Capri Tower

The Capri Towers is a skyscraper located at 163 King Street, in the south side of the Crestview CBD of Crestview, Capital Islands, Mirani. It is one of the tallest buildings in Mirani, it also holds an observation on the top floors of the building, with a 5-star restaurants. The Capri Tower has one of Crestviews first public observation deck on a skyscraper which operates from completetion to this day.

Background
On the site which the tower now stands was the Daily Site, which produced newspapers for Mirani Daily. The company moved to a new location out of the city, then Grollo Australia purchased the site and developed the tower. It was Grollo's largest building out of Australia at the time to be built.

Construction
The building was built between 1986 and 1990, opening in October 1990, and takes its name from the Capricorn Islands division. The massive glass façade of blue tinted mirrored glass is its main feature and changes colour during the day, ranging from a trademark dark blue to a deep gold during sunset.

It is 247m high, with 63 floors and 3 basement floors. It comprises two conjoined towers, the shorter North Tower being 185m high with 43 floors. In total, there are 85,000m² of office space.

Tenants moved into the lower floors while the upper floors were still under construction in 1988.

Observation Deck
The Crestview Observation Deck opened to the public on 19 July 1992 and is on the 55th floor of the tallest Tower, at 234m. Views of up to 60km can be seen on a clear day. You can see parts of the Western Islands, Gips Islands and the Big Island divisions and vast oceans. It is has two express passenger lifts. On the 21 May 2001, a restaurant opened on the 56th floor, above the observation. The restaurant is one of the best in the country, rated at 5 stars internationally.

Statistics
In total there are 36 passenger lifts, 95km of lift cables, 706 lift door openings and 1,450 staircase steps. The outer surface of the building has 13,000 windows. The CapriTower, has been Mirani's tallest building since completion.