The Story Behind China’s 600-Metre Abandoned Skyscraper

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How China became home to the world's tallest ghostscraper.
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@stanm8462 2 года назад

when Eiffel Tower was built, Parisians were joking that best view of Paris is from the tower... because it is the only place where you can't see the tower.

@nomocreepyjoe1833 2 года назад

That was very witty of the French. Dripping w sarcasm, and French snot. Clever.

@traiver6685 2 года назад

@@nomocreepyjoe1833 French snot? What does that mean?

@fredfreddy8684 2 года назад

Now it's the pride of Paris. Even when it was despised, it functioned as a radio antennae. Maybe they can stick 5G towers all over the Ghost Tower and charge for space that way.

@georgebarnes8163 2 года назад

Not surprised , it is a total eyesore.

@robertbobbypelletreaujr2173 2 года назад

LOL.

@cypheru5 2 года назад

I'm from Tianjin, and the 117 isn't the only failed real estate project, there's an entire ghost town at an area known as 于家堡 or 响螺湾. With the giant unfinished buildings all around, I feel like I was inside the world of TLOU.

@sunfl0wer_988 2 года назад

Hope ya didn't get jumped by like hobos there man

@cypheru5 2 года назад

@@sunfl0wer_988 You can barely see any hobos in China.

@sunfl0wer_988 2 года назад

@@cypheru5 Is that so? Well, I hope ya didn't get jumped by anybody shady then.

@EyFmS 2 года назад

If only it was really inhabited by "real ghosts", would make a nice tourist attraction.

@sws212 2 года назад

@@sunfl0wer_988 Hobos don't live in ghost towns, there's no garbage or people to beg from. They'd have a place for shelter but they would starve in some of these places with literally no one for hundreds of miles in an urban space.

@evil1knight 2 года назад

Lol everytime, ‘building began in 2008’ ohhh now it makes sense

@jeromegarcia5396 2 года назад

Lol foreals

@fiendish9474 2 года назад

A truly dark time for the global economy

@mid-s_to_earlysViBEZ 2 года назад

@@fiendish9474 The *mid-late* *2000’s* were a *VERY* dark *”era”* in general… *Not* *sure,* why *people* *think* *revisting* *2004-2008* is a good idea.. 🤔

@InfiniteGenresOfMusic 2 года назад

@@mid-s_to_earlysViBEZ Nostalgia. Not every memory from that time period is gloomy for everyone.

@ROBLOXGamingDavid 2 года назад

They began construction at the time when the economy across the world (not China) has gone into shit at the moment.

@fredfreddy8684 2 года назад

That would make for an interesting demolition project.

@fredfreddy8684 2 года назад

@AAA BBB That's good. Maybe economies will become more amenable to high-end corporate office leasing.

@JamesBond-uz2dm 2 года назад

I gentle nudge should knock it over.

@JohnSmith-bq1sj 2 года назад

I believe some professionals left their passports behind after a similar project..

@ZakhariusSilpheed 2 года назад

Mother Nature: Soon™

@Enochulate88 2 года назад

Like 911

@DTHRocket 2 года назад

Yeah, I was there in 2015 and it stood out like the eye of mordor. I came back in 2019 expecting it to be finished... and there it was in all its unfinished glory.

@parallax9281 2 года назад

They ran out of tofu. Good thing they did.

@nedergubis2638 2 года назад

Eye of mordor!!thats funny.

@BKWhite07 2 года назад

Lol

@jonathantan2469 2 года назад

Should just put a giant eye that lights up at the top...

@salmaroni4134 2 года назад

Lol

@holyboxer2.072 2 года назад

When the building was start to built, Tianjin was one of the richest cities in China and a prosperous industrial center. At that time, Tianjin was considered to be the fifth first tier city in China, which is why many real estate developers chose to invest in Tianjin and the building was built. However, since 2014-2015, the industrial development here has slowed down and the population and economy have shown negative growth, Now Tianjin even ranks low in second tier cities.

