Northeast Asia Trade Tower

Northeast Asia Trade Tower
동북아무역타워
General information
Status	Topped-out
Type	class A office, luxury hotel, serviced residence, retail stores[1]
Location	Songdo IBD, Songdo International City, Incheon Free Economic Zone, Incheon South Korea
Construction started	July 2006[2]
Estimated completion	March 2011[2]
Height
Roof	305.1 metres (1,001 ft)[1]
Technical details
Floor count	88[1]
Floor area	104,425 square metres (1,124,021 sq ft)[1]
Elevator count	18 passenger lifts serving the office towers over 3 zones[2]
Design and construction
Architect	KPF Associates/Heerim Architects & Engineers[1]
Developer	Gale International/Daewoo E&C/POSCO E&C[1]

The Northeast Asia Trade Tower or NEATT (Korean: 동북아무역타워) is a skyscraper in Songdo International City, the world's most expensive private real estate project in Incheon Free Economic Zone, South Korea.^[2] The 305m (1001 foot) building is currently South Korea's tallest, and has 88 floors.^[3] It surpassed the previous record-holder, Samsung Tower Palace 3 – Tower G in Seoul, when it topped-out in 2009.

The building was intended to be a landmark of the Songdo International Business District. It features 19 floors of class A office space, South Korea's tallest observatory on the 65th-floor, luxury hotel, serviced residences, and retail stores. The column-free floors include an office lobby at ground level with French limestone floors and Vermont slate stone walls.

The building is next to Songdo Convensia, the Riverstone shopping center, and the Sheraton Incheon Hotel. It has an extensive parking station next door, and will have pedestrian access to a future subway station. NEATT allows large numbers of pedestrians to enter the office lobby by escalator. The lobby is frequented by residents of NEATT, and residents of other nearby developments.

In February 2010, 65th-floor observatory opened to the public for the G-20 major economies meeting of finance ministers.^[4]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f} "Northeast Asia Trade Tower". SkyscraperPage.com. http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=43452. Retrieved 2007-09-26. 
2. ^ ^{a b c d} "Northeast Asia Trade Tower". Gale International. http://www.songdo.com/songdo-international-business-district/the-city/working/neatt.aspx. Retrieved 2010-02-15. 
3. ^ "Northeast Asia Trade Tower". Emporis.com. http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=228455. Retrieved 2007-09-26. 
4. ^ http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=516582&page=31