IT Tower
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IT Tower is a building currently under construction in Karachi
, Pakistan
. It is located at University Road, on which a completed Hassan Square flyover will form the main connection to the complex. The proposed covered area is approximately 2.7 million
square feet spread over 47 floors.
The tower is a mixed-use development on land measuring 3.05 acres (12,342.9 m²) which will be an eco-friendly building consisting of a shopping center, food court, four cinema multiplex, 2100 parking spaces, 260-room hotel, 10,000 seat fully equipped call centre and office floors. Other facilities include an automatic car parking ramp and a swimming pool.
The primary use of the tower will be as a call centre
and office space, with 1300000 sq ft (120,774 m²). spread over 32 floors being put to this use. There will be 12 elevator
s handling the call centre and office users with a multi zoning concept to minimize the traveling time for the users. It is designed to have a maximum waiting time of 30 seconds. Six elevators in the centre core and escalators within the retail floors are also being provided for easy movement for shoppers.
The IT Tower will house its own power generation plant of 18MW, it own independent water supply designed to re-cycle the water usage in line with environmental conservation, security management systems, fibre-optic connections, and fire fighting systems.
The City District Government Karachi signed a deal with the IJM Corporation Malaysia and Astra Netcom Limited and Malpak Limited Dubai
on February 14, 2008 in Kuala Lumpur
.
, the financial capital of Pakistan
. When completed, it will be the country's tallest building and have space for 10,000 call center seats.
The city government and a consortium of three international firms belonging to Malaysia, India
and the United Arab Emirates
signed an agreement for constructing the 47 story IT Tower. Having a total covered area of 2500000 square feet (232,257.6 m²), has been constructing on a huge vacant plot of Gulshan-i-Iqbal adjacent to the Civic Centre by using solar panels for generating 1.2 megawatts of electricity during the daytime.
The agreement to this effect was signed by City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal on behalf of the city government while Mr Dato Goh Chye Koon, Mr Rakesh Gupta and Mr Sarfraz H. Rizvi signed it on behalf of their firms IJM Corporation Berhad Malaysia, Astra Netcom Ltd and Malpak Ltd, respectively.
Speaking on the occasion, the city nazim said that the gigantic project which was expected to be made operational in two years would bring economic revolution in the city as it would, on the one hand, make available IT infrastructure and human resources and, on the other, would help provide 40,000 jobs to the educated youths.
IT Tower would have wireless internet access in its campus with satellite
and terrestrial links for voice data, video-conferring and connectivity with worldwide customer workstations.
According to Mustafa Kamal, Nazim of Karachi, 60% of the call center capacity has already been booked up by various companies.
The project would have 10,000 call centers, parking facilities for 2,100 cars on its five floors, city government offices on five floors and many other facilities as well.
Highlighting the salient features of the project, Astra Netcom’s director (operations), Mr Sahil Vachani, said that the 47-storeyed IT Tower and Call Centre which would meet its 25 per cent power requirement through solar energy would be Pakistan’s first `intelligent’ and `eco-friendly’ building consisting of most modern shopping centers, food court
, a health centre, library
, four mini cinema
halls, a 50-room hotel, club house, swimming pool
, offices and 10,000 call centers and an auditorium
for 800 people.
This concept is being promoted very strongly by the CDGK as well since it is seen as a tool to transform the industry in Pakistan. The offices and Call Centers will occupy a total area of 1300000 sq ft (120,774 m²) and will be spread over 32 floors. The total number of Call Center seats is proposed to be 10,000.
There are 12 lifts handling the call centre and office users with a multi zoning concept to minimize the traveling time for the users. It is design to have a maximum waiting time of 30 second which is being introduced in in Karachi for the first time.
The elevated car park building is further enhanced with the service of lifts serving the building users to efficiently go shopping, working or attend conferences / seminars.
With elevated car park under this floor, the guests will have the convenient to park cars and attend various functions suitable for corporate and business market during day time or the Pakistan’s favorite wedding ceremony or Dinner function at night.
The hotel will have dedicated lifts from ground floor avoiding crowd from the shopping and office users. The hotel rooms will have views of Karachi city, making it very attractive for the foreign and local guests
A curve layout is designed in the retail areas to give different ambient and convenient of movement and having better view for people to shop.
