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{{Infobox building
| name = Raheja Towers
| native_name =
| image = Raheja Towers Chennai.jpg
| image_size = 250px
| caption = Raheja Towers in Anna Salai
| alternate_names =
| location = [[Anna Salai]], [[Chennai]], [[India]]
| address = 177, Anna Salai, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600 002, India
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| coordinates = {{coord |13|3|45|N|80|15|55|E|type:landmark_region:IN-TN|display=inline,title}}
| highest_prev =
| highest_next =
| construction_start_date =
| completion_date = 2001
| inauguration_date =
| building_type = Commercial offices
| antenna_spire =
| roof = {{convert|43.73|m|abbr=on}}<ref>{{Cite web | last = | first = | title = Raheja Towers | publisher = Emporis.com | date = | url = http://www.emporis.com/building/rahejatowers-chennai-india | archive-url = https://archive.today/20130409111514/http://www.emporis.com/building/rahejatowers-chennai-india | url-status = usurped | archive-date = 9 April 2013 | format = | doi = | accessdate = 20 Jul 2012}}</ref>
| top_floor =
| floor_count = 11
| elevator_count =
| architectural_style = [[Modernism]]
| cost =
| floor_area = {{convert|399000|sqft|m2|-3|abbr=on}}
| architect =
| structural_engineer =
| main_contractor =
| developer =
| owner = K. Raheja Group and Union Motors
| operator = CB Richard Ellis
| references = <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.emporis.com/buildings/104441 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307021723/https://www.emporis.com/buildings/104441 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=7 March 2016 |title=Emporis building ID 104441 |work=[[Emporis]]}}</ref>
}}

'''Raheja Towers''' is an 11-storied building in [[Chennai]], [[India]]. Located on the arterial [[Anna Salai]], the building has a total built-up area of 399,000 sq ft. It is one of the earliest Grade A commercial projects of the city, which were developed in the second half of the 1990s.<ref>{{cite news
| last = Nair
| first = Ramesh
| title = Realty on the rebound in Chennai
| newspaper = The Hindu
| location = Chennai
| pages =
| language =
| date = 4 December 2010
| url = http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-propertyplus/article930315.ece
| accessdate = 31 Jul 2012}}</ref>

==History==
The project, a commercial property, is a joint venture between the Union Motors Ltd and the [[Raheja Universal|K. Raheja group]]. The land on which the building has been built belongs to Union Motors.<ref name="ProjectReadyForOccupation">{{cite news
| last = Ramakrishnan
| first = N.
| title = Raheja's commercial project in Chennai ready for occupation
| newspaper = Business Line
| location = Chennai
| pages =
| language =
| publisher = The Hindu
| date = 21 February 2001
| url = http://www.hindu.com/businessline/2001/02/21/stories/142160rt.htm
| accessdate = 20 Jul 2012}}</ref>

==Design and structure==
The building is built on a land measuring 60 grounds. The building has 11 floors, reaching an overall height of 43.73 m. Total floor area of the building is about 399,000 sq ft, with a floor plate area of around 38,000 sq ft.

The building has an [[optical fiber|optical fibre]] exchange provided by BSNL capable of catering to about 2,500 optical fibre lines.<ref name="ProjectReadyForOccupation"/>

In March 2002, the [[World Bank]] inaugurated its [[World Bank office, Chennai|back office]] centre spread over 26,000 sq ft in the building, with about 180 staff. Later it moved to its own building in [[Taramani]].<ref>{{cite news
| last =
| first =
| title = World Bank to build own office space in Chennai
| newspaper = Business Line
| location = Chennai
| pages =
| language =
| publisher = The Hindu
| date = 18 November 2003
| url = http://www.thehindubusinessline.in/2003/11/18/stories/2003111801351700.htm
| accessdate = 31 Jul 2012}}</ref> Raheja Towers also houses companies like [[Cisco Systems]] and [[Sony|Sony Corporation]].

In 2010, the Regional Passport Office at Shastri Bhavan on Haddows Road at [[Nungambakkam]] was shifted to its own premises in Raheja towers,<ref>{{cite news
| last =
| first =
| title = Passport office to be shifted
| location = Chennai
| pages =
| language =
| date = 29 September 2009
| url = http://www.hindu.com/2009/09/29/stories/2009092953740400.htm
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091002211615/http://www.hindu.com/2009/09/29/stories/2009092953740400.htm
| url-status = dead
| archive-date = 2 October 2009
| newspaper =[[The Hindu]]
| accessdate = 31 Jul 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news
| last =
| first =
| title = 3 new Passport Seva Kendras in city
| newspaper = IBN Live
| location = Chennai
| pages =
| language =
| date = 17 September 2011
| url = http://ibnlive.in.com/news/3-new-passport-seva-kendras-in-city/184877-60-120.html
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110925053823/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/3-new-passport-seva-kendras-in-city/184877-60-120.html
| url-status = dead
| archive-date = 25 September 2011
| accessdate = 31 Jul 2012}}</ref> which was later shifted to Rayala Towers situated opposite Raheja towers.

==See also==
{{Portal|India|Architecture}}
* [[List of tallest buildings in Chennai]]
* [[Architecture of Chennai]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Chennai Topics}}

[[Category:Office highrises in Chennai]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures completed in 2001]]

Raheja Towers, Chennai - Revision history

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