Ningbo Center, Skyscraper in Ningbo, China.
Ningbo Center is a 409 m (1,342 ft) supertall skyscraper in Ningbo, China, with 80 floors above ground and 3 underground. Floors 1 to 60 are Grade-A offices and floors 61 to 80 house a Ritz-Carlton Hotel. The building has no floor numbers 40 to 49.
Ningbo Center broke ground on April 9, 2018, and its pile foundation work began in January 2019. It overtook Ningbo Global Shipping Plaza as the city's tallest building on May 20, 2022, topped out on April 26, 2023, and opened on April 9, 2025. It was developed by Shanghai Construction Group, Shanshan Group and Greentown China.
The tower's name, Ningbo Center, is shared with the broader development it anchors in the Eastern New Town core area. Its top 20 floors are occupied by a Ritz-Carlton hotel, while floors 1 to 60 hold Grade-A offices. The building skips floor numbers 40 to 49, a numbering choice visitors may notice in the elevator system.
The tower opened on April 9, 2025, so it is no longer a construction site. Floors 1 to 60 hold Grade-A offices and floors 61 to 80 the Ritz-Carlton Hotel; hotel areas are for guests. The building has no floor numbers 40 to 49. It stands in the Eastern New Town core area.
The tower's fourth phase uses Hitachi high-speed lifts: two HEX cars run at up to 10 m/s, the fastest in Zhejiang Province, and five OEX cars are Ningbo's first double-deck elevators. The building also skips floor numbers 40 to 49.
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