International Finance Complex

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International Finance Complex
General information
Status Under construction
Type Mix-use
Location Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Construction started June 2008
Estimated completion 2012
Cost US$1 billion
Technical details
Floor count 52
Design and construction
Developer GS Engineering & Construction
Main contractor GS Engineering & Construction

The International Finance Complex is a 52 story complex that is in the process of being built in Phnom Penh, Cambodia near the Tonle Bassac River. The complex, which will cover an area of 737,000 square feet (68,500 m2), will cost about $1 billion. The project will include a main office tower which is 52 storeys tall, making it the tallest building in all of Cambodia once it is completed. This tower will be surrounded by 6 smaller buildings, each standing 32 floors tall. Overall, there will be housing for an international school, a conference center, 1,064 apartment units and 275 serviced apartments. [1] The project is being hailed by Cambodia's leaders as a symbol of the country's galloping economy, which has averaged 11 percent growth over the past three years. Deputy Prime Minister Sok An said that "IFC is the highest building in the history of Cambodia's capital and is a symbol of the economic growth in Cambodia." [1] When it is completed in 2012, it will dramatically change the skyline of Phnom Penh, along with the other buildings scheduled to be completed around this time such as Gold Tower 42, OCIC Tower, River Palace, and many more.

Phnom Penh Autonomous municipality in Cambodia

Phnom Penh, formerly known as Krong Chaktomuk or Krong Chaktomuk Serimongkul, is the capital and most populous city in Cambodia. Phnom Penh has been the national capital since French colonization of Cambodia, and has grown to become the nation's economic, industrial, and cultural center.

Cambodia Southeast Asian sovereign state

Cambodia, officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochina peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is 181,035 square kilometres in area, bordered by Thailand to the northwest, Laos to the northeast, Vietnam to the east and the Gulf of Thailand to the southwest.

Sok An Member of National Assembly of Cambodia and Minister

Samdech Vibol Panha Sok An was a Cambodian academic and politician. He was Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for the Office of the Council of Ministers from 2004 to his death, and started serving in the Cabinet in 1993. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Takéo and a member of the central committee of the Cambodian People's Party.

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Project scales down

In November 2008 the project became the latest victim of the global financial crisis in Cambodia. Woo Mu-hion, chief of the business division of the developer GS Construction and Engineering, announced that the planned skyscraper complex would be scaled down from the original plans. The seven building, 1 billion dollar complex will be cut back to three buildings at half the price according to the developer. The revised plan will include two 51 floor condominiums and one mixed-use 52 floor building. Construction on the project has halted until 2010 while the company submits revised plans to the Royal Government for approval. [2]

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  2. "Skyscraper complex project scales down in Phnom Penh". xinhuanet.com. 2008-11-26. Retrieved 2009-02-22.