Porta Batumi Tower in Batumi

Porta Batumi Tower is a residential tower by the port, on the edge of the Old Town, on Egnate Ninoshvili Street. It is about 164 metres high with 43 floors, 41 of them taken up by apartments and penthouses. Construction began in 2014 and the building was completed in 2017. The design and construction were carried out by System Construction. Until 2024 it was the tallest residential building in Georgia, when a new tower on Rustaveli Avenue overtook it.

Porta Batumi Tower: two towers in one building

From outside the building looks like two fused tubes of different heights. Because of this shape, apartments on one floor differ: some face the sea and the port, others the Old Town and the mountains. According to sellers, the tower has 418 apartments in total, from small units to penthouses on the upper floors. Most were sold without finishing, in black frame, so the condition of apartments on the resale market varies a lot.

The Old Town and the port nearby

This is a high-rise that stands, unusually for Batumi, not in the resort south but by the historic centre. You can walk to Europe Square, the Piazza, the sea terminal and the streets of the Old Town. According to the developer, the sea is about 300 metres away. The port is next door, so the sea view here often comes with cranes and ships, and the port's work can be heard. Some like this, some do not, and it is better to check it yourself in the evening.

Shops, restaurants and offices work around it all year, so apartments here are bought both for living and for letting to tourists who want to stay by the old centre rather than by the southern beaches.

Apartments without finishing

An apartment in black frame gives freedom: the layout, lighting and finishes can be made to suit you. But there is more work: screed, plaster, all building services, windows and reveals, bathrooms, the kitchen. At height, wind and driving rain find weak window joints, so we check them before finishing. For letting we choose the layout and materials with frequent guest turnover in mind; for living we think more about quiet and storage. The order of work in new buildings is described on the page about new-build apartment renovation.

Porta Batumi: checks before purchase

We use the Public Registry extract to check the owner, area, legal use and encumbrances of the apartment. From the management company we get a certificate of debts and the building rules on renovation and letting. In the apartment we look at the windows, ventilation, the place for outdoor air conditioning units and the view, taking neighbouring plots into account. If the apartment is already renovated, we open up the bathroom and look at the fuse box. More about the check is on the page about the property document check.

If the apartment is bought for letting, by the old centre both daily lets in summer and lets of several months in winter work well. How we run long lets is described on the page about managed long-term letting.