Tishman Speyer is to build a 168-metre skyscraper in the centre of Frankfurt opposite the city's concert hall and former opera house, the developer said on Tuesday. The 42-storey building, designed by architects Christoph Mackler, will house offices, shops and leisure facilities and is due for completion in 2010.

Tishman Speyer is to build a 168-metre skyscraper in the centre of Frankfurt opposite the city's concert hall and former opera house, the developer said on Tuesday. The 42-storey building, designed by architects Christoph Mackler, will house offices, shops and leisure facilities and is due for completion in 2010.

Some 31,000 m2 of the the total lettable space of 60,000 m2 has already been leased to UBS Deutschland, which plans to base its country headquarters in the OpernTurm, as the new tower will be called.