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 currently the tallest building in Mirani. it holds an observation on the top floors of the building, with a 5-star restaurants in the 2 floors below. The Capri Tower has one of Crestviews first public observation deck on a skyscraper which still operates from completetion to this day.

NEG Pacific HQ is located in the tower, occupying a large portion of it while Eerikki Cruises Mirani have their HQ in the remaining higher up floors.

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, Grollo Australia purchased the site and developed the tower. It was Grollo's largest building built out of Australia at the time of it's completion.

Construction
The building was built between 1994 and 1998, opening in October 1998, and takes its name from the Capricorn Islands division. The double glazed glass façade of blue tinted mirrored glass is its main feature along with the 65m antenna. It changes colour during the day, ranging from a trademark dark blue to a deep gold during sunset. It is 260m high, with 57 floors and 414 car park spaces in 4 underground car park floors.

Observation Deck
The Crestview Observation Deck opened to the public on 19 July 2000 and is on the 55th floor at 190m. 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 21st of May 2002, a restaurant opened on the 54th and 53rd floor, below the observation. The restaurant is one of the highest quality in the country, rated at 5 stars internationally.

Statistics
In total there are 33 passenger lifts, 95km of lift cables, 686 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.