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Thai Boon Roong Twin Tower World Trade Center
Interactive map of the Thai Boon Roong Twin Tower World Trade Center area
General information
StatusProposed
TypeMixed-Use
LocationPhnom Penh, Cambodia
Coordinates11°33′27″N 104°56′12″E / 11.55750°N 104.93667°E / 11.55750; 104.93667
Height
HeightTwin towers: 567 m (1,860 ft)
Technical details
Floor count
  • Twin towers: 133
  • Two commercial towers: 65
  • Two commercial towers: 59
Design and construction
ArchitectTous Saphoeun
DeveloperThai Boon Roong Group
Sun Kian Ip Group

Thai Boon Roong Twin Tower World Trade Center[1][note 1] is a planned skyscraper complex in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, consisting of twin 133-storey skyscrapers with a height of 567 m (1,860 ft),[3] surrounded by four commercial towers:[4] two at 65 floors and two at 59 floors.[1] The project is managed by the Cambodian company Thai Boon Roong Group, with the Macau-based Sun Kian Ip Group as co-developer.[5][6] It is planned to be built on a 5 hectare property in the Doun Penh section, formerly occupied by the Dreamland amusement park,[4][7] and was approved for construction in February 2016.[8][9] In December of that year, the developers entered a $2.7 billion construction contract (pending funding which at the time was yet to be finalised) with Chinese firms Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry Group and Sino Great Wall International Engineering, who formed a joint venture for this purpose;[4][10][11] at this time, the building's announced height was 560 m (1,840 ft).[4]

Described since then as what would be Southeast Asia's tallest building,[3][12][note 2] if built, the twin skyscrapers would be the second tallest buildings in the region—after Merdeka 118, which is nearing completion in 2023 and has a height of 678.9 m (2,227 ft). Upon completion, the Thai Boon Roong Twin Towers would surpass the Petronas Towers as the world's tallest twin skyscraper (as of 2023[14]).

Construction and halt

In mid-2017, 1 August 2017 was set as the date of the start of construction.[15] Since then, construction has been delayed multiple times.[16][4][17] A groundbreaking ceremony was held on the site in 2018,[18] however, later that year, Sino Great Wall International Engineering withdrew from the project due to a failure to secure financing, and citing "greater uncontrollable risks."[19][20]

In 2021, the Thai Boon Roong Group suggested that they were "waiting for the right time" and expected to restart construction after the COVID-19 pandemic subsided, and that the plan had not changed.[21]

As of 2022, the project has been "failing to materialize", according to Southeast Asia Globe,[22] and, as of 2023, the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat website lists the project's status as "proposed".[1] In 2021 and 2022, the company has cited the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and that of the Russian invasion of Ukraine as reasons for the delay, and reported that a retaining wall had been completed.[3][23]

See also

Notes

  1. also known as "Thai Boon Roong Twin Trade Center" or "Thai Boon Roong Twin Towers"[2]
  2. At the time of the project's unveiling, when the twin skyscraper's planned height was 500 m (1,600 ft), it was envisioned as the second-tallest building in Southeast Asia, behind the 555 m (1,821 ft) Diamond Tower project,[5] which had been announced by the prime minister of Cambodia Hun Sen in 2010, but which has not entered construction as of 2023.[13]

References

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  2. Spiess, Robin; Kimsay, Hor (2 February 2018). "Massive skyscraper floated again". The Phnom Penh Post. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  3. Pisei, Hin (22 July 2021). "Construction on tallest structure starts post-Covid". The Phnom Penh Post. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  4. Meng, Siv; Pisei, Hin (23 February 2018). "Colossal skyscraper project still up in the air". The Phnom Penh Post. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  5. Muyhong, Chan (2 July 2015). "Twin tower skyscraper proposed for capital". The Phnom Penh Post. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  6. Nan, Zhong; Lihua, Zhou (3 January 2017). "Shipbuilder joins twin tower project". China Daily. Retrieved 25 August 2023. Cambodia's Thai Boon Roong Group will be the project's main developer, and Macao-based Sun Kian Ip Group will be co-developer.
  7. Chandara, Sor (24 February 2016). "Dream over for capital's amusement park". The Phnom Penh Post. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  8. Sothear, Kang (18 February 2016). "133-Story Twin Towers Get Initial Approval". The Cambodia Daily. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  9. Hutt, David (6 May 2016). "Is Cambodia's skyscraper dream a nightmare?". New Internationalist. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  10. "Sino Great Wall consortium wins contract for Cambodia's twin towers". Reuters. 29 December 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  11. "Contract signed to build Asia's new twin towers". Xinhua News Agency. 1 January 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2023. The Wuhan-based Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry Group Co. Ltd. signed the 2.7 billion-U.S. dollar contract with its Cambodian partner Thai Boon Roong (TBR) Group and Macao-based Sun Kian Ip Holding Co. Ltd.
  12. Coates, Karen J. (3 June 2019). "Cambodia: Gambling on the Future". The American Scholar. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
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  15. Meng, Siv (1 June 2017). "Construction date set for mammoth skyscraper". The Phnom Penh Post. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  16. Kunmakara, May (1 August 2017). "Start on twin towers project delayed but still going ahead". Khmer Times. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  17. Pisei, Hin (11 June 2019). "Thai Boon Roong tower's timetable yet to be decided". The Phnom Penh Post. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
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  19. Heijmans, Philip (10 September 2018). "Chinese Money Is Driving One of Asia's Fastest Property Booms". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 25 August 2023 – via EBSCOHost.
  20. "神州长城放弃27亿美元金边双子大厦建设项目". 柬中時報 (in Simplified Chinese). 28 January 2018. Retrieved 14 January 2026.
  21. Yan, Sommana (24 July 2021). "Planning Works Complete for Thai Boon Roong Towers, Construction to Begin Post-COVID". Construction & Property News.
  22. Oon, Amanda (26 April 2022). "The Cambodian megaprojects failing to materialise". Southeast Asia Globe. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  23. "ប្រធានក្រុមស្ថាបត្យករពន្យល់ពីមូលហេតុនៃភាពយឺតយ៉ាវក្នុងការសាងសង់អាគារពាណិជ្ជកម្មភ្លោះថៃ ប៊ុនរ៉ុង". propertyarea.asia. 30 November 2022. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  24. McGrath, Cam; Pisei, Hin (9 February 2018). "Skyscraper poised to replace iconic Hotel Cambodiana". The Phnom Penh Post.