Esentai tower is a high rise building in the Almaty, Kazakhstan. Developed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, it was the tallest building in Kazakhstan until 2010, when it was topped out by the complex Northern Lights in Astana. However it is the current tallest building in the whole Almaty. The first fourteen floors of the tower are occupied by offices, the Ritz-Carlton hotel is located above the offices, in the last eight floors of the building are serviced apartments.