“We had heard reports on the elevator last week when we listed the building to generate advance interest,” wrote Terry Walker, a spokesperson for Walker Property Spain’s London office. Intempo’s developer, which had once advertised the building as the “banner of the future,” and the bank that provided the loan for construction both went bankrupt in 2009. The coastal town had a building boom that led to the nickname “Beniyork” for its skyline of high-rises.īut then the recession hit. The building was originally designed to be 20 storeys high but was extended to 47 storeys. The building is said to resemble an eleven and a M, as a way to remember the victims of Madrids Materrorist attack. The building “represents a long story of incompetence,” according to El Pais. Architect: Pérez-Guerras Arquitectos & Ingenieros. El Pais reports that the architects on the project resigned in May 2012. There seemed to be just one important oversight: In going up to 47 floors, designers forgot to take into account room for an elevator shaft. When completed, it will be Benidorm’s highest building at 650 feet. The 650-foot-tall skyscraper, located in the waterfront town of. But the developers decided to push the design to include 47 floors with 269 homes. The Intempo 47-story skyscraper, built in Spain, doesn’t have an elevator, as apparently, the builders forgot to put one in. Madrid: If you are thinking of investing in an apartment at the Intempo skyscraper in Benidorm, Spain, be prepared to bring some good walking shoes: Its builders forgot a working elevator, says the Spanish news site El Pais.Īccording to a story surfaced on Gizmodo, the luxury high-rise tower, which started construction in 2007, was originally designed for 20 floors.
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