Organika Trade


Organika Trade is a skyscraper office building in Gdańsk, Poland, located at 11 Heweliusza Street, within the Old Town neighbourhood of the Sródmieście district. The building is 80 metres tall when measured up to the roof, and 97 m tall overall. It was opened in 1980.

Architectural specifications

The building is tall when measured up to the roof, and tall overall. It has 20 floors, and of its floor area of, approximately is dedicated to office space, whereas is used for other commercial space, i.e. shops and other services.

History

Construction of the building started in 1975 and concluded in 1980. It was renovated from 1998 to 2000. With a height of, it was the tallest building in Gdańsk before it was surpassed by Centrum Biurowe Neptun in 2014. In March 1981, a man named Radek Cieśluk successfully jumped from the building with a hang glider.
A proposal was put forward in 2013 to construct a building on Organika Trade's site at a height of, but was ultimately rejected in 2015. The skyscraper stands to this day, and a nearby apartment building development was put up there instead.