The Tour Swiss Life is a skyscraper

Skyscraper

A skyscraper is a tall, continuously habitable building of many stories, often designed for office and commercial use. There is no official definition or height above which a building may be classified as a skyscraper...

 of offices located in La Part-Dieu

La Part-Dieu

The district of La Part-Dieu is located in the 3rd arrondissement of the City of Lyon. It is the second most important area of the city after the Presqu'île. This district is the second-largest business district of France after La Défense in the Paris area, with over 1,600,000m² of office space...

 quarter, in the 3rd arrondissement of Lyon

3rd arrondissement of Lyon

The 3rd arrondissement of Lyon is one of the nine arrondissements of the City of Lyon.-Demography:* 2006: 88,755 inhab* 2007: 89,000 inhab...

. This 82-metre tower was built in 1989 by French architech Charles Delfante. It is currently the second tallest tower in Lyon until the end of the construction of the Tour Oxygène

Tour Oxygène

The Tour Oxygène is a skyscraper under construction which should rise to 28 levels in the district of La Part-Dieu in the 3rd arrondissement of Lyon, France. It forms part of the Oxygen Project, which includes the office tower and a shopping center, the Cours Oxygène...

. The tower was originally to be about 120 metres, but the City Council was opposed to IGH at the time. It is surrounded by a ditch and to has its ground floor at level -1, the entrance is via a gateway. It houses in particular the Swiss Life company. At the MIPIM exhibition in 2009, the Mayor of Lyon, Gérard Collomb

Gérard Collomb

Gérard Collomb, born on 20 June 1947 in Chalon-sur-Saône, Saône-et-Loire, is a French politician. He is an active member of the French Socialist Party and has been Mayor of Lyon since March 2001....

confirmed the desire of Swiss Life to raise the tower.