Guangdong Chuanhui Group, a private Chinese developer has announced plan to build  Africa’s tallest building by 2017 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.  The site for the Chuanhui International Tower, 99-story office-hotel tower, is around the Addis Ababa Exhibition Center. The developer says it has acquired the 41,000 sq meter lot and the building plans have been approved.

While floors three to 55 of the proposed super-tower are designed for offices, floors 78 to 94 have been set aside for a 217-room Regency Hotel, according to a statement by Chuanhui, Guangdong Province, China.

Further, Chuanhui has allocated 2,600 sq m for an exhibition hall and ballroom. Occupying 27,000 sq m, the ground floors and basement have been earmarked for retail. A public library will occupy another 1,500 sq m. There will be underground parking for 1,100 vehicles, and 10,000 sq m of the site is reserved for green space.

The tower project is one of several projects Chuanhui has planned through its Sino-Ethiopian Chuanhui Investment Holding Group.

Guangdong Chuanhui, Science and Technology Development Group Co. Ltd., referred to as the Chuanhui Group was founded in 1989.

Source: Walt Information Center