Isrotel Tower
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The Isrotel Tower is a skyscraper
Skyscraper
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 hotel located on the beachfront of Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv , officially Tel Aviv-Yafo , is the second most populous city in Israel, with a population of 404,400 on a land area of . The city is located on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline in west-central Israel. It is the largest and most populous city in the metropolitan area of Gush Dan, with...

, Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

. Standing 108 meters high, the 29 floor tower is operated by the Israeli Isrotel
Isrotel
Isrotel Hotels Management Ltd. is an Israeli hotel chain. Most of its hotels are located in Israels southern city of Eilat. At the end of 2008 Isrotel operated 12 hotels, as well as related vacation products, including restaurants, spas, a diving club called Manta and other attractions.Isrotel...

 hotel group and is the tallest tower on Tel Aviv's Promenade. The tower was completed in 1997 and features a rooftop swimming pool
Swimming pool
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, the highest in Israel, and one of only three hotels in Tel Aviv to feature this. Upon completion, this tower was also the tallest building in the country with balconies although the Tel Aviv Towers
Tel Aviv Towers
The Tel Aviv Towers are a complex of four skyscrapers in the city of Tel Aviv, Israel. Three buildings in the complex are complete. Towers 1 and 2 are each 140 meters in height, have 34 floors, and were built between 1998 and 2000. Each has 23,000 sqm of residential space and 225 apartments. The...

 now have this position. Designed by A Gvirtzman Architects, the tower's were completed in 1966, whilst the main core was completed in the 1980s. The diameter of the structure is 29 meters and the tower is constructed on the site of the Gan Rina Theatre. The hotel consists of 90 suites whilst the top floors house 62 apartments. The tower is constructed on a narrow pedestal
Pedestal
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Isrotel
Isrotel
Isrotel Hotels Management Ltd. is an Israeli hotel chain. Most of its hotels are located in Israels southern city of Eilat. At the end of 2008 Isrotel operated 12 hotels, as well as related vacation products, including restaurants, spas, a diving club called Manta and other attractions.Isrotel...

is expected to open its second Tel Aviv hotel, the Sea One hotel, during the year 2013. Sea One will also be located on the Tel Aviv promenade rising 23 floors high and offering 241 rooms and suites. Unlike Isrotel Tower, Sea One is branded as one the chain's exclusive hotels aimed at hosting wealthier crowds.

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