Enat Bank has held an Architectural Design Award Ceremony of the bank’s future headquarters building at Sheraton Addis Hotel on March 13, 2021. The bank had floated an open bid for the architectural design of the bank’s future headquarters building and so, 13 designs participated. During the event, Meaza Ashenafi, President of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Supreme Court and ex-board chairperson of the bank noted the architectural design selection is a momentous achievement for the bank even if it’s a late entrant in the banking industry. At the event, Ato Ermias Andarge, president of the bank mentioned the architectural design selection is a landmark move to build the bank’s future headquarters nearby the so-called financial street. He added that the selected design has 35 stories with 140 meters in height and it will be one of the city marks. He further remarked that the bank has secured a plot of land around the Senegatera area, in front of the main gate of the Addis Ababa University College of Commerce, from Addis Ababa City Administration.
MH Engineering is the one who submitted the winning architectural design. The winning design was selected out of the 13 designs by external juries, who have architectural and engineering backgrounds.