The kitchen comes with fitted amenities including cooking stove, fridge, zink, storage cupboards and more.
FUNKE OSAE-BROWN
Sitting delicately at the very top of the new British American Tobacco (BATN) new office space is a block of interesting luxury flats. Located on the calm Olumegbon Street at Ikoyi, the flats offer a good view of the busy Alfred Rewane Road. It is a great way to get immersed in the entire city view of the posh Ikoyi.
It is also the first time the concept of work and living space will come to fruition in Nigeria. The building by BATN is a new way to redefine the concept of office and living space. It is a combination of residential apartments, penthouse, swimming pool and gym.
“A lot attention was paid to detail. A lot of attention was paid to building the structure. Even the car park was important to us. We are the first to be given a license in Nigeria to combine an office and residential place in a facility,” says Seyi Ashade, area head, West Africa, Corporate Affairs, BATN. Graham Barr, facilities manager and Andrew Davies, project manager and Ashade took TLR on a tour of the new office space and luxury flats.
Nicknamed the Rising Sun, the office complex project commenced in 2011 and it took one year for the planning of the building. “The building proper started in 2013,” explains Barr. “The offices are designed in an open office culture concept. It has 11 floors. Apart from offices, there are conference rooms and meeting rooms. There is security system with CCTV.”
We took the elevator to the first floor to see the first space before we went to the fifth floor to see the luxury flats. Here the culture of open office is laid bare. From the first floor, I could see clearly what goes on at the reception through the glass partition was used to separate the workspace from wall. Usually in a setting of this kind, a brick wall would have been used for the demarcation. But this designs adds beauty to the space giving it a unique architectural appeal. The designed was finished with an exquisite chandelier dangling above. In addition, each work station is fully equipped with comfortable chairs, desktops, tables with drawers. The layout kind of makes it possible for each staff to customise his space.
The flats come with swimming pool and a gym.
There are nine luxury apartments in the building including a penthouse. Each is a three-bedroom flat with walking shower and closets. The living room is very spacious with the kitchen located right in its heart. The kitchen comes with fitted amenities including cooking stove, fridge, zink, storage cupboards and more.
In addition, to make a truly space, Davies says there are rest rooms on every floor, which has been built to be accessible to the physically challenged. There is UPS power backup, ample parking space, sewage treatment system and water processing unit. There is a separate entrance for occupants of the flats.
Barr adds that there are three main fire protection system; the facilities include big fire sprinkler tank, water reservoir and water for fire hydrant system. “There are three generators. They are industrial generators with synchronising panels; two are on standby. We take security very seriously. We have cameras and lights. We invested heavily in technology in the building to reduce energy source. We use chillers. It is a more efficient system than using spilt system.”
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