@user-uu3zj7ud2f 2 года назад

天津发展缓慢的原因是，太过于自我保护

@meanwhileinchina2720 2 года назад

@@user-uu3zj7ud2f 从来没见过一个地方城市的地铁董事长和总经理因为地铁工程建设太缓慢而被撸的。就那几条线，多少年了都没搞好，也是服气。说白了，就是一个个都不作为，天津的领导拍马屁倒是很在行。这些年看到李鸿忠的新闻多是第一个出来表态支持中央的政策，也不知道他在天津到底在干啥

@frownezhang1632 2 года назад

yes, tianjin‘s economy is one of the key reason. Bad planing and diction making is another key cause.

@saltymonke3682 2 года назад

don't forget the port explosion

@thewinterbear7818 2 года назад

I’m from Tianjin :]

@Rockiii9 2 года назад

I traveled to Tianjin often for work from 2012-17. Initially, seeing it from central Tianjin, i thought it was just another skyscraper. I eventually visited the area of western TJ where the project is located. Only then was I able to appreciate the stunning height of this building & wondered how such a massive project would fare in a 2nd tier city.

@lrn_news9171 Год назад

There are many supertall buildings in 2nd tier cities even third tier.

@chrisogrady28 2 года назад

Habitable height should be all that counts towards records, spikes on top of buildings are the equivelent of a kid putting their hand in the air and saying that's how tall they are

@catzzzz1450 2 года назад

Bruh

@MJAY-N7129 2 года назад

Haha 🤣🤣

@catzzzz1450 2 года назад

@Rahul Gaikwad its not underrates its a false statement

@Batman-wv5ng 2 года назад

I agree .

@catzzzz1450 2 года назад

@@Batman-wv5ng dude its false

@alexanderch7525 2 года назад

Summing up: They bet their money by building a supertall skyscraper and residential area aimed for the super rich near a second rate industrial city, during the global financial crisis.

@TheB1M 2 года назад

Damn. Wanna join our script team?

@user-cp4cj1nu9c 2 года назад

lmao

@kb9880 2 года назад

Second Rate Industrial City!! Tianjin is a huge megacity, and will not tolerate insults like this!

@aaronhe6877 2 года назад

Tianjin is not an industrial city, it's a megalopolis, but it's in the industrial district nonetheless.

@sawyerhua3987 2 года назад

@@kb9880 The economy of Tianjing actually decline. The gdp growth rate of Tianjing is almost the lowest in China. Net population inflows are also negative. But Tianjing is still the scond largest city in North of China.

@seanfinn10 2 года назад

No need for throwing shade at Philly 😂

@vlsi54199 2 года назад

Lol we philly residents feel insulted as 2nd tier city

@xrq3223 2 года назад

@@vlsi54199 but philly is a second tier right

@daweilaotou1269 2 года назад

Not shade exactly, just a different magnitude of scale in China. To qualify as a 2nd tier city in China it needs a population of 3 to 15 million & a GDP of US$70 to 300 billion.

@ZackScriven 2 года назад

That’s not shade Philadelphia is a tier 2 city. Tier one would be like Los Angeles New York and San Francisco…

@daweilaotou1269 2 года назад

@@ZackScriven 2nd tier in the US, probably not in China.

@nicholasmaude6906 2 года назад

The exterior cladding of the building should be completed so that the interior structure is protected from the elements,, you don't want the skyscraper falling down because its rebar corroded away.

@UzumakiNaruto_ 2 года назад

I agree. I don't understand why projects like these that even if they don't have the funds to finish things, why they wouldn't get enough money together to at least finish the outside and keep the interior protected so that perhaps someone else down the road can take over a decent condition building.

@Xhin229 2 года назад

@@tellucas well, as per the video, it says that thay can't pre-sell properties because it's forbidden to sell units that aren't fully finished.

@TheMrFishnDucks 2 года назад

This is very interesting. Looking forward to the next video. Keep up the good work.

