SkyPoint
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SkyPoint is a 361 ft (110 m) high rise
in Tampa
, Florida
. It was constructed from 2005 to 2007 and has 32 floors. The Preston Partnership, LLC along with Echelon Engineering, LLC designed the building, which is the 9th tallest building in Tampa. It has 381 units spread across 25 levels sitting atop seven levels of enclosed parking. The ground floor houses 10800 square feet (1,003.4 m²) of retail space. Separating the parking levels from the residential is a large amenity deck that houses a 4000 square feet (371.6 m²) clubhouse, a 2500 square feet (232.3 m²) fitness center, a media room and lounge, as well as a large landscaped terrace and swimming pool. Skypoint is composed of cast-in-place concrete in conjunction with post-tensioned cables. Concrete strengths range from 5000 pound per square inches (34,473.8 kPa) at typical residential floors up to 10000 pound per square inches (68,947.6 kPa) at the ground level columns and shearwalls. Just before its grand opening to residents, William “Wild Bill” Stroup BASE-jumped off the building on March 6, 2007.
High Rise
High Rise is a 1975 novel by J. G. Ballard. It takes place in an ultra-modern, luxury high-rise building.-Plot summary:The building seems to give its well-established tenants all the conveniences and commodities that modern life has to offer: swimming pools, its own school, a supermarket,...
in Tampa
Tâmpa
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, Florida
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
. It was constructed from 2005 to 2007 and has 32 floors. The Preston Partnership, LLC along with Echelon Engineering, LLC designed the building, which is the 9th tallest building in Tampa. It has 381 units spread across 25 levels sitting atop seven levels of enclosed parking. The ground floor houses 10800 square feet (1,003.4 m²) of retail space. Separating the parking levels from the residential is a large amenity deck that houses a 4000 square feet (371.6 m²) clubhouse, a 2500 square feet (232.3 m²) fitness center, a media room and lounge, as well as a large landscaped terrace and swimming pool. Skypoint is composed of cast-in-place concrete in conjunction with post-tensioned cables. Concrete strengths range from 5000 pound per square inches (34,473.8 kPa) at typical residential floors up to 10000 pound per square inches (68,947.6 kPa) at the ground level columns and shearwalls. Just before its grand opening to residents, William “Wild Bill” Stroup BASE-jumped off the building on March 6, 2007.