Miscreant
Senior Member
Height here is entirely besides the point. The amenities are going to be amazing. It'll be a great place to visit on weekends to browse etc.
I was just saying you would think there was some really huge building going up here due to the size of the dig.
What are you talking about? There is.
I totally got what you were saying and yes it sure does look li,e the pit of one singular building. A mega tall one. Sorta.What are you talking about? There is.
It looks like the basement for some multi-supertall megaproject. The tallest will "only" be 46.
By the way, why is this being dug as 1 excavation? I think I knew the reason but forget.
It is all being dug at once because the basements of all the towers are interconnected with utilities, parking and service ramps. Enwave Deep Water Cooling is also being built under the basement levels. The large retail component will also be a money maker when it is ready even if the towers above aren't complete, so they would want that income to offset some of the early construction costs for doing the whole basement at once. Also, the main truck access only has one ramp into the site (for loading, garbage to the completed buildings), so they need that access built to occupy any of the towers.
These are, to my knowledge, would be some of the reasons they are completing the basement all together.
They're not interconnected basements. It is one basement. One parking garage. One commercial podium.