@hhydar883 2 года назад

They should complete it atleast. Must be an eyesore to the city residents.

@oksowhat 2 года назад

yes just 5billion dollors requried, what could possibly go wrong

@N_ei_L 2 года назад

@@oksowhat I'm in love with your sarcasm 😆

@bababababababa6124 2 года назад

that’s literally what North Korea did with that dumbass hotel in Pyongyang ☠️it was an eyesore so they completed the outside of the building with glass and left the inside empty

@MABfan11 2 года назад

@@oksowhat just let the state complete it

@htin08 2 года назад

@@MABfan11 Why should state pick up the losses resulting from the company's wrong decision. If the company make a profit, the company will take it all.

@danteeightsix9069 2 года назад

The Empire State Building went through a similar ordeal. Was built during The Great Depression in a location unideal for office buildings at the time, was built at it's height mainly to get the world record height, and cost $40 mil, but only made $1 mil the first year. Most floors were empty and employees in lower offices would turn on lights to make it look like the building wasn't a loss to the eyes of the public.

@rosampa1980 2 года назад

No. You are mistaken. To be similar The Empire State would have to be constructed in Staten Island, not Manhattan!!🤣🤷🏼

@julesguermonprez1392 2 года назад

offices mostly empty when it opened : hence its nicknames "Empty State Building" or "Empire du Vide" back in the day.

@micahc9509 2 года назад

it was empty but finished; not the same thing

@billyandrew 2 года назад

Very informative and thanks for posting!

@nathancommissariat3518 2 года назад

I cant say enough how much I enjoy watching these videos. Thanks once again Fred and team!

@pacldawson 2 года назад

It's an impressive structure - I've seen it in person - but it is sad to see it sitting like something frozen in time.

@hyy3657 2 года назад

if the economy goes up, it will do the job, just have to wait for a long time...

@balesjo 2 года назад

That atrium at the top, a diamond in the sky. What better symbol of a property meant to appeal to the super rich. But overall, it was an interesting design.

@LudicrousTorpedo 2 года назад

Unfortunately, this video was literally posted before today of the 100th anniversary of the CCP.

@borntoclimb7116 2 года назад

true

@Mikamichae 2 года назад

@@hyy3657 so 10 years

@unvergebeneid 2 года назад

Usually, when a person can afford to lose $13 billion, they'll be fine.

@amadd5641 2 года назад

I think so, and they still have this marvel which appears to be close to completion, even though it doesn't look all that stable to my eye.

@harrickvharrick3957 2 года назад

Nowadays nobody in Hong Kong is fine, it is under Chinese dictatorial law which means liberty of thought, and liberty of (peaceful) expression have ceased to exist

@unvergebeneid 2 года назад

@@harrickvharrick3957 true

@philtripe 2 года назад

@@harrickvharrick3957 this place is like 1800 miles from Hong Kong in a city called Tianjin you Nit Wits... and NINE MORONS thumbed that up? 'Murica the uneducated doesnt even get it when they are show a map

@cjschmitt4882 2 года назад

@@harrickvharrick3957 bye bye freedom in Hong Kong!

@KingMinosxxvi 2 года назад

The reason it has never been finished is simple. In it's current state of construction it is in perfect aesthetic balance with the rest of Tianjin. Have you been to Tianjin. I lived there for a year. It is a shithole.

@wolfvale7863 2 года назад

Now with a 600m turd monument....they should paint it brown.

@KingMinosxxvi 2 года назад

@Sherri T[A]P Me!! To Have [S]EX With Me It 's not a second rate industrial city. It's the bedroom of Beijing. It also happens to be a shithole. Maybe one day they will stop burning coal in the northeast (of china) and it will be a nicer place to live. Perhaps they will finished it then.

