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announced. Designed by the Dutch company "TT Design", the year and a half long renovation will cost €17 million, though the exact dates are still unknown. Renovation will be conducted in phases, and the shopping mall will never be fully closed. Both the interior, and the façade, will be made more transparent, to allow more daylight, while the string of shops and restaurants will be allowed around the outer ground floor of the building, on the plateau which surrounds the building, as it is empty at the moment.
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After years of announcing it, MPC Properties, another Matić's company, revealed in January 2018 that the construction of the new tower, next to the old one, will commence in February. Characteristics of the new tower include height of 22 floors and 103.9 m (341 ft) and a total floor area of
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The multimillion-dollar project has 25 stories (above ground), totaling around 25,000 m of office space. An observation deck, fitness area and cafe are located on the top floor of the building. The observation deck is currently closed to the public, although there are plans to open it in the future.
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architectural company was hired to do the project, just as MPC hired Chapman Taylor to do the interiors and parts of the façade of the Ušće shopping mall. There will be two-leveled garage below ground, with a total area equal to the total floor area of the building. The foundation stone was laid on
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in February 2003 for the Block 16, a section of New Belgrade in which the tower is located. The winning project was a design by architect Branislav Redžić, who envisioned a multi-functional urban center which would consist of two towers and a shopping mall. Tower I was reconstructed, shopping mall
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Reconstruction work on the building started in early 2003 and was carried out by European Construction. The reconstruction was completed in 2005 and the official opening took place in July that year. Two additional floors were added—conference halls are located on 24th and a restaurant on the 25th
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The Ušće Mall was opened on April 2009. The mall has an area of 130,000 square metres (1,400,000 sq ft) on 6 levels, of which 50,000 square metres (540,000 sq ft) is retail space, with 150 stores, restaurants and cafés. The shopping mall also has a multiplex cinema with 11
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At the time of opening, Ušće was the largest shopping mall in Belgrade by floor area, and the most visited one. In sheer size, though not in number of visitors, it was surpassed by the Galerija Shopping Mall in Belgrade Waterfront in October 2020. In July 2022, a massive visual reimaging was
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cruise missiles were fired at the building. Despite the heavy damage, the building did not collapse and remained structurally intact. There were no reported deaths or injuries in the attack as the building was unoccupied at the time.
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occupied the first ten floors of the building. The party leased out many of the floors to domestic companies. They kept however 9 levels as offices for their party. The cabinet of Josip Broz Tito was cleared out.
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28.000 m (301.39 sq ft) of an A-class commercial space. It is planned to have a restaurant on the top floor and a café and a bank on the ground floor.
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Of the total floor area, 23,200 m (250,000 sq ft) will be used for commercial purposes. The building was officially opened on 11 June 2020.
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Daliborka Mučibabić (28 February 2018). "Druga kula "Ušća" - još jedan poslovni centar" [Second "Ušće" tower - another business center].
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was built, albeit much larger than the one Redžić projected, but the Tower II remained on paper and a temporary parking lot was built instead.
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is now renting out the first four floors of the building and has become the anchor tenant. This bank also has a light-ad on the building roof.
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Ušće was frequently leased out to commercial interests until 21 April 1999, when it was severely damaged by successive
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screens, a bowling alley and a casino. Subterranean levels house a 4,000 m hypermarket and two levels of parking.
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Later in the 1990s, three Serbian television stations occupied some of the levels in the building:
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rivers from the New Belgrade side. It was originally used as the headquarters of the
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Ušće Tower was built in 1964 as the headquarters of the Central Committee of the
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Built in 1964, the first Ušće Tower glass building overlooks the confluence (
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hit the building, setting the upper floors on fire. Days later, several
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27 February 2018. The building of the skyscraper cost €65 million.
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The facade was redesigned and is now made entirely out of glass.
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For the Belgrade neighborhood in which the tower is located, see
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with the intention of crashing the plane into the building.
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Ušće Tower
Ušće, Belgrade
Ušće

Ušće Towers is located in Belgrade
New Belgrade
Belgrade
Serbia
Coordinates
44°48′58″N 20°26′13″E / 44.81611°N 20.43694°E / 44.81611; 20.43694
MPC Holding
Mihailo Janković
www.uscetower.rs
Serbian Cyrillic
romanized
skyscrapers
New Belgrade
Belgrade
Serbia
Genex Tower
Avala Tower
Danube
Sava
Central Committee
League of Communists of Yugoslavia
broke apart
NATO
NATO bombing of Yugoslavia

League of Communists of Yugoslavia

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