Alrov Tower, Modern skyscraper in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Alrov Tower is a 93-metre office tower on Shadal Street beside the Russian Embassy building on Rothschild Boulevard. Its facade combines dark navy and light grey granite with glass, and its mass is composed of three geometric forms: a box-like tower, a triangular element on the north facade and a cylinder on the south facade. It has 23 office floors above a six-level underground car park with 280 spaces.
Architects Avraham Yaski and Yossi Sivan completed this building in 1998 during a period of rapid urban growth. The project emerged as part of Tel Aviv's transformation into a major business hub.
The tower is named after Alrov, the company of developer Alfred Akirov, which bought the Russian Embassy building and its roughly two-dunam plot in 1990 for $5.5 million and made the tower its headquarters. Tenants from 1999 included Tamir Fishman Investments, Banque Privée Edmond de Rothschild, Morgan Stanley and Chase Manhattan Bank.
The building sits in central Tel Aviv with convenient access to public transportation and nearby business areas. The surrounding neighborhood is walkable with shops and dining options within easy reach.
The Russian Embassy building was lifted onto new steel piles inserted beneath its shallow foundations, and six underground parking levels were excavated underneath it without damaging the historic structure. The same approach was later applied elsewhere on Rothschild Boulevard and Yehuda Halevi Street.
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