@thenestcpd Год назад

I just have to say I think you guys do incredible work... I have done nothing but enjoyed this since I ran across it.. As a lover of skyscrapers and of cities, I'm not really sure how I was unaware of it ?!? It looks great it sounds great it is great thank you

@__isagani4208 2 года назад

Well at least this one reached its full height so it’s likely to be finished and be used in the future. The Jeddah tower tho. ☠️ ☠️ ☠️

@frankfleming1103 2 года назад

the company is bankrupt, no other company want to buy it, it need much money

@saviomarius7654 2 года назад

Construction has continued on the jeddah tower.

@SFbayArea94121 2 года назад

The aloha Snackbar Tower

@titoslounge1946 2 года назад

@@saviomarius7654 link?

@azrrrrrrrr 2 года назад

@@saviomarius7654 in 2021? where did you read that?

@Treviisolion 2 года назад

A structure that tall feels like it would be a safety hazard if left uncompleted. Even with the solid core making it unlikely to collapse, just imagine window panes getting blown out from uncompleted floors and raining down on inhabitants below during a terrible storm.

@BobSmith-mc7uq 2 года назад

Thank You Mr. Doom & Gloom! Try POSITIVE thoughts for once in your life!

@captinbeyond 2 года назад

You make a valid point. A number of safety issues happen when mechanical equipment like those cranes on top not get used...rust sets up and eats away at cables, metal. And the final roof not being finished has to be an issue just like any house being built needs it's roof completed.

@dariomendoza1518 2 года назад

Scary too tall!!

@bigpapa2195 2 года назад

@@BobSmith-mc7uq youre on drugs ya?

@BS-nt9oc 2 года назад

That thing is coming down in a bad way…all I could think about

@derBESIEGER 2 года назад

Great vid!

@non9886 2 года назад

the view of city is very impressive, especially during night...

@gagandeepsinghtalwar2498 2 года назад

My city tianjin...lived and studied there for six years....love from India...Hen Xiang Tianjin...

@Rohit-cj6eb 2 года назад

How? You studied there as a exchange student?

@liuby33 2 года назад

@@Rohit-cj6eb what do you think otherwise

@ultimatestoryteller 2 года назад

@@Rohit-cj6eb what's so rare about that ? I was supposed to study Management in Guangzhou myself but backed out literally 6 days before I left.

@dwaipayanroychowdhury7035 2 года назад

@@ultimatestoryteller Forgive my curiosity but why?

@kevinniroshan2102 2 года назад

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-gRAQYnhhWu0.html

@LC16210 2 года назад

That time of the week! Ik it sounds stupid, but your videos honestly make my morning. Please keep up the amazing work B1M

@TheB1M 2 года назад

Haha, thanks so much! It does NOT sound stupid, it sounds amazing!!

@ishansharma1920 2 года назад

@@TheB1M please make a discord

@anp1609 2 года назад

I feel the same :)

@frankcarrasquillo6394 2 года назад

Shutup

@anp1609 2 года назад

@@frankcarrasquillo6394 what's your problem mate?

@robertbobbypelletreaujr2173 2 года назад

We have a building that size in my town, i couldn't imagine it being vacant until now.

@inmate666 2 года назад

I'd like to see how they take it down when it's beyond repairing

@Balancatraca 2 года назад

I love watching this channel's videos while i'm in my break from work, a nice meal and lots of information :D

@postahundredcommentsbutonl4408 2 года назад

Simple answer: Its construction location is neither in Yujiapu CBD (brand new, by the sea) Nor is it the traditional city center of Tianjin. It was inexplicably built in the Tianjin Industrial Zone.

@Eshanas 2 года назад

Easier zoning regulations?

@MrRezillo 2 года назад

Socialist planning? Closer to "the workers?"

@szurketaltos2693 2 года назад

@@MrRezillo ah yes, the "workers" who go to the polo club.

@MrRezillo 2 года назад

@@szurketaltos2693 LOL

@szurketaltos2693 2 года назад

@Nathan Taffijn ah yes, they planned to go bankrupt and not sell the properties they were planning on selling for a profit. A brilliant business strategy.

@prastagus3 2 года назад

"build it as they come" is for affordable housing and jobs, not for a super-rich catered skyscraper.

