ISE Tower

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ISE Tower
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ISE Tower
General information
TypeOffice
Location Islamabad-44000, Pakistan
Coordinates 33°42′43″N73°03′28″E / 33.7119°N 73.0578°E / 33.7119; 73.0578
Completed2009
Height
Roof76 m (249 ft)
Technical details
Floor count19
Website
isereit.com.pk

The ISE Tower is a high-rise building located at 55, Jinnah Avenue of the Blue Area business district of Islamabad. [1] The building was originally designed to serve as a stock exchange building. However, following the merger of the Islamabad Stock Exchange in 2016, the tower has been repurposed as an office building. [2]

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History

Constructed at a cost of Rs 2.5 billion, the ISE management independently generated the necessary capital for the project, which was completed in under four years. [3] It was inaugurated in 2009 by then-Prime Minister of Pakistan, Yusuf Raza Gilani. [4]

Building

The building features three basements, each spanning 50,000 square feet, designated for employee parking. [3] Despite the expectation of hundreds of daily visitors upon full occupancy, the planners did not allocate sufficient space for visitor parking. [3] The main features of the 22-storey building include a bronze bull statue and the largest electronic screen in Pakistan, measuring 15 feet high and 10 feet wide. [3]

Unlike other stock markets, the ISE Tower does not include a trading hall, as stock market trading is no longer centralized. [3] To meet the high demand for telephone lines and internet connections, the PTCL has established a hub of 5,000 lines. [3] The entire building is connected via optic fiber, with no copper wire internet connections, resulting in an additional cost of Rs 250 million. [3] The state-of-the-art firefighting system installed in the building cost up to Rs300 million. [3]

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