Majestic Centre
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| Majestic Centre | |
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| Completed | 1991 |
| Location | Wellington, New Zealand |
| Address | 100 Willis Street Willis Street Willis Street is located at the heart of the central business district of Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand.Willis Street is one of the four 'quarters' of downtown Wellington, .The two tallest buildings in Wellington, the BNZ Tower and the Majestic Centre, are both located on Willis Street.... |
| Height | |
| Pinnacle | 116m (381 ft) |
| Floors | 29 |
| Companies | |
| Manning & Associates (architects) Mainzeal Property and Construction Mainzeal The Mainzeal Group Ltd is one of the leading New Zealand property and construction companies. According to its website, Mainzeal creates about NZ$400 million of assets for its clients per annum and employs some 500 people in the whole of New Zealand... (construction) Wass Buller & Associates Norman Disney & Young Primaq Holdings (developer) Kiwi Income Properties Trust (current owner) Jasmax (architects) |
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The Majestic Centre, designed by Jack Manning of Manning Mitchell in association with Kendon McGrail of Jasmax Architects and completed in 1991, is the tallest building in Wellington
Wellington
Wellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range...
, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
. The building, located on 100 Willis Street is 116 meters high and has 29 stories, making it the ninth tallest high-rise building in New Zealand, along with the ASB Bank
ASB Bank
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Centre in Auckland. It was, at the time of its completion, one of the three tallest buildings in the country, the two other contenders being built in the same year. It is mainly used as office space.
As of 2006, IBM
IBM
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New Zealand is the anchor tenant, with naming rights to the building. Other tenants include the Opus International Consultants Inc., Japanese Embassy and Airways Corporation.
The site was originally occupied by the Majestic Cabaret, which operated from 1929 to 1984 and was a key venue for ballroom events in Wellington. By the time of its closure in 1984, the Cabaret was deemed to be an earthquake risk, and demolition began in 1987 to make way for its namesake high-rise building.