@prastagus3 2 года назад

@Phoenix 𝙾𝚙𝚎𝚗 𝙼𝚢 PROFILE some no doubt is so, like many EVERGRANDE projects right now, but others are not so. It really depends on the company building them

@thepylonperspective 2 года назад

Architecture nerds when they hear, “Construction began in 2008”: “You stupid son of a…”

@Geertt 2 года назад

"The building was proposed back in 2008" Ah shit, here we go again

@sirgeorgioalastrata4104 2 года назад

@@ravencoinspremiumadminasse6265 shut up

@ravencoinspremiumadminasse6265 2 года назад

@@sirgeorgioalastrata4104 ok

@AllPileup 2 года назад

What a good time to propose construction.

@miraflynn8935 2 года назад

That animation at 2:56 was really awesome to see. I love your videos, and the rest of this video was incredible too, but I specifically wanted to call that out because I would love to see animations like this continue to be used in yhe future!

@kophiedogbey2227 2 года назад

I remember seeing this building from across town, on the 70th floor. We called it the "Yao Yao Qi[chi]" ...117. and that was in 2015

@paulacomstock3742 2 года назад

That was awesome!

@vaga4239 2 года назад

"Ghost-scraper" is great, I'll definitely use that

@proudkiwi7641 2 года назад

Wish I understood economics so I could understand how a skyscraper, which is 90% complete, could just be abandoned like that.

@dogbone1065 2 года назад

It's because of construction flaws. The concrete crumbles because of cutting costs. There is videos showing new building that had to be evacuated. Poor building codes.

@tenabarnes3269 2 года назад

Me too, but that's also why we have an unfinished highspeed train with one completed station stop in California that has already exceeded the entire cost of funding (68 billion) on which construction has stopped, but the California taxpayers are still paying.

@marks4471 2 года назад

@@tenabarnes3269 That's different! Not due to construction flaws, but Democrat greediness!

@robman2095 2 года назад

What’s hard to understand about running out of money? I assume that the company that was actually building it went broke, so there is nobody to pursue to get it completed or demolished.

@tenabarnes3269 2 года назад

@@marks4471 the construction "flaws" were caused by greedy business men using cheaper materials and cutting corners when the building was designed and pushing the project through without the final study . By the way, in the late seventies and through the eighties there were many greedy businessmen in both the Democrat and Republican parties .

@casinosavant 2 года назад

Great comparison- building New York’s Hudson Yards on the outskirts of Philadelphia. That brings it into perspective on this side of the pond

@francescos7361 Год назад

Thanks for this studies.

@nedergubis2638 2 года назад

Its a worlds record, the highest condemnd building.

@ronnieboucherthecrystalcraftsm 2 года назад

it is garbage = they do not understand ! just copy

@lightweight1974 2 года назад

@@ronnieboucherthecrystalcraftsm ...and poorly I might add.

@sannewgen 2 года назад

Billdingdong

@plantiron 2 года назад

*Lots of appreciative rats and roaches out there*

@francissantos7448 2 года назад

In short, location, location, location.

@RjhnlyNm 2 года назад

More city planning video please 🙏. B1M is my therapy.

@Girtharmstrong69 2 года назад

Cringe

@ljacobs357 2 года назад

Timing is everything.

@kattmilk 2 года назад

If their building codes are anything like Miami’s, they just left an abandoned, oversized Jenga puzzle.

@RoelfvanderMerwe 2 года назад

"Ghostscraper". Damn! What a word!

@MrRezillo 2 года назад

Good one for the South Korean film industry.

@davidduffy2046 2 года назад

Because you can, doesn't mean you should

@MrRezillo 2 года назад

@@davidduffy2046 Amen!

