Keangnam Hanoi Landmark Tower

AON Hanoi Landmark Tower
AON Landmark 72
Record height
Tallest in Vietnam from 2011 to 2018[I]
Preceded by Bitexco Financial Tower
Surpassed by Landmark 81
General information
Status Complete
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 / 21.017324; 105.784054Coordinates: 21°01′02″N 105°47′03″E / 21.017324°N 105.784054°E / 21.017324; 105.784054
Opened Oct. 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)
Floor area 609,673 m2 (6,562,470 sq ft)
Design and construction
Architect

Heerim, Samoo, Aum & Lee,

HOK
References
"Keangnam Hanoi Landmark Tower". SkyscraperPage.

AON Hanoi Landmark Tower (or AON Landmark 72) is a Mixed-use supertall skyscraper in Pham Hung Boulevard, Nam Từ Liêm district, Hanoi, Vietnam. The complex consists of one 72-story Mixed-use tower with the height of 350 m and two 48-storey 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 as well as the executor and operator of this complex is the South Korea-based company named Keangnam Enterprises, Ltd. The investment capital for this complex is estimated $1.05 billion USD.[1]

On 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 features a 5-star InterContinental hotel, offices, entertainment areas, retail spaces, clinics and convention centres. The complex opened for business on 18 May 2012. Landmark 72 is the world’s 35th-highest building and the highest in Indochina Peninsula. Keangnam Enterprises indirectly owned a 70-percent stake in Landmark 72.[2] The company invested over US$ 1 billion with US$ 510 million borrowed from banks.[3]

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 62nd Floor to 70th Floor (Hotel Club Lounge located on the 71st Floor).

Landmark 72 is the site of Vietnam’s highest 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.

It was reported in early 2016 that 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.[3]

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 U.N. 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.[4] In 2013, Keangnam was facing a liquidity crisis and intended to refinance or sale of the complex.[4] When the 'deal' eventually fell through, Keangnam entered into court receivership in South Korea. A third element to the scheme was Malcolm Albert Harris, a self proclaimed New York City fashion designer who pled guilty to stealing five-hundred-thousand dollars as part of a phony negotiation to sell Landmark 72 to a Qatari royal.[5]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Keangnam to Build Vietnams Tallest Tower
  2. ↑ "AON Holdings Becomes New Owner of Hanoi Landmark 72". The Korea Economic Daily. Dec 17, 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
  3. 1 2 Lam, Tue (Jan 7, 2016). "Vietnam's tallest building has new owner". Vietnam Economic Times. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
  4. 1 2 Raymond, Nate (Jan 21, 2017). "U.S. asks South Korea to arrest former U.N. chief Ban's brother". Reuters. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
  5. ↑ Raymond, Nate (Jan 10, 2017). "U.S. charges former U.N. chief Ban's relatives in bribery case". Reuters. Retrieved 21 January 2017.

Note

I Landmark 81 structurally topped out in January 2018 at 400 meters.
Records
Preceded by
Bitexco Financial Tower		 Tallest Building in Vietnam
2011 – 2018
350 m		 Succeeded by
Landmark 81
Preceded by
Keangnam Hanoi Landmark Tower 2,3		 Tallest Building in Hanoi
2011—Present
350 m		 Succeeded by
None
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