Posted on 04/27/2025 12:28:01 PM PDT by Red Badger
Don't get me wrong, I love a siesta just as much as the next guy.
But a decade-long break seems a bit, you know, lazy:
A 117-story skyscraper in the Chinese port city of Tianjin has stood unfinished and empty for nearly a decade — but according to China's state media, construction on Goldin Finance 117 may resume as early as next week. If plans stay on schedule this time, the nearly 1,960-foot-tall supertall structure will open its doors in 2027.
The towering structure "has remained the world's tallest unoccupied building since 2015, when financial fallout from the Chinese stock market crash forced the liquidation of its Hong Kong-based real estate developer."
To their credit, the builders at least managed to cap the big structure off before they called it quits:
At just under 600 meters, it will (whenever it's completed) rank among the tallest buildings in the world, easily:
The eeriness of this supertall structure, sitting vacant in a relatively low-slung Chinese port city, cannot be overstated:
17. The abandoned Goldin Finance 117 building in Tianjin (China), with a height of 597 meters, is the tallest abandoned building in the world. pic.twitter.com/MNzAPOWAik— Zack Fursa (@zackfursa) December 23, 2024
It retains the dubious distinction of being the "tallest building [in the world] unoccupied," according to Guinness World Records.
Incredibly, the embarrassment of this disastrous project has likely ensured that no other buildings like it will be built for a while:
Goldin Finance 117 and other previously failed skyscraper projects in China were responsible for the government banning construction of buildings over 500 metres (1,640 feet). When completed, Goldin Finance 117 will be one of China's last 500+ m towers for the foreseeable future.
"When completed" is the key term here! 😂
Isn’t the tallest building in North America the CN Tower in Toronto? It’s over 550 meters tall, I think.
It’s the chicom version of the WPA.
Maybe they published that today because it's the 117th day of the year.
Goldin Finance 117 is designed to resemble a walking stick, and has that as its nickname.[10] Earlier designs resembled the shape of a fin and a diamond. Goldin Finance 117 is planned to be the main tower of Tianjin Goldin Metropolitan, a Central Business District funded by Goldin Properties, and would be built nearby the Tianjin Goldin Metropolitan Polo Club.[11]No mention of it there or on the Chinese page, but 117 is the number of scales on a Chinese dragon:
The number nine is special in China as it is seen as the number of heaven, and Chinese dragons are frequently connected with it. For example, a Chinese dragon is normally described in terms of nine attributes and usually has 117 (9×13) scales—81 (9×9) Yang and 36 (9×4) Yin.
Oh, do they? I didn’t know.
Han Chinese are not starving. Western ethnicities’ kilometerage may vary.
CHINESE STEEL has failed 2 tests in TAIWAN....
Not to mention it’s been exposed to the elements for ten years..................
Made with Chinese concrete and Chinese rebar. What could possibly go wrong?
CC
Chinese high rise? Timmmmmm berrrrrrr!
Wow. I had no idea. Looks like a complete scam. Thanks for the link.
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