@SFbayArea94121 2 года назад

It’s the Roast 🔥 Scraper

@todafett5865 2 года назад

Indeed. Just don’t type “ghosts craper” or it loses appeal…

@AlanShore4god 2 года назад

The editing in this video is tight. Love the use of lines in transitions and animations

@kevinniroshan2102 2 года назад

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-VyKwetPjEx8.html

@monsterman51 2 года назад

And that is not the only building or complex that are sitting completely empty either!

@grantbennett333 2 года назад

free electrical atmospheric harvesting

@StephenfromChch 2 года назад

Very interesting. Greetings from nearby Hebei province.

@ihabammoury2879 2 года назад

Can we all have a moment and appreciate the work that B1M does 👏

@kevintang5473 2 года назад

6:45 Damn, that's such a cool scene. The skeleton of the building looks like some space elevator thing rising from the skyline of a city on Mars. Definitely cooler than any finished skyscrapers.

@MSDesignASMR 2 года назад

Hopefully it gets finished. It's really a pretty design.

@FirstLast-tb7qn 2 года назад

What a brave workers and engineers who work on these enormose heights.

@petriepretorius4085 2 года назад

yet another super great B1M video... ☺

@brainjuice6931 2 года назад

@Samuel_J1 2 года назад

A nice building design in principle, but clearly flawed master-planning and economy speculation. Great video on the extended history of an ill-fated project!

@IvarDaigon 2 года назад

They need to do a video on how exactly someone would go about demolishing a building that big. even if it fell perfectly in line to the ground the rubble pile would probably be a dozen or so floors high.

@majorchungus 2 года назад

They would probably have to take it apart just like they built it.

@marshallbeck9101 2 года назад

It’s possible but extremely expensive and who’s gonna pay for that, it’s going to stand there for a very long time weather its operational or not

@jimmack1071 2 года назад

they did this sort in Vegas, might be about 10 years ago. high rise casino, one of three had to be taken down. cost to build the three, around 8/9 billion. lots of small quakes in Vegas.

@NameNotAlreadyTaken2 2 года назад

Wow, I used to follow this one's construction back in the beginning. I had totally forgotten its existence.

@potts995 2 года назад

Building projects like this one remind me why I’ve fallen out of love with skyscrapers lately. It’s little more than a vanity project, and all of the money used to build this stagnant stick to the sky could’ve been better spent elsewhere.

@Rich-hy2ey 2 года назад

Given that most buildings fall to ruin in 50-100 years, the investment just isn't worth it.

@NoovGuyMC 2 года назад

Ikr it's a stupid dumb tower of steel and glass

@Automedon2 2 года назад

Money that makes money isn't wasted. Money poured into the bottomless pit of social programs always is.

@brokentombot 2 года назад

When they are that tall they are mostly frame and core with barely any space for people. It really is just a stagnant stick to the sky.

@Alpha.T.Fitness 2 года назад

@@Automedon2 you mean men women and children who have less and are suffering to survive? That is a waste of money and they deserve to die you say?

@brian_atc 2 года назад

I worry at times that the UAE might fall under a similar overambitious mindset. It's the most impressive place I've ever lived and I marvel especially at the architectural feats built in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Simply spectacular. But am concerned that some areas might be overbuilt and create beautiful ghost towns. Hope this amazing place built out of the desert thrives and will continue to show what's possible in the future.

@spammerscammer Год назад

Man I wouldn't want to be anywhere near that building. You know it's gonna fall anytime.

@jayface 2 года назад

really enjoyed this one, Fred.

@TheB1M 2 года назад

Thanks mate!

@jayface 2 года назад

@@TheB1M credit where credit is due. I used to live in Saigon and there is a ghostscraper in the downtown area. I always wondered why it just got left unfinished, or why no one else picked up the project.

@pyaj3954 2 года назад

god bless b1m. trying to find something to watch while eating and the video popped up ❤️

@aimee-lynndonovan6077 Год назад

The wind! Perhaps is a Hugh factor. Have to finish watching.

@georgehill3087 2 года назад

I read somewhere they are still slowly building it. The main structure was done in 2016. And they are just slowly installing things like windows, piping and whatnot.

