{"id":5277,"date":"2014-01-28T07:44:13","date_gmt":"2014-01-28T07:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zameen.com\/blog\/?p=5277"},"modified":"2017-12-11T12:32:23","modified_gmt":"2017-12-11T07:32:23","slug":"ocean-tower-currently-the-tallest-skyscraper-of-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/ocean-tower-currently-the-tallest-skyscraper-of-pakistan.html","title":{"rendered":"Ocean Tower \u2013 currently the tallest skyscraper of Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zameen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Ocean-Tower-Distant-View.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5285 aligncenter\" alt=\"Ocean Tower - Distant View\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zameen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Ocean-Tower-Distant-View.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Ocean-Tower-Distant-View.jpg 600w, https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Ocean-Tower-Distant-View-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Ocean-Tower-Distant-View-537x313.jpg 537w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Even though our beloved country lags behind in the race of developing skyscrapers, as the very segment of high-rise buildings is somehow unattended in Pakistan; but, there is a skyscraper in Karachi that provides honor to the skyline of our country. Yes, I am talking about Ocean Tower which is \u2018currently\u2019 Pakistan\u2019s tallest erected building.<\/p>\n<p>Also known as Ocean Mall, this gigantic tower is about 393 feet in height and maintains the badge of being the lankiest tower of our country. It was formerly called as Sofitel Tower, but later on Triple Tree Associates and Siddiqson Group took the ownership of its under-construction structure and its name was changed to Ocean Tower. it was completed in 2012 at an estimated cost of Rs. 7 billion.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zameen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Ocean-Tower-Front-View.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5286 aligncenter\" alt=\"Ocean Tower - Front View\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zameen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Ocean-Tower-Front-View.jpg\" width=\"658\" height=\"746\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Ocean-Tower-Front-View.jpg 658w, https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Ocean-Tower-Front-View-264x300.jpg 264w, https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Ocean-Tower-Front-View-537x608.jpg 537w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 658px) 100vw, 658px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This mixed-used skyscraper homes a shopping mall, corporate offices, a food court, a business club and a car parking area. Outdoing MCB Tower in height, this 28-storey skyscraper boasts its own 5 megawatts powerhouse. It also features five cargo lifts, nine passenger lifts and a state of the art technology for monitoring heat and smoke.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, the Ocean Tower is the tallest building of Pakistan, but the sad part of the story is that the segment of high-rise buildings still awaits attention of the developers. Pakistan truly needs high-rise buildings because the horizontal spawning of housing societies is eating away agricultural acreage of our country, which may lead Pakistan towards food shortage.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zameen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Ocean-Tower-Side-View.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5287 aligncenter\" alt=\"Ocean Tower - Side View\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zameen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Ocean-Tower-Side-View.jpg\" width=\"678\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Ocean-Tower-Side-View.jpg 678w, https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Ocean-Tower-Side-View-271x300.jpg 271w, https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Ocean-Tower-Side-View-537x594.jpg 537w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Today, we have put Ocean Tower into limelight, attributing it as a stupendous development of our country. We will continue to highlight atypical developments in future as well. We would like to have your say on the Ocean Tower in the comments section below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even though our beloved country lags behind in the race of developing skyscrapers, as the very segment of high-rise buildings is somehow unattended in Pakistan; but, there is a skyscraper in Karachi that provides honor to the skyline of our country. Yes, I am talking about Ocean Tower which is \u2018currently\u2019 Pakistan\u2019s tallest erected building. Also known as Ocean Mall, this gigantic tower is about 393 feet in height and maintains the badge of being the lankiest tower of our country. It was formerly called as Sofitel Tower, but later on Triple Tree Associates and Siddiqson Group took the ownership of its under-construction structure and its name was changed to Ocean Tower. it was completed in 2012 at an estimated cost of Rs. 7 billion. This mixed-used skyscraper homes a shopping mall, corporate offices, a food court, a business club and a car parking area. Outdoing MCB Tower in height, this 28-storey skyscraper boasts its own 5 megawatts powerhouse. It also features five cargo lifts, nine passenger lifts and a state of the art technology for monitoring heat and smoke. Currently, the Ocean Tower is the tallest building of Pakistan, but the sad part of the story is that the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":5279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"persona":[],"class_list":["post-5277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ocean Tower \u2013 currently the tallest skyscraper of Pakistan - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Even though our beloved country lags behind in the race of developing skyscrapers, as the very segment of high-rise buildings is somehow unattended in\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/ocean-tower-currently-the-tallest-skyscraper-of-pakistan.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ocean Tower \u2013 currently the tallest skyscraper of Pakistan - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Even though our beloved country lags behind in the race of developing skyscrapers, as the very segment of high-rise buildings is somehow unattended in\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/ocean-tower-currently-the-tallest-skyscraper-of-pakistan.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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