Congo Trade Center

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Congo Trade Center (CTC)
Congo Trade Center
General information
StatusCompleted
TypeMulti use, Office, Shopping mall
Location Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Coordinates 4°17′54″S15°18′42″E / 4.2984°S 15.3116°E / -4.2984; 15.3116 Coordinates: 4°17′54″S15°18′42″E / 4.2984°S 15.3116°E / -4.2984; 15.3116
Opening2015
OwnerModern Construction Congo
Technical details
Floor count18
Design and construction
Architect Hamilton Project Management (HPM)

The Congo Trade Center is a skyscraper and shopping centre located in Gombe downtown Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Congo Trade Center has 18 floors. The building houses a 5-Star hotel, offices , Shopping mall, Banquet hall, Six restaurants and a Casino. The building configuration had been originally designed to comprise two car park basement floors, approximately 2,400m² in area, double floor height, double-level, Retail Space, approximately 1,200m² in area on Ground Floor, two public floors comprising spaces such as Hotel Lobbies, Front-Of-House (FOH) and Administration in Tower A, of approximately 5,000m², eleven 209-key, 5-star Hotel, amounting to 14,430m² area in Tower A and four hotel guestroom floors in Tower B with twelve office floors above). [1]

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References

  1. "CTC Trade Centre Kinshasa Congo". Archived from the original on 2015-12-08. Retrieved 2015-11-27.

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