Regarding the design change of the Global Business Center (GBC), which Hyundai Motor plans to build in Samseong-dong, Seoul, Gangnam-gu mayor Jeong Soon-gyun “must be carried out according to the original plan,” and requested an interview with Hyundai Motor Chairman Eui-sun Eui-seon. In an article posted on Facebook on the afternoon of the 25th, Mayor Jeong said, “I made an official request for an interview with Hyundai Motor Company Chairman Eui-seon Eui-seon today to urge the promotion of the 105th floor plan.
The GBC, which Hyundai Motor Group decided to build at the former KEPCO site in Samseong-dong, is planned to be 569m high. The Hyundai Motor Group is currently undertaking construction work since the Seoul Metropolitan Government issued a construction permit from GBC in November 2019 and a certificate of commencement of construction in May last year. If built according to plan, GBC will become the tallest building in Korea. Currently, the tallest building in Korea, Lotte World Tower in Sincheon-dong, Songpa-gu, has 123 stories and is 555 meters high.
“If GBC is completed six years later, it will become the tallest building in Korea and become a landmark in Korea.” “It is expected not only as a landmark building, but also creating 1.25 million new jobs and an economic effect of 268 trillion won. It is a large-scale project that contains the wishes of our Gangnam-gu residents who wish for a future.”
However, regarding the recent design change theory, President Jeong-gu did not hide his displeasure. “But since last November, rumors of a design change to 2 buildings on the 70th floor and 3 buildings on the 50th floor have been rumored, and this year, media reports that it is being organized into 3 buildings on the 50th floor is an absurd situation.” In contrast to the response of the “unplanned” response to the design change (New Year) immediately after the first press release in November of last year (related to the design change), Hyundai Motor Company is also setting the design change as a default.”
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