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Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Incheon, South Korea getting major mixed-use tower

from this morning's GlobeSt (9/22):

Consortium Breaks Ground for 151-Story Tower
By Robert Carr

"INCHEON, SOUTH KOREA-A developer consortium has broken ground on the 151-story Incheon Tower, expected to become the second tallest tower in the world. The developers are Portman Holdings, Samsung C&T Corp. Hyundai E&C and SYM Associates. The mixed-use building is part of the $35 billion, 1,500-acre Songdo International Business District, going up here in this port city about 15 miles west of Seoul.

At 2,000 feet high, the 5.7-million-sf building will have a multitude of uses. There will be 30 floors of commercial offices, a 300-room hotel, apartments and condominiums, two public observation levels at floors 118 and 119, five stories of retail and a restaurant at the top of the tower..."

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