Nicholas Tower

Nicholas Tower, situated on Independence Square, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago is the fifth tallest building in Trinidad and Tobago.[1] It has an elliptical floor plate and stands 21[2] floors tall and 88 Meters high. Construction was completed in 2003 and each floor, 8,000 square feet (700 m²) of space, was rented out at a cost of $96,000 a month[3] (as of 2005). It is a blue glass tower.

Nicholas Tower
General information
Type	Office
Location	Independence Square, Port of Spain, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
Construction started	2002
Completed	2003
Height
Roof	88 metres (289 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	21
Design and construction
Architect	Bynoe Rowe Wiltshire Partnership

Nicholas Tower, North Face

Nicholas Tower

Port of Spain, viewed from the harbour, December 2002. The Nicholas Tower, then under construction, is to the right of the image.

The building was constructed on the site of the Trinidad Union Club, a 136-year-old private club.,[4] which occupied the penthouse suite of the Nicholas Tower until 2015.[4] Currently major tenants of Nicholas Tower include:

• The Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange, a former tenant of the old Union Club building[5]
• Caribbean Airlines (The national airline of Trinidad and Tobago)[1]
• American Airlines[6]
• Continental Airlines
• Ministry of Trade and Industry[7]
• Ministry of Community Development, Culture and the Arts[8]
• Office of the Prime Minister
• InvesTT[9]
• Economic Diversification Board (EDB) of the Ministry of Planning
• Flow