BD Bacatá
| BD Bacatá | |
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BD Bacatá under construction
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| Hotel chain | Eurostars |
| Record height | |
| Tallest in Colombia since 2 April 2015 | |
| Preceded by |
Torre Colpatria, Bogotá 196 m (643 ft) |
| General information | |
| Type | Mixed-use |
| Location | Calle 19 #5-20 |
| Town or city | Santa Fe, Bogotá |
| Country |
 Colombia
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| Coordinates | 4°36′17.1″N 74°04′13.2″W / 4.604750°N 74.070333°WCoordinates: 4°36′17.1″N 74°04′13.2″W / 4.604750°N 74.070333°W |
| Named for | Bacatá |
| Construction started | October 2011 |
| Topped-out | 24 July 2015 |
| Estimated completion | 2017 |
| Cost | COP $ 240.000 million |
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| Design and construction | |
| Architecture firm | Grupo Alonso Balagúer |
| Developer | BD Promotores |
| Structural engineer | Prabyc Ingenieros |
| Other information | |
| Number of stores | 30 |
| Number of rooms | 300 |
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| Website | |
| www |
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| References | |
BD Bacatá (Bogotá Downtown Bacatá) is a skyscraper currently under construction in Bogotá, Colombia, the tallest one in the country, surpassing the Torre Colpatria (Colpatria Tower) and the second tallest in South America. When completed it will be 67 stories high composed of 1.2 million square feet. Development includes office and retail space, apartments and a 364 room hotel. It will be the tallest skyscraper in Colombia, and the first crowdfunded skyscraper, meaning that it was funded by private individuals through the purchase of shares and fiduciary rights allowed under Colombian law.
The name of the tower; Bacatá is taken from the former name of the most developed area on the Bogotá savanna of the pre-Columbian Muisca; Bacatá, which means "(enclosure) outside of the farm fields".
The BD Bacatá complex has the two tallest buildings in Colombia, one with 67 stories, where the new hotel, owned by the Spanish firm Eurostars, will be operating; and the other with 56 stories. The main materials used in the construction of the skyscraper are glass, aluminium and concrete. Both buildings will be connected by a pedestrian footpath in the first floor through the mall's platform, shared by both of them, and it will also have two pedestrian bridges, located in the 14 and 25 floors of both towers.
In the south tower, where the hotel will be located, the predominant material will be glass, notable in the curtain wall planned for it. The office section, located in the north tower, will also have a glass facade and the apartments section will have windows from floor to ceiling, and balconies.
BD Bacatá is the world's first crowdfunded skyscraper. It is the first skyscraper to be built in Colombia in 35 years. The structure is financed by over 3,800 ordinary Colombians.
Hotel Bacatá before demolition, 2011
Bogotá before BD Bacatá
BD Bacatá, April 2015
BD Bacatá, December 2015
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