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Construction of Azerbaijan Tower to cost $2 bln

31 October 2012 12:33 (UTC +04:00)

Note that, Azerbaijan Tower will rise to about 1,050 m with 186 floors. The Azerbaijan Tower will be 200 m higher than the worldâ€™s current tallest building - Burj Khalifa, and 50 m higher than the Kingdom Tower to be built in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Nehramli noted that several companies had to work on this project for some years. The building will be projected by foreign companies and constructed under their control. At present, initial meetings are held with Dutch, US, Turkish and Dubaiâ€™s companies.

In general, Azerbaijan Tower will consist of 7 buildings of different heights. These buildings will have 85-150 floors, the main building will be 186-storey. Total area is 1 mln mÂ² with apartments, hotels, restaurants, trade and business centers. Construction is planned to start in 2016-2017. The tower is expected to cost US$2 billion.