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Come see the massive Chinese skyscraper that is once again under construction after 10 years of sitting empty and abandoned
Not The Bee ^ | April 27, 2025 | Staff

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 โ€” 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/MNzAPOWAikโ€” 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! ๐Ÿ˜‚


TOPICS: Business/Economy; History; Society; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: defectivesteel
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To: Red Badger

Isn’t the tallest building in North America the CN Tower in Toronto? It’s over 550 meters tall, I think.


21 posted on 04/27/2025 1:33:09 PM PDT by Theo (FReeping since 1997 ... drain the swamp.)
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To: Red Badger

Itโ€™s the chicom version of the WPA.


22 posted on 04/27/2025 1:50:10 PM PDT by Mastador1
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To: Red Badger; SunkenCiv
A 117-story skyscraper in the Chinese port city of Tianjin has stood unfinished and empty for nearly a decade โ€” but according to China's state media, construction on Goldin Finance 117 may resume as early as next week.

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]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldin_Finance_117

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 (9ร—13) scalesโ€”81 (9ร—9) Yang and 36 (9ร—4) Yin.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_dragon#Number_nine


23 posted on 04/27/2025 2:43:15 PM PDT by Ezekiel (๐Ÿ†˜๏ธ "Come fly with US". ๐Ÿ”ด Ingenuity -- because the Son of David begins with MARS โ™‚๏ธ, aka every man)
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To: Fai Mao

Oh, do they? I didn’t know.


24 posted on 04/27/2025 2:47:40 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: Fai Mao

Han Chinese are not starving. Western ethnicities’ kilometerage may vary.


25 posted on 04/27/2025 4:11:02 PM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: Red Badger

CHINESE STEEL has failed 2 tests in TAIWAN....


26 posted on 04/27/2025 4:22:12 PM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: ridesthemiles

Not to mention it’s been exposed to the elements for ten years..................


27 posted on 04/27/2025 6:11:57 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Red Badger

Made with Chinese concrete and Chinese rebar. What could possibly go wrong?

CC


28 posted on 04/27/2025 6:56:07 PM PDT by Celtic Conservative (My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV.)
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To: Ezekiel

Chinese high rise? Timmmmmm berrrrrrr!


29 posted on 04/27/2025 8:26:07 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: chajin

Wow. I had no idea. Looks like a complete scam. Thanks for the link.


30 posted on 04/28/2025 7:01:25 AM PDT by subterfuge (I'm a pure-blood!)
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