Karachi
Karachi is the largest city, main seaport and the main financial centre of Pakistan, as well as the capital of the province of Sindh. The city has an estimated population of 13 to 15 million, while the total metropolitan area has a population of over 18 million...
, Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
. It is located at University Road, on which a completed Hassan Square flyover will form the main connection to the complex. The proposed covered area is approximately 2.7 million
Million
One million or one thousand thousand, is the natural number following 999,999 and preceding 1,000,001. The word is derived from the early Italian millione , from mille, "thousand", plus the augmentative suffix -one.In scientific notation, it is written as or just 106...
square feet spread over 47 floors.
The tower is a mixed-use development on land measuring 3.05 acres (12,342.9 m²) which will be an eco-friendly building consisting of a shopping center, food court, four cinema multiplex, 2100 parking spaces, 260-room hotel, 10,000 seat fully equipped call centre and office floors. Other facilities include an automatic car parking ramp and a swimming pool.
The primary use of the tower will be as a call centre
Call centre
A call centre or call center is a centralised office used for the purpose of receiving and transmitting a large volume of requests by telephone. A call centre is operated by a company to administer incoming product support or information inquiries from consumers. Outgoing calls for telemarketing,...
and office space, with 1300000 sq ft (120,774 m²). spread over 32 floors being put to this use. There will be 12 elevator
Elevator
An elevator is a type of vertical transport equipment that efficiently moves people or goods between floors of a building, vessel or other structures...
s handling the call centre and office users with a multi zoning concept to minimize the traveling time for the users. It is designed to have a maximum waiting time of 30 seconds. Six elevators in the centre core and escalators within the retail floors are also being provided for easy movement for shoppers.
The IT Tower will house its own power generation plant of 18MW, it own independent water supply designed to re-cycle the water usage in line with environmental conservation, security management systems, fibre-optic connections, and fire fighting systems.
The City District Government Karachi signed a deal with the IJM Corporation Malaysia and Astra Netcom Limited and Malpak Limited Dubai
Dubai
Dubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates . The emirate is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi...
on February 14, 2008 in Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur is the capital and the second largest city in Malaysia by population. The city proper, making up an area of , has a population of 1.4 million as of 2010. Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.2 million...
.
Details
IT Tower is being built at an estimated cost of around US$ 200million in KarachiKarachi
Karachi is the largest city, main seaport and the main financial centre of Pakistan, as well as the capital of the province of Sindh. The city has an estimated population of 13 to 15 million, while the total metropolitan area has a population of over 18 million...
, the financial capital of Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
. When completed, it will be the country's tallest building and have space for 10,000 call center seats.
The city government and a consortium of three international firms belonging to Malaysia, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
and the United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates, abbreviated as the UAE, or shortened to "the Emirates", is a state situated in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman, and Saudi Arabia, and sharing sea borders with Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and Iran.The UAE is a...
signed an agreement for constructing the 47 story IT Tower. Having a total covered area of 2500000 square feet (232,257.6 m²), has been constructing on a huge vacant plot of Gulshan-i-Iqbal adjacent to the Civic Centre by using solar panels for generating 1.2 megawatts of electricity during the daytime.
The agreement to this effect was signed by City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal on behalf of the city government while Mr Dato Goh Chye Koon, Mr Rakesh Gupta and Mr Sarfraz H. Rizvi signed it on behalf of their firms IJM Corporation Berhad Malaysia, Astra Netcom Ltd and Malpak Ltd, respectively.
Speaking on the occasion, the city nazim said that the gigantic project which was expected to be made operational in two years would bring economic revolution in the city as it would, on the one hand, make available IT infrastructure and human resources and, on the other, would help provide 40,000 jobs to the educated youths.
IT Tower would have wireless internet access in its campus with satellite
Satellite
In the context of spaceflight, a satellite is an object which has been placed into orbit by human endeavour. Such objects are sometimes called artificial satellites to distinguish them from natural satellites such as the Moon....
and terrestrial links for voice data, video-conferring and connectivity with worldwide customer workstations.
According to Mustafa Kamal, Nazim of Karachi, 60% of the call center capacity has already been booked up by various companies.
The project would have 10,000 call centers, parking facilities for 2,100 cars on its five floors, city government offices on five floors and many other facilities as well.
