Tour First

The First Tour (also known as tour Assur and Tour CB31 ) is a skyscraper in the business district of La Défense in the Paris suburb of Courbevoie. With a height of 225 meters (with antenna 231 meters) he has been since 2011, the tallest building in France and thus has the built in 1972 surpassed Tour Montparnasse in Paris. The tower was built in 1974 by the insurance company Union des Assurances de Paris under the name of tour UAP with a height of 159 meters. In 1996, the name was changed to tour after AXA UAP had been acquired by Axa. 2007 began a comprehensive renovation of the tower with the height and external appearance have been greatly changed. 2011, the work was completed. The accounting firm Ernst & Young has 17 rented from a total of 50 floors.