade and the name Hochhaus am Park.
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