Bookings open for Shanta Pinnacle

Real estate developer Shanta Holdings yesterday started accepting bookings for "Shanta Pinnacle", saying it was to be Dhaka's first 40-storied commercial tower to be completed in December 2022.

The tower is designed by distinguished architect Ehsan Khan while the structural, mechanical, electrical and plumbing aspects and facade designs by world renowned Meinhardt Group, it said in a statement.

Located on Gulshan-Tejgaon Link Road, the tower will have five basements capable of accommodating 340 cars and having a mechanical ventilation system.

Besides there will be a café, rooftop restaurant, eight high speed elevators including a fireman's lift, state-of-the-art firefighting and detection system, two pressurised fire stairs, a computer-based building management system and central security system and a 45-feet high atrium entrance.

It will also be a green building with a double-glazed facade system ensuring energy efficiency.

The company also said this would be the country's first wind tunnel tested building design by RWDI Singapore, ensuring advanced structural integrity.