Artevelde Tower
building in Ghent
The Artevelde Tower (official Dutch name: KBC Arteveldetoren) is an office building in Ghent, Belgium. The tower is 118.5 metres and the highest building of Ghent and the highest office in the Flemish Region. It hosts the regional headquarters of a bank-insurer KBC. The groundbreaking was held in March 2010, and the highest point was reached at the beginning of July 2011. The building was officially inaugurated on 20 April 2012.
Name
The project developer gave the building the (temporary) name MG-toren. These letters refer to the initials of the first names of his children, Margaux and Guillaume. In December 2010, the tower received its official name KBC Arteveldetoren. The first part of the name refers to KBC, and the other part to the historical Ghent figure of Jacob van Artevelde. This name is the result of a staff decision.
Offices
The Artevelde Tower is the symbolic entrance to the new city project called "The Loop", which aims to transform the site of the former Sint-Denijs-Westrem Airfield into a vibrant urban district.
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