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After some months of site preparation, the first rock caisson ceremony was held on 19 March 2007. Then excavation for the five underground floors began. At the same time an underground car park is being built below the future
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to the regional authority. The tower, originally expected to have 50,000 square metres of gross office space, was deemed as not enough for the
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