Carlton Centre

Carlton Centre
Record height
Tallest in Africa from 1973 to 2019[I]
Preceded by	Trust Bank Building
Surpassed by	The Leonardo
General information
Status	Completed
Type	Multi use, Office, Shopping mall
Location	Commissioner Street, Johannesburg, South Africa
Coordinates	26°12′20″S 28°2′48″E / 26.20556°S 28.04667°E / -26.20556; 28.04667 (Carlton Centre)
Construction started	1967
Completed	1974
Opened	1973
Owner	Transnet
Height
Roof	223 metres (730 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	50
Floor area	75,355 square metres (811,110 sq ft)
Lifts/elevators	23
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Skidmore, Owings and Merrill
Main contractor	Murray & Roberts Construction now called Concor
Website
http://carltoncentre.co.za/

The Carlton Centre is a 50-storey skyscraper and shopping centre located on Commissioner Street in central Johannesburg, South Africa. At 223 metres (732 ft), it was the tallest building in Africa for 46 years from its completion in 1973 until 2019. It is today the continent's fifth tallest building after The Leonardo (also in Johannesburg), the Mohammed VI Tower in Morocco, the Great Mosque of Algiers Tower in Algeria and the Iconic Tower in Egypt. The foundations of the two buildings in the complex are 5 m (16 ft) in diameter and extend 15 m (49 ft) down to the bedrock, 35 m (115 ft) below street level. The building houses both offices and shops, and has over 46 per cent of the floor area below ground level.

The Carlton Centre is linked to the Carlton Hotel by a below-ground shopping centre with over 180 shops.^[1]