{{Infobox building | name = Nicholas Towers | image = TnT PoS Independence Square 1 (cropped).jpg | image_size = 200px | construction_start_date = 2002 | completion_date = 2003 | building_type = Office | location = Independence Square, Port of Spain, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago | coordinates = | roof = {{convert|88|m|ft|0}} | floor_count = 21 | floor_area = | elevator_count = | architect = Ellerbe Becket (Merged with AECOM in 2009) | structural_engineer = }}
thumb|Nicholas Towers, North Face thumb|right|Nicholas Towers thumb|right|Port of Spain, viewed from the harbour, December 2002. Nicholas Towers, then under construction, is to the right of the image. '''Nicholas Towers''', situated on Independence Square, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago is the fifth tallest building in Trinidad and Tobago.<ref name="Emporis">{{cite web|url=http://www.emporis.com/statistics/tallest-buildings/country/100169/trinidad-tobago |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150511220254/http://www.emporis.com/statistics/tallest-buildings/country/100169/trinidad-tobago |url-status=usurped |archive-date=May 11, 2015 |title=Trinidad & Tobago | Statistics |publisher=Emporis |date= |accessdate=2022-05-03}}</ref> It has an elliptical floor plate and stands 21<ref name = "PoS">Chouti, Sandra, [http://www.guardian.co.tt/archives/2006-02-15/bussguardian4.html Changing the face of PoS] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070310164227/http://www.guardian.co.tt/archives/2006-02-15/bussguardian4.html |date=2007-03-10 }}, ''Trinidad Guardian'', February 9, 2006.</ref> floors tall and 88 Meters high. Construction was completed in 2003 and each floor, {{convert|8000|sqft|m2|-2}} of space, was rented out at a cost of $96,000 a month<ref>Javeed, Asha, [http://www.guardian.co.tt/archives/2005-08-30/bussguardian1.html Mobile provider wants to stay downtown] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070310131440/http://www.guardian.co.tt/archives/2005-08-30/bussguardian1.html |date=2007-03-10 }}, ''Trinidad Guardian'', August 25, 2005</ref> (as of 2005). It is a blue glass tower.
The building was constructed on the site of the Trinidad Union Club, a 136-year-old private club<ref name = "union club">Javeed, Asha, [http://www.guardian.co.tt/archives/2006-07-29/bussguardian11.html Union Club enters new era] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070310164011/http://www.guardian.co.tt/archives/2006-07-29/bussguardian11.html |date=2007-03-10 }}''Trinidad Guardian'', July 27, 2006</ref> which occupied the penthouse suite of the Nicholas Towers until 2015.<ref name = "union club"/> Major tenants of Nicholas Towers include: *The Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange, a former tenant of the old Union Club building (as of 2023)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.stockex.co.tt/|access-date=24 September 2023|title=Home page|publisher=The Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090327135009/http://www.stockex.co.tt/controller.php?action=contact_us |archive-date=2009-03-27}}</ref> *Caribbean Airlines (The national airline of Trinidad and Tobago)<ref name="Emporis"/> *American Airlines<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aa.com/i18n/aboutUs/whereWeFly/internationalTickets/trinidad.jsp|title = Ticket sales centers − Customer service − American Airlines}}</ref> *Continental Airlines *Ministry of Trade and Industry<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tradeind.gov.tt/Contact-Us|title=Contact Us}}</ref> *Ministry of Community Development, Culture and the Arts<ref>{{cite web |url=http://community.gov.tt/home/content/contact-us |title=Contact us {{!}} Ministry of Community Development |website=community.gov.tt |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116204455/http://www.community.gov.tt/home/content/contact-us |archive-date=2013-01-16}}</ref> *Office of the Prime Minister *InvesTT (former tenant)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.investt.co.tt/connect/contact-us|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180204074839/http://www.investt.co.tt/contact/|archive-date=4 February 2018|title = Contact Us|publisher=InvesTT}}</ref> *Economic Diversification Board (EDB) of the Ministry of Planning * Flow * MoneyGram
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