@neeleshparavastu8464 2 года назад

yalls videos just keep getting better and better, im absolutely addicted

@fallenshallrise 2 года назад

The way they measure these "tallest" buildings by adding whatever skinny antenna they put on top doesn't make any sense. Wireless is now all interlocked cells rather than one large broadcast tower so they are all just for decoration. It's like saying Slash is 6'4" because he wears a top hat.

@szurketaltos2693 2 года назад

Radio still uses the big towers, and I imagine it does help in dense urban environments to have multiple. Lot fewer people listening to radio now though.

@joermnyc 2 года назад

@@szurketaltos2693 and broadcast TV, when the World Trade Center went down we lost all TV stations except CBS, because they never moved from the Empire State Building.

@simonjames9481 2 года назад

Yah. Without Spire, PNB 118 in Malaysia will not be in the top 10

@joermnyc 2 года назад

Actually until the new 1 World Trade Center somehow cheated by calling their antenna a “spire”, an antenna wasn’t counted for the buildings full height, the Sears/Willis Tower in Chicago is only counted up to the roof, The massive antennas are excluded from the record.

@awsomemodels 2 года назад

Glad i wasn't the only one bothered by this !

@georgeholloway3981 2 года назад

I lived in Tianjin for years, I actually like the way the tower looks. Shame it's still not finished.

2 года назад

Its architecture is superb but it doesn't make sense if the general public can't enjoy it, the owner made it to milk the super rich so there it is. 🤷🏾‍♂️

@georgeholloway3981 2 года назад

于家堡應該有一些人住在那裡現在吧？還是還沒有？！

@jasonjara4569 2 года назад

So beautiful.

@sea-saw2654 2 года назад

I love finding out shit I never knew I wanted to know . excellent job..👍

@Lazirus951 2 года назад

This is like taking out a loan to build a house you hope to repay by renting it, but then you lose your job. Fascinating to see financial gambles on such a grand scale.

@jaywalker712 2 года назад

Yes here in America the government bails out the big investors that make such a large boo boo.

@dr.jamesolack8504 2 года назад

It gives me great pleasure to see the plans of the affluent go tits up! Even if it’s 10,000 miles away.

@jkardez4794 2 года назад

It could be used for base jumping and other sports activities.

@chrisguerrier8734 2 года назад

Still remember when this page had 200k

@Panster7 2 года назад

3 of the most important things in real estate: Location, Location and Location

@drey8 2 года назад

alright Kirsty keep yer knickers on

@non9886 2 года назад

but good location is expensive, it means lower profit! what about milions in pr which would turn location into desired one?! :-)

@NPNN-xt4ot 2 года назад

And I thought Location, Location and Location was about making movies he he he.

@wolfvale7863 2 года назад

A roof and windows would be a good selling feature.

@kbtube8125 2 года назад

and i thought it was height.

@Angel-pg5jj 2 года назад

I wish Ghostscrapers in China get used as filming locations.

@Girtharmstrong69 2 года назад

China only allows western films to be made there if they include Chinese propaganda

@Girtharmstrong69 2 года назад

@@dh00mk3tu what a useless comment….. care to expand ?

@Girtharmstrong69 2 года назад

@@dh00mk3tu name one western film made in China or any film made in China the last 20 years that doesn’t include pro China or anti western propaganda I will wait

@ayakaham1041 2 года назад

@@Girtharmstrong69 How about mission impossible 3?

@Girtharmstrong69 2 года назад

@@ayakaham1041 yes check the credits thanking ccp

@themirrorsofmymind 2 года назад

That's crazy! Don't beat me up too much for saying this (this IS the Internet, after all) but I do hope that it somehow gets finished and becomes a useful and iconic (for positive reasons) structure...

@WindTurbineSyndrome 2 года назад

After enough weathering of interior concrete it will be unable to be refurbished

@harrickvharrick3957 2 года назад

Isn't it strange how other folks never feel like continuing, taking over, finish such a project

@jmitterii2 2 года назад

No. It's expensive to finish... return potential... not there. So. Not strange at all.

