Completed 2010 Top floor 311.8 m (1,023 ft) Construction started 16 June 2005 Opened 30 August 2010 | Architectural 330 m (1,083 ft) Height 330 m Floors 74 Floor area 28 ha | |
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Type Office, hotel and retail Floor count 74 (+5 basement floors) Lifts/elevators 41, made by Schindler Group Architecture firm Skid, Owings & Merrill Similar Emirates Office Tower, Longxi International Hotel, The Wharf Times Square, Minsheng Bank Building, JPMorgan Chase Tower | ||
China World Trade Center Tower III is a supertall skyscraper with 81 floors, 4 underground floors, and 30 elevators in Beijing, China. It is the third phase of development of the China World Trade Center complex in Beijing's central business district of Chaoyang at the junction of the East Third Ring Road and Jianguomen Outer Street (Jian Guo Men Wai Dajie). The building topped out at 330 m (1,083 ft) on 29 October 2007 and completed in 2010. The building bears a resemblance to the original One and Two World Trade Center in New York, New York, which were destroyed in the September 11th, 2001 Attacks. It is the tallest building in Beijing.
It is used for office and hotel space, with retail at its base. The building houses a 278-room 5-star hotel, a 1,600-seat grand ballroom and a carpark. The office space is located on floors 1 to 55. Floors 64 to 77 are occupied by the China World Summit Wing Hotel with a lobby on the 64th floor. Floors 79 to 81 are used for a restaurant and an observation deck. The four elevators that lead directly from the lobby to the 64th floor are Schindler 7000 and reach a maximum speed of 10 metres per second.
