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| Sunday, 19 September 2004 |
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The World Trade Centre
Standing at 550 feet (without the basement), it houses banks, restaurants and the headquarters of countless national and multinational business enterprises. It is surrounded by leading five star hotels, and business and entertainment centres. The magnificent towers of the 39-storey commercial project are connected by a four level shopping and business complex housing over 100 local and foreign companies and restaurants. Linked to the Hilton Colombo, the building boasts over 750,000 sq. ft. of prime office and commercial space. Building highlights * Height - 148 metres from road level to structural top * Area covered - 2 acres Square area - approximately 1.2 million gross area Completed on June 1996 * 10 high speed lifts per tower The building has 39 storey office towers, four storey commercial block, three storey podium and nine levels of car park (550 parking slots) A fully automated environment friendly central air conditioning system. |
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A Manhatten-style office complex that dominates the skyline of
Colombo's capital is the World Trade Centre located at Fort.This ultra
modern glass and stainless steel skyscraper may not be as famous as
America's World Trade Centre that was destroyed by a terrorist attack on
September 11, 2001 or the world's tallest structures, the Petronas Towers
in Malaysia, but they are our very own 'Twin Towers'. They are called the
East and West towers.
