Tata Centre | |
Location: | Chowringhee Road, Kolkata, India |
Address: | 43 J. L. Nehru Road, Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
Highest Next: | Chatterjee International Center |
Highest Start: | 1963 |
Highest End: | 1976 |
Highest Region: | East and Northeast India |
Building Type: | Commercial offices |
Roof: | 79m (259feet) |
Floor Count: | 18 |
Architectural Style: | Modernism (RCC-framed construction) |
Architect: | Utopian Associates |
Developer: | Tata Group |
Owner: | Tata Group |
References: | [1] |
Tata Centre is a high-rise commercial building in Kolkata, India.[2] It is located on Chowringhee Road in the central business district (CBD) of the city. The building houses most of the Tata Group's city operations.
Tata Centre is one of the tallest buildings in the CBD and an important landmark in the central part of the city, currently undergoing renovation by architects Utopian Associates. It was built in 1963, making it the first 18-floor building in the city.
This sleek designed glass-and-steel tower has a total height of 79m (259feet). The building has an underground car park, central air conditioning and 7 high-speed lifts. It also houses a sub-telephone exchange for BSNL. Tata Centre is the marketing headquarters for Tata Steel. Other than Tata Steel, Metaljunction has their registered office in this building while the corporate which was also earlier in this building has been shifted to Salt Lake Sector V. Other registration and corporate offices of the Tata Group located here are Tata Metaliks Limited (PI and DI), Tata Pigments, TELCON, Tata International, Tata Bluescope Steel, Tata Sponge and Tata Mutual Fund.