Wuhan Greenland Center, Skyscraper in Wuhan, China
Wuhan Greenland Center is a tall tower in downtown Wuhan with 97 stories above ground and 6 levels below. The building houses office spaces, hotel rooms, residential units, and includes 84 elevators to move people through its many floors.
Construction began in 2011 and the tower was structurally topped out on 28 January 2019, then completed in 2022. It was first planned at 636 metres, but work stalled at 101 floors in mid-2017 and the height was cut to 476 metres under airspace rules. The podium mall, Wuhan Greenland Colorful City, opened on 16 November 2019.
The tower's podium holds the Wuhan Greenland Colorful City mall, opened on 16 November 2019. The name Greenland comes from the developer Greenland Group, a real estate firm owned by the Shanghai city government. Local discussion of the building often turns on its clipped top: the pointed crown of the first renderings was cut and replaced by a flat roof with a helipad.
The building has parking available in its underground levels for visitors and residents. Multiple elevators throughout the structure make it easy to move between the many floors and different areas.
The original plans called for a significantly taller structure, but aviation rules required the design to be adjusted downward. This change shows how regulations can shape the final look of modern city towers.
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