Highlighting the salient features of the project, Astra Netcom’s director (operations), Mr Sahil Vachani, said that the 47-storeyed IT Tower and Call Centre which would meet its 25 per cent power requirement through solar energy would be Pakistan’s first `intelligent’ and `eco-friendly’ building consisting of most modern shopping centers, food court
Food court
A food court is generally an indoor plaza or common area within a facility that is contiguous with the counters of multiple food vendors and provides a common area for self-serve dining. Food courts may be found in shopping malls and airports, and in various regions may be a standalone development...
, a health centre, library
Library
In a traditional sense, a library is a large collection of books, and can refer to the place in which the collection is housed. Today, the term can refer to any collection, including digital sources, resources, and services...
, four mini cinema
Movie theater
A movie theater, cinema, movie house, picture theater, film theater is a venue, usually a building, for viewing motion pictures ....
halls, a 50-room hotel, club house, swimming pool
Swimming pool
A swimming pool, swimming bath, wading pool, or simply a pool, is a container filled with water intended for swimming or water-based recreation. There are many standard sizes; the largest is the Olympic-size swimming pool...
, offices and 10,000 call centers and an auditorium
Auditorium
An auditorium is a room built to enable an audience to hear and watch performances at venues such as theatres. For movie theaters, the number of auditoriums is expressed as the number of screens.- Etymology :...
for 800 people.
Call Center
The IT Tower introduces the concept of a fully functional Call Centre,the first of its kind in Pakistan. The developer will set up the entire Infrastructure to operate a call center (Technology Equipment, Computers, etc). This would then be leased out to customers willing to operate a call centre and provide them with a ‘plug and play’ model. Apart from providing the technology and equipment infrastructure along with furniture and fittings, the developer is also going to provide trained work force for the clients.This concept is being promoted very strongly by the CDGK as well since it is seen as a tool to transform the industry in Pakistan. The offices and Call Centers will occupy a total area of 1300000 sq ft (120,774 m²) and will be spread over 32 floors. The total number of Call Center seats is proposed to be 10,000.
Offices
The Tower complex is designed to create State of the art offices fully equipped with technology, which will ensure that all users are ‘Online’ as soon as they move in. Multinationals and leading local firms are target customers and there is a huge demand for this keeping in view the present supply and demand scenario in Karachi. The office users will have direct lifts for them to travel avoiding the retails and shopping crowds.There are 12 lifts handling the call centre and office users with a multi zoning concept to minimize the traveling time for the users. It is design to have a maximum waiting time of 30 second which is being introduced in in Karachi for the first time.
Multi Storied Car Park
One of the major issues in a growing and developing city is the availability of Car Parking Space. This problem is especially evident in the city of Karachi. The IT Tower will be the only complex in the city to offer a car parking facility for 2100 cars spread over 3 Basements and 10 floors of elevated structure.The elevated car park building is further enhanced with the service of lifts serving the building users to efficiently go shopping, working or attend conferences / seminars.
Banquet and Seminars
The banquet hall with the 1000 seating capacity is located on the 16th floor of the Tower. It is facilitated with the kitchen, and additional smaller size seminar rooms.With elevated car park under this floor, the guests will have the convenient to park cars and attend various functions suitable for corporate and business market during day time or the Pakistan’s favorite wedding ceremony or Dinner function at night.
260 Rooms Hotel
IT Tower introduced the first of its kind "sky hotel" where the lobby is located on the 35th floor. Surrounded with the open sky garden concept, the hotel tenants and public can enjoy the magnificent view of Karachi day and night. The open areas have specialty restaurants with option for open or close dining arrangement, coffee house, and lounge.The hotel will have dedicated lifts from ground floor avoiding crowd from the shopping and office users. The hotel rooms will have views of Karachi city, making it very attractive for the foreign and local guests
Shopping Complex
One of Karachi best shopping complex will be located in the IT Tower; Karachi spread over 4 floors with 1 anchor tenant eg. Giant or Tesco. This concept would be introduced in Pakistan in a big way through the IT Tower. The shopping center shall provide direct access from the parking area for all visitors. 6 lifts in the center core and escalators within the retail floors are also being provided for easy movement for shoppers.A curve layout is designed in the retail areas to give different ambient and convenient of movement and having better view for people to shop.