Elco Tower
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The Elco Tower, previously Amkor Tower, is an office topped-out skyscraper
Skyscraper
A skyscraper is a tall, continuously habitable building of many stories, often designed for office and commercial use. There is no official definition or height above which a building may be classified as a skyscraper...

 in Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv , officially Tel Aviv-Yafo , is the second most populous city in Israel, with a population of 404,400 on a land area of . The city is located on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline in west-central Israel. It is the largest and most populous city in the metropolitan area of Gush Dan, with...

, Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

, located on Yigal Allon
Yigal Allon
Yigal Allon was an Israeli politician, a commander of the Palmach, and a general in the IDF. He served as one of the leaders of Ahdut HaAvoda party and the Israeli Labor party, and acting Prime Minister of Israel, and was a member of the Knesset and government minister from the 10th through the...

 Street.

Originally it was planned to be Tel Aviv's tallest tower, and one of the country's tallest towers upon completion. The final plan calls for a 45-floor skyscraper and will be 165 meters tall. Construction will take 40 months and the completion date is set for 2011.

Five of the tower's floors, totaling 6,500 m2 of office space, have been rented by Google
Google
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Israel.
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