Elysian Tower grows in stature as builders put down 13th storey

STREAKING up through Cork skyline towards its €1 million penthouses at five metres a day, the Elysian Tower is making rapid strides in its race to be Ireland’s tallest building.

Raising its profile at a rate of a floor a day, construction staff were yesterday working on the 13th storey of the structure’s lift shaft. Work is expected to be finished on the entire building sometime around the middle of 2008.

The lift shaft section of the tower’s 18-storey structure should be complete by Christmas.