| AON Hanoi Landmark Tower AON Landmark 72 | |
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| Record height | |
| Tallest in Vietnam from 2011 to 2018[I] | |
| Preceded by | Bitexco Financial Tower |
| Surpassed by | Landmark 81 |
| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Type | Mixed-use (Tower 1) Hotel (Twin Towers) |
| Location | Hanoi, Vietnam |
| Coordinates | 21°01′02″N 105°47′03″E / 21.017324°N 105.784054°E |
| Construction started | August 27, 2007 |
| Opened | October 28, 2011 |
| Cost | 1.05 billion USD[1] |
| Height | |
| Antenna spire | 350 m (1,150 ft) |
| Roof | 345 m (1,132 ft) |
| Top floor | 336 m (1,102 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 72 (and 2 underground)[2] |
| Floor area | 609,673 m2 (6,562,470 sq ft) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Heerim, Samoo, Aum & Lee, HOK |
| Website | |
| www.landmark72.com | |
| References | |
| "AON Hanoi Landmark Tower". SkyscraperPage. | |
AON Hanoi Landmark Tower (or AON Landmark 72) is a mixed-use supertall skyscraper in Pham Hung road, Nam Từ Liêm district, Hanoi, Vietnam. The complex consists of one 72-story mixed-use tower with a height of 350 m and two 48-story hotel twin towers. Landmark 72 is located on an area of 46,054 m2 and the total floor area is 609,673 m2, ranked 5th as the largest floor area of a single building in the world. The investor and operator of the complex is the South Korean-based company Keangnam Enterprises, Ltd. The investment capital is estimated at US$1.05 billion.[1]
The complex features a 5-star InterContinental hotel, offices, entertainment areas, retail spaces, clinics and convention centres.[citation needed] The complex opened on 18 May 2012. Keangnam Enterprises indirectly owned a 70-per cent stake in Landmark 72.[3] The company invested over US$ 1 billion with US$ 510 million borrowed from banks.[4]
Landmark 72 is the site of Vietnam's tallest stair climbing race, the Vietnam Landmark 72 Hanoi Vertical Run. On 30 September 2012, runners competed for the first time to be the fastest to ascend the tower's 1,914 steps.
History
On 11 June 2008, an agreement was signed between the building owner and the InterContinental Hotels Group to operate the 359-room hotel under InterContinental Hanoi Landmark 72 with 9 hotel floors from the 62nd floor to 70th floor (Hotel Club Lounge located on the 71st Floor).
In November 2010, the main tower reached approximately 300 metres, making it the tallest building and structure in Vietnam. On 24 January 2011, the main tower topped out at 350 metres; it became the tallest building in Vietnam while the other two towers had topped out months before with the height of 212 metres. The complex opened on 18 May 2012. The building held the status of the tallest building in Vietnam until Landmark 81 was built in 2018.
A Vietnamese court valued the complex at US$ 770 million in May 2015 and AON Holdings from South Korea would take over the bank loan by paying US$ 373.4 million to become the majority owner.[4]
In early 2017, it emerged that a bribery scheme related to a proposed sale of Landmark 72 building complex in 2014 led to the arrest and charge of former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's nephew and charge of Ban's brother, Ban Ki-sang, an executive of South Korean firm Keangnam Enterprises Co Ltd.[5] In 2013, Keangnam was facing a liquidity crisis and intended to refinance or sell the complex.[5] When the deal eventually fell through, Keangnam entered into court receivership in South Korea. Also, Malcolm Albert Harris, a self proclaimed New York City fashion designer who pled guilty to stealing US$500,000 as part of a phony negotiation to sell Landmark 72 to a Qatari royal.[6]
Events surrounding the construction
On October 28, 2008, Deputy Prime Minister Truong Vinh Trong asked the Hanoi People's Committee to consider the content of the reflection on the construction and sale of apartments at the Keangnam office and apartment complex project worth over 1 billion USD in Hanoi.[7][8]
It has been reported that by the time the basement of this building was under construction, the investor had sold about 40% of the apartments in the two 48-story towers.[9][10][11] Even on some classifieds websites, there are advertisements for apartments on floors 20 to 40 with original prices from $2,500 to $3,000 per square meter, not including the difference.
During construction, two accidents occurred on consecutive days, July 21 and 22, 2009, killing four workers.[12][13] Hanoi Construction Department Deputy Director Bui Van Chieu assessed that "four deaths at a construction site in two consecutive days is serious."[14][15] On August 27, 2011, a fairly large fire broke out in the 7-story parking garage.[16][17]
See also
- List of tallest buildings in the world
- List of tallest residential buildings in the world
- List of tallest hotels in the world
- InterContinental Hanoi Landmark 72
Notes
- I Landmark 81 structurally topped out in January 2018 at 400 metres.
References
- ^ a b Keangnam to Build Vietnams Tallest Tower
- ^ "Keangnam Hanoi Landmark Tower". Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
- ^ "AON Holdings Becomes New Owner of Hanoi Landmark 72". The Korea Economic Daily. 17 December 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
- ^ a b Lam, Tue (7 January 2016). "Vietnam's tallest building has new owner". Vietnam Economic Times. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
- ^ a b Raymond, Nate (21 January 2017). "U.S. asks South Korea to arrest former UN chief Ban's brother". Reuters. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
- ^ Raymond, Nate (10 January 2017). "U.S. charges former UN chief Ban's relatives in bribery case". Reuters. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
- ^ TUYETMINH (15 November 2008). "Chủ tòa nhà cao nhất VN cược 100 tỷ đồng cho tiến độ thi công". hanoimoi.vn (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ "Chính phủ yêu cầu kiểm tra mua bán căn hộ dự án lớn nhất Hà Nội". baothainguyen.vn (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ "Số phận thị phi của những tòa tháp cao nhất nhì Việt Nam". VietNamNet News (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ Quân, Anh (18 November 2008). "Đại diện Keangnam nói gì về vụ "đặt cược" 100 tỷ đồng?". Nhịp sống kinh tế Việt Nam & Thế giới (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ VnExpress. "Chủ tòa nhà cao nhất VN cược 100 tỷ đồng cho tiến độ thi công". vnexpress.net (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ "Thi công tòa nhà cao nhất Hà Nội: 2 ngày, 4 người chết vì tai nạn lao động". TUOI TRE ONLINE (in Vietnamese). 23 July 2009. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ ""Chóng mặt" với những cái chết trên trời rơi xuống". Báo Pháp luật Việt Nam điện tử (in Vietnamese). 23 May 2013. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ ""Chóng mặt" với những cái chết trên trời rơi xuống". Báo Pháp luật Việt Nam điện tử (in Vietnamese). 23 May 2013. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ Tĩnh, Báo Hà (23 July 2009). "Đăng tin bất động sản". Báo Hà Tĩnh (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ Trí, Dân (5 December 2011). "Keangnam và những cái "nhất" tai tiếng". Báo điện tử Dân Trí (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ C.Dũng (9 September 2011). "Làm rõ nguyên nhân vụ hỏa hoạn tại Keangnam". hanoimoi.vn (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 15 April 2024.
External links
Media related to Keangnam Hanoi Landmark Tower at Wikimedia Commons- Official website
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