Jul 3rd 2012 10:30AM
By Meredith Galante Real estate may be expensive, but sometimes the buildings constructed on top of that land are far pricier. Construction started last year on Yongsan Landmark Tower in downtown Seoul, South Korea, which is expected to cost a record-breaking $3.43 billion to build. But there are lots of other pricey... Continue Reading »
Jun 18th 2012 12:34PM
The world's most towering skyscrapers have usually taken years to build, but one Chinese company thinks it only needs a fraction of that time to erect what could soon be the world's tallest building. Hunan-based Broad Sustainable Building wants to erect a 2,750-foot-tall tower in Changsha -- in only 90 days. The... Continue Reading »
Feb 19th 2010 2:00PM
Across the country, shiny new skyscrapers remain half-empty in struggling cities, vertical graveyards as testaments to overzealous development. Sure, suburbs have their own share of housing graveyards, but there used to be one big difference: those dead zones stretch out, as opposed to up. Which is why it's such a... Continue Reading »
Feb 12th 2010 12:02PM
Good thing you didn't decide to buy one of the 1,000 apartments for sale in the tallest tower in the universe, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, the now cash-strapped Emirate of outrageous excess in the Persian Gulf. If you had you might be hiking up a zillion stairs to your home, lugging groceries. Just a month after we saw... Continue Reading »
