Istanbul Tower 205

Istanbul Tower 205 is a skyscraper located in the central business district of Levent in Istanbul, Turkey.

It is Istanbul's and Turkey's 6th tallest skyscraper, and the 37th tallest building in Europe when completed in 2019. Tower 205 rises 52 floors above ground level, and has an above-ground roof height of 220 meters. Designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, and built by Bosphorus Development, it is an office development managed by Metal Yapi Konut and owned by Industrial and Commercial Bank of China. As of 2023, Istanbul Tower 205 is the 6th tallest skyscraper in Istanbul and Turkey, behind the 284-meter-tall twin towers of Skyland İstanbul located adjacent to Türk Telekom Stadium in the Seyrantepe quarter of the Sarıyer district, on the European side, and the 280-meter-tall Metropol Istanbul Tower      in the Ataşehir district on the Asian side of the city.

History and architecture
At 220 meters tall, Istanbul Tower 205 is Turkey's tallest office building. The 246,000 square meter structure consists of a 52-story office tower atop a podium and 9 floors of underground parking on a 21,000 square meter plot of land. The tower is located on Büyükdere Avenue, one of Istanbul's central financial quarters. The project complies with LEED Platinum quality standard and was constructed in an entirely environment friendly manner.

While completed in 2019, the tower has never been occupied and remains vacant. The ground floor while finished, is ringed by construction fencing. The tower was sold to Industrial and Commercial Bank of China in 2019 for $594 million. The building has never been tenanted and remains vacant as of 2023. Vacancy has been attributed to a range of factors including the 2018–2023 Turkish currency and debt crisis.

Construction work
The tower was first proposed in 2012 with a different design. Design was revised and streamlined in 2014. It was originally known as Faco Tower but later adopted the name of Istanbul Tower 205. Construction of the project began in 2016 and was completed in 2019.

Companies
The companies involved in the development and construction of the project have included thus far:
 * Metal Yapi Konut (investor and developer)
 * Yeşil GYO (investor and developer)
 * Zincir Yapı (General Contractor)
 * Demsar İnşaat (project's sub-contractor for the structural construction of the skyscraper)
 * Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (the project's architectural design firm)
 * Bosphorus Development and its CEO Mehmet Vahit Saçaklıoğlu