Posco Tower-Songdo
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The Posco Tower-Songdo or Northeast Asia Trade Tower (Korean: 포스코타워-송도) is a skyscraper in Songdo International City, the world's most expensive private real estate project in the Incheon Free Economic Zone, South Korea.[3] The 305-metre (1,001 ft) building is currently[when?] South Korea's fourth tallest, and has 68 floors.[4] It surpassed the previous record-holder, Samsung Tower Palace 3 – Tower G in Seoul, when it topped-out in 2009. Although finished in 2011, the completion of its interior had been delayed due to financial complications during a recession.[5] It was surpassed in height in 2017 by the current highest building in South Korea, the Lotte World Tower.
Posco Tower-Songdo | |
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포스코타워-송도 | |
General information | |
Status | Completed |
Type | class A office, luxury hotel, serviced residences, retail stores[1] |
Location | Songdo IBD, Songdo International City, Incheon Free Economic Zone, Incheon South Korea |
Coordinates | 37°23′21.00″N 126°38′38.00″E |
Groundbreaking | July 2006 |
Construction started | February 1st 2007 |
Opening | July 10th 2014 |
Height | |
Architectural | 305 m (1,001 ft)[2] |
Top floor | 276.7 m (908 ft)[2] |
Observatory | 276.7 m (908 ft)[2] |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 68[2] |
Floor area | 140,000 square metres (1,506,947 sq ft)[2] |
Lifts/elevators | 22[2] |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Kohn Pedersen Fox/Heerim Architects & Engineers[1] |
Developer | Gale International/Daewoo E&C/POSCO E&C[1] |
References | |
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The building was intended to be a landmark of the Songdo International Business District which was constructed on unused land along the waterfront near Incheon.[5] It features 19 floors of class A office space, an observatory on the 65th-floor, a luxury hotel, serviced residences, and retail stores. The column-free floors include an office lobby at ground level with French limestone floors and Vermont slate stone walls.