From Chinese media
World's 3rd tallest building starts construction in China
Updated: 2010-12-09 11:15
By Yan Weijue (chinadaily.com.cn)
![]() A computer generated image shows how the world's 3rd tallest building in Central China's Wuhan city will look when completed in 2014. [Photo/Wuhan Evening News]
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A groundbreaking ceremony was held for what will be the third highest building in the world – Wuhan Greenland Center – in Wuhan city of Central China's Hubei province Wednesday, chinanews.com.cn reported.
Scheduled to be completed in 2014, the multifunctional skyscraper, complete with a five-star hotel, Grade-A offices, luxury apartments and upscale retail outlets, will only be dwarfed by the 800-meter Burj Dubai Tower and 632-meter Shanghai Center Tower.
The project, with a gross floor area of three million square meters, is located in the Bingjiang business district in the city.
The investment is estimated to exceed 30 billion yuan ($4.5 billion), said the developer, Shanghai-based Greenland Group.
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