Nicholas Tower, situated on Independence Square

Independence Square (Port of Spain)

Independence Square lies near to southern end of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. Formerly named Marine Square, it was re-named in honour of Trinidad and Tobago's independence from the United Kingdom in 1962. The Square runs from east to west and is bounded on the north side by King Street...

, Port of Spain

Port of Spain

Port of Spain, also written as Port-of-Spain, is the capital of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and the country's third-largest municipality, after San Fernando and Chaguanas. The city has a municipal population of 49,031 , a metropolitan population of 128,026 and a transient daily population...

, Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic state in the southern Caribbean, lying just off the coast of northeastern Venezuela and south of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles...

 is the second tallest building in Trinidad and Tobago, as well as in the English-speaking Caribbean

Caribbean

The Caribbean is a crescent-shaped group of islands more than 2,000 miles long separating the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, to the west and south, from the Atlantic Ocean, to the east and north...

. It has an elliptical floor plate and stands 21 floors tall and 88 Meters high. Construction was completed in 2003 and each floor, 8000 square feet (743.2 m²) of space, was rented out at a cost of $

Trinidad and Tobago dollar

The dollar is the currency of Trinidad and Tobago. It is normally abbreviated with the dollar sign $, or alternatively TT$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies. It is subdivided into 100 cents...

96,000 a month (as of 2005). It is a blue glass tower.

The building was constructed on the site of the Trinidad Union Club, a 136-year-old private club., which now occupies the penthouse suite of the Nicholas Tower. The Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange

Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange

The Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange is the main stock exchange in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. Currently the leading stock exchange in the Caribbean region , the Trinidad and Tobago stock exchange caters mostly to the strong financial position of many indigenous companies incorporated...

, another former tenant of the Union Club building, also occupies this building. Insurance Giant Clico occupies the 9th floor of the tower. Caribbean Airlines' (The national airline of Trinidad and Tobago) head office is also located in the Nicholas Tower.

While the Nicholas Tower is currently the second tallest building in Port of Spain, the proposed Waterfront International Project is slated to include two 26-storey office towers.