Figures
Height: Architectural 554.6 meter / 1819 feet Height: Occupied 497.6 meter / 1633 feet
Height: To Tip 556.0 meter / 1824 feet
Height: Observatory 497.6 meter / 1633 feet
Floors Above Ground 123
Floors Below Ground 6
# of Elevators 58
Top Elevator Speed 10 m/s
Tower GFA 304,081 m² / 3,273,101 ft²
Development GFA 505,294 m² / 5,438,939 ft²
# of Hotel Rooms 260
I haven't been following this thread, so apologies if it's already been discussed, but this looks like it has the highest core-to-usable-floorspace ratio of anything I've ever seen. There's barely anything space left to occupy on each floor...
It's no different than other similar towers like Pingan and Guangzhou Chow Tai Fook Center, or even 1WTC. There's actually 40'-50' between the core and the exterior.
After sitting so long below street level this thing is really motoring in the style of the construction of the Empire State Building.
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2 floors a week, is impressive, but to think of it topping out by the end of the year, nah they'll hit some snags.. OH wait this isn't the USA. That's not fair to say but 432 is the only US skyscraper that's moving at such a pace and its probably nearly 1/2 the girth of this.
what happened to the other tower that was supposed to be built in S.korea Busan Lotte I believe it's called,, not u/c anymore??? Anybody have any info on that 1?