Babillon Tower in Batumi

Babillon Tower is a residential tower at 30 Rustaveli Avenue, in the centre of Batumi, by the Seaside Boulevard. Reference books also call it Azure Tower. The tower has 47 floors and is about 172 metres high, with a second, 15-floor part of the complex next to it. Construction began in 2013, the building was finished in summer 2024 and became the tallest residential building in Georgia, overtaking Porta Batumi Tower.

Babillon Tower: the history of construction

The building has a long history. The first developer was TAM GEO, and under the original plan the tower was due in 2015. Construction stopped, and in May 2019 the unfinished building was sold at a state auction. It was bought by MC Construction, which completed the tower. The design is by Tago Architects. The first plans also included a hotel, offices, shops and restaurants; today reference books list the building as residential.

For a buyer one thing follows from this history: contracts signed in different years may have been concluded with different companies. So for a specific apartment we check who the seller is, in whose name the right is registered in the Public Registry and what is recorded about the handover condition. We found no data on the number of apartments or the handover condition in open sources.

The building is new, and the first years after completion in such towers look alike: renovation is under way in many apartments, there are queues at the service lifts, the management company is settling the rules, and some shared areas are still being finished. This is normal, but it has to be taken into account both when buying to live and when estimating letting income. If you are viewing an apartment now, ask the management company which works in the building are not yet finished and when they are promised.

Location on Rustaveli Avenue

The tower stands in the centre of Batumi, between Rustaveli Avenue and the Seaside Boulevard. The beach and the promenade are within walking distance, the Old Town a few minutes along the boulevard, with parks, cafés, shops and offices nearby. The centre lives all year, so apartments here are bought both for living and for letting. How buying in the centre differs from buying in the resort south is covered on the page about apartments in central Batumi.

Accepting an apartment in a new building

If the apartment is bought from the developer or the keys have not been issued yet, it has to be accepted: checking the area and ceiling height, flatness of the slabs, windows and balcony doors, electricity and water connections, ventilation. Defects go into the certificate before signing. Above the fortieth floor we separately check the window joints and traces of water on the reveals after rain. How we accept apartments on behalf of owners is described on the page about taking over an apartment from the developer.

Renovation and letting in Babillon Tower

Renovation in a new tower follows the building rules: noisy work in the permitted hours, materials up the service lift, waste removal by arrangement. The order of work from rough to finishing is described on the page about new-build apartment renovation. Once the apartment is ready, we let it by the night in summer and for several months in winter, and estimate income from the real occupancy of similar apartments in the centre.