Delftse Poort

Delftse Poort (English: Delft Gate Building) is a twin-tower skyscraper complex at Weena 505 next to the Rotterdam Centraal railway station in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Tower I is 151.35 m (496.6 ft) with 41 stories, and Tower II is 93 m (305 ft) with 25 stories. Until May 2009, Tower I was the tallest office tower in the Netherlands. Both towers are built over a 4-storey multifunctional podium which adjoins the Rotterdam central station. The entire complex has 28 elevators. The gross floor area in the complex is 106,000 m² (1,140,000 sq ft), and the offices occupy 66,000 m² (710,000 sq ft).

Delftse Poort
Alternative names	Nationale-Nederlanden
General information
Type	Commercial offices
Architectural style	Modernism
Location	Weena 505 Rotterdam, Netherlands
Coordinates	51.92397°N 4.47195°E / 51.92397; 4.47195
Completed	1991
Cost	NLG240 million €110 million
Owner	CBRE Global Investors, KanAm Grund
Height
Antenna spire	164 m (538 ft)
Roof	Tower I: 151.35 m (496.6 ft) Tower II: 93 m (305 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	Tower I: 41 Tower II: 25
Floor area	106,000 m2 (1,140,000 sq ft)
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Abe Bonnema
Website
http://www.delftsepoort.nl/
References
[1][2][3][4]

It was constructed between 1988 and 1991. The cost of the construction was 240 million Dutch guilders, or about €110 million. Due to a metro tunnel running underneath the complex, advanced construction methods were required, allowing only a single underground floor to be built. The building is also known as Nationale-Nederlanden building, because until 2015 the Dutch Company 'Nationale-Nederlanden' (National-Netherlands) was the main user of the building.^[5] Nationale-Nederlanden was the local insurance branch of ING Insurance until 2014. In April 2015, the building was officially reopened by owner CBRE Global Investors as a general-purpose office building with 65,000 m² (700,000 sq ft) of office space.^[6] Nationale-Nederlanden became a tenant renting only a third of the building complex, and hence their logo on Tower I was removed.^[5][7] Since then the building has established its own identity, displaying its own logo on Tower I.^[5]

Until 2004, an annual race up the building's stairs took place in this building.

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  Delftse Poort logo
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  Nationale-Nederlanden in Delftse poort
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  NN logo
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  Delftse poort

References

1. "Emporis building complex ID 102291". Emporis. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
2. "Delftse Poort". SkyscraperPage.
3. Gebouw Delftse Poort I at Structurae
4. Gebouw Delftse Poort II at Structurae
5. "Nationale Nederlanden verdwijnt van Delftse Poort". Metronieuws. Retrieved 2017-01-29.
6. Douma, Remco. "Opening Delftse Poort". www.ndi.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2017-01-29.
7. "Dutch Office Fund | CBRE Global Investors sluit huurovereenkomst met Nationale Nederlanden voor ca. 22.000 m2 kantoorruimte in Rotterdam". www.dutchofficefund.nl. Archived from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2017-01-29.

External links

• http://www.delftsepoort.nl/
• Media related to Gebouw Delftse Poort at Wikimedia Commons