İstanbul is Now Also The Center Of Finance

Today, Istanbul is the third top travel destination in Europe after London and Paris. Istanbul is also one of the rare cities offering direct flights to 93 countries around the world. The Grand Bazaar, the oldest bank of the world, is located in Istanbul as well. Having such a great legacy, Istanbul is once again rising as a world capital with the Istanbul International Financial Center. Thus, the city attracts the attention of many international investors.

Mr. Ali Ağaoğlu

ISTANBUL INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL CENTER

PROJECT INTRODUCTION

Istanbul International Financial Center (IIFM) Project has been developed by Emlak Konut Gayrimenkul Yatirim Ortakligi A.S., a subsidiary of TOKI (Housing Development Administration (of Turkey)), and carried out basing on the principle of revenue sharing for land sales.

The project is situated in a location neighboring with the districts of Atasehir and Umraniye and in the junction point of 2 main arterial roads: TEM link road in the east and E5 link road in the south.

The Head Offices of the institutions, such as the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey, T.C. Ziraat Bankasi, T.C.Halk Bankasi, T.C.Vakiflar Bankasi, Is GYO, BRSA, CMB, TAO, ENISLER, are located in IIFM, the preliminary project of which has been completely developed by HOK. The construction area of the project is approximately 3.181.116 m2.

IIFC will be effectively connected to the public transportation network through the Financial Center Station of the new subway line which will connect Kadikoy-Kartal subway line and Uskudar-Umraniye subway line.

OUR SCOPE

There are a construction area of about 943.335 m2 and 1445 independent units in total in the project, in which Akdeniz Insaat ve Egitim Hizmetleri A.S. developed on an area of 115.497m2 in 3rd Zone (Special Project Area) as well as in the plots of Recreation 1 and Recreation 13 under the scope of IIFC.

TOWERS

The project involves 6 office blocks, ranging from 15-floor to 30-floor buildings, and a 22-floor residence block. The technologically equipped office blocks have 977 independent units on a gross area of approximately 283.270 m2, and residence block has 319 flats with studio flats, 1 bedroom, 2 bedrooms options (1+0, 1+1, 2+1, respectively) on about a gross area of approximately 54.707 m2.

SHOPPING MALL-CINEMA-CONFERENCE CENTER

Out of a shopping mall area of approximately 98.000 m2 in the whole IIFC Project, a part of around 41.000 m2 has been undertaken by Akdeniz Insaat. There are 149 commercial units in total in our part. Along with the commercial units at various sizes, the shopping mall has 8 cinema halls and a conference center, which is to host the global shows and well-known communities with its capacity of 2500 people on a gross area of approximately 35.259 m2.

PARKING GARAGE

The project has a parking garage for about 6900 vehicles in 3 plots. In the 3rd Zone, there are 2100 vehicle parking spaces for office blocks while 319 parking spaces are allocated for residence block.

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

IIFC is a highly prestigious project, therefore, the architecture of the buildings have been designed accordingly. The buildings have been planned in compliance with the criterion of Performance-Based Design, the valid regulations and standards.

IIFC Project is a candidate for globally-accepted LEED GOLD certificate in terms of Green buildings.

In respect of fire safety, both national and international regulations (NFPA) and standards have been observed.

Within the complex, the heating system is operated through natural gas-fired boilers while cooling system is controlled through chiller-system groups.

The Project has a high-quality infrastructure of Information Technologies to satisfy the expectations of finance sector.

Consequently, IIFC Project is to become one of the special financial centers as a model project with its remarkable quality in global standards in terms of the disciplines of transportation, sustainability, static, mechanic, electrical, geotechnical and safety systems, information technologies and infrastructure

FLOOR HEIGHTS

The Gross Floor Height in Residence Block (Block A) is 3.50 m.
The Gross Floor Height in Office Blocks (Blocks B, C, D, E, F, G) is 4.30 m.