UpGround

UpGround
General information
Status Complete
Location Bucharest, Romania
Construction started 2007
Opening 2010
Cost €260 million
Owner Deutsche Bank
Height
Roof 55 m (180 ft)
Technical details
Floor count 16
Floor area 226,000 square metres (2,430,000 sq ft)
Lifts/elevators 16

UpGround is a condominium located in Bucharest at the intersection of Barbu Văcărescu and Fabrica de Glucoză streets and Şoseaua Petricani. The project consists of four buildings, two residential and two office with a total floor area of 226,000 square metres (2,430,000 sq ft). The two residential buildings have 16 floors each and include a number of 600 apartments and have a floor area of 126,000 square metres (1,360,000 sq ft).[1] The project also includes the seven floor class A office building BOC Tower. The tower has a gross leasable area (GLA) of 57,000 m2 (610,000 sq ft) making it the largest office building in Romania.[2] The most important tenants are Banca Românească which occupies 15,000 square metres (160,000 sq ft) and GfK with 2,730 square metres (29,400 sq ft).[3]

In May 2008 the project was bought by RREEF Real Estate, the real estate branch of Deutsche Bank for €340 million making it the largest real estate transaction in Romania.[4]

  1. "Descriere Generala a Condominiumului si Detalii Tehnice" (PDF) (in Romanian). upground.ro. 2010. Retrieved 2011-02-13.
  2. "Cea mai scumpa cladire de birouri vanduta in Romania" (in Romanian). Ziarul Financiar. 28 October 2009. Retrieved 2011-02-13.
  3. "Complexul mixt Upground va genera un profit de 190 mil. euro" (in Romanian). 9am.ro. 7 December 2007. Retrieved 2011-02-13.
  4. "Cele mai mari 10 tranzactii din ultimul deceniu" (in Romanian). Wall Street Journal. 16 December 2010. Retrieved 2011-02-13.

Coordinates: 44°28′47″N 26°06′53″E / 44.479728°N 26.114781°E / 44.479728; 26.114781

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