A foreign construction company would build Ropotamo Plaza, a skyscraper to replace the former Ropotamo restaurant by Tsarigradsko Shosse, once the investor, International Capital Group, receives a building permit.

Residents of the adjacent apartment building, however, object the plan, even though International Capital Group and the Sofia municipality own the land where the apartment building now stands, as well as the site of the future skyscraper beside it. Apartment residents have only the right to construction. The investor has offered them to divide the land, but they have refused the offer and have brought the project to court.

The British-Spanish construction company specialises in high-rise constructions and bridges. If the project gets the go-ahead, it will meet all European construction standards, International assures. In addition to hiring a foreign construction company, they have trained their own engineers abroad.

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The tower is being built on the place where untill yesterday was sitting Restorant Ropotamo - one of the best places 15-20 years ago. It was demolished, and they announced this new highrise. It will have an estimated floor count of 30 (+/- 2 or 3) and an estimated height ot 103 meters/338 feet. The building will have 4 underground floors that will be used for 200 parking spaces and 25-50 more on the ground. The tower will house the new version of Restorant Ropotamo, SPA Center, Pool, Fitness Center, a small Mall, 7 floors of offices and the rest will be high class expensive residential apartaments. There is a possibility that instead of the offices, the floors will be used for a “5-or-more stars” hotel. The building will be the first one to have an own 30-meter long tunnel which will allow cars to get to the parking spaces. On the ground the building will be surrounded by water and a small park. All of this will be great news for the people who will live there, but they will have to pay quite a lot for that. The building will have two energy and water sources and the maker claimed that it will be built entierly to furfill all of EU reglaments…

If done right, this one will try to claim the title of the highest building in Sofia . The current highest building is Hotel Rodina - 104 meters. It was built in 1981 and has 25 floors. It is followed closely by two other buildings that are 99 and 98 meters tall. They are even older - built in 1979 and 1976 respectively. So the new one will actually be one of the first newly built highrises over here.