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Originally Posted by Trae
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Zaya Younan wants to build the world's tallest building — in Los Angeles, Houston or Chicago.
Towering ambition
July 26, 2007
Chicago Sun-Times
BY DAVID ROEDER - droeder@suntimes.com
Zaya Younan is not crazy. Since starting a real estate business in 2002, he has become one of the largest office landlords in Texas, and accumulated property worth about $1.5 billion, claiming strong and steady returns for investors.
Now he wants to build the world's tallest building. He wants it in Chicago, Los Angeles or Houston. He wants it for the glory of the United States of America, and to take advantage of long-term trends that he said will lead to more vertical living in major cities.
Full Article: http://www.suntimes.com/business/484...unan26.article
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As much as I would love new supertall in Houston, this idea is a little out there. I would much prefer short towers than this one. If he wants to build a 1100-1400 foot tower in Houston, go for it, but 3,000 feet is a bit much. Even if it was built I wouldn't want it Downtown, or Uptown. I would much rather have it out by NASA or on the Bay somewhere and let it be some sort of tourist attraction.
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It's funny that the man has aspirations of building a new world's tallest in Houston, as he's posing for a photo in Dallas.
I hope it doesn't get built in Texas. I think it would ruin the skyline. No thanks. Houston has been in the running before for mega towers. There was one vision back in the 80s for a building called "Houston Tower" (really creative, eh?), anyway it would have been 6,864 feet tall and would have had 500 floors. The design was bundled tube. 16 tubes. The only thing is it would have covered 9 city blocks and would have required mega-demo of existing buildings. I personally don't care for super tall buildings. They just seem so silly.