Crown Regency Hotel and Towers
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The Crown Regency Hotel and Towers is a hotel
Hotel
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 complex in Cebu City
Cebu City
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, Philippines
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. The main building, the 38-storey Fuente Tower 1, is one of the tallest hotel buildings in the country at 140 meters (459 ft). It is likewise the tallest building in Cebu City and the country's tallest building outside of Metro Manila
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The top floors of the hotel tower feature an amusement facility which includes a roller coaster that runs around the edge of the building, and a stroll around the edge of the building with the protection of safety harnesses.

Project team

The Crown Regency Hotel and Towers was designed by local architectural firm T.I. Vasquez Architects & Partners, while the structural design was made by G. E. Origenes Consulting Engineers.

Other members of the design team are CMA Engineering Consultants (Sanitary, Mechanical, and Fire Safety Works); lraido T. Legaspi, Jr. & Associates (Electrical Works); and E.O. Bataclan & Associates (Interior Design).

The General Contractor that built the said tower was ASEC Development and Construction Corporation.

Height increase

Construction has started on the roof level to increase the height of the building in order to add new rides and attractions to the Sky Extreme Adventures facilities. Initial reports indicate at least an 80 ft (24.38 m) structure is to be added.

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