@donrane 8 месяцев назад

No. The shell is max 25-30% of the cost. Now it´s most likely worthless due to no maintanence and exposure. Shit location is most likely the biggest factor.

@Trananism 2 года назад

I remember seeing this tower last time I was in Tianjin in 2019. I first saw it from the plane flying over and I was thinking wow it really sticks out as its away from the main city. Shame it wasn't able to be finished. I hope they are able to finish it in the not too distant future. There is a pretty big one over in the Binhai area with more to come it seems.

@easonhuang7117 2 года назад

My family is an investor of this property. 😂 So basically, when the new district was proposed, the new mayor of TianJing gave a promising future of the project. He has been government official in Fujian province for a long time with lots of connection with real estate businessperson in Fujian, so most of investors were from Fujian. However, those investors thought this would be a free money for them, the government didn't back the project as promised. Rationally saying, the new district is very embarrassing consider its position. It is too close to Beijing making it hard to distinguish itself. Plus, Tianjing's main city is developed enough that they don't really need to expand to a new district.

@easonhuang7117 2 года назад

The new district proposed was supposed to be a financial center of Tianjing, while the location of it is too close to Beijing which is already a mature financial center. There is just not incentive for investors to invest money here. Plus, the land in this project was pushed very high because they blindly believe this is going to be successful. Right now, investors of this project is waiting the government to bail out. Unlikely to happen in near future. LOL

@Dumb-Comment 2 года назад

wish to see it completed, for the rich or not, it is a beautiful engineering work

@boi5599 2 года назад

The CFL Residents that dealt with the i-4 eyesore: "This ain't shit!"

@fiercedevil6955 2 года назад

This reminds me of the Oceanwide Plaza Complex in Downtown LA. Construction stopped on it in late 2019. The reason was for debt and not enough money to continue. The exterior was almost completely finished. The interior construction was put on hold. Now dtla residents have to see the Oceanwide eye sore next to Staples Center.

@shirleylavernerosej.120 2 года назад

It’s a way to wrap outside with safety escape.

@kallurisubrahmanyam4350 2 года назад

What does it mean

@austinobst8989 2 года назад

"ghost scraper" is a band name if I ever heard one

@canadianloon6433 2 года назад

Looks good on them

@charlesxavier4409 2 года назад

Ghostscraper, that is a very generous way of saying abandoned building.

@henkholdingastate 2 года назад

No maintenance.....concrete rot.....unsafe......demolition

@NPNN-xt4ot 2 года назад

@@henkholdingastate Kaboom?? Yes big kaboom!! dust...dust..Cough! cough! I love demolition contracts.

@vproscelle 2 года назад

Hopefully the project is completed someday even if it means 100 years from now

@Yora21 2 года назад

@David Reinforced concrete actually really doesn't like water.

@NecumNaTo 2 года назад

Why?

@user-re9gj2zd5e 2 года назад

Like the sagrada la familia lol

@daRich_X 2 года назад

Without maintenance it will not last that long

@AndrewManook 2 года назад

@@akshar4561 That's India you are talking about oh and the US...

@erinpitman8246 2 года назад

Glue googly eyes all over the building for the world record in that category.

@jeffmorris5802 2 года назад

LOL. That shade thrown at Philly haha

@hazzatheman 2 года назад

Another smasher video from B1M!

@vipahman 2 года назад

This ghostscraper reminds me of my house. It's been undergoing renovation for a decade now. I shall now christen thee ghosthouse.

@angelopimental652 2 года назад

Thanks for sharing. As someone who has been living in Tianjin for 8+ years, it’s nice to learn something about that building. While you can of course see the building from most of Tianjin, my family and I have only visited the area once. We stayed in the Horse-track themed hotel when they ran a large discount. Nice rooms, but the restaurant was very basic.

@livewire4495 8 месяцев назад

Gotta Love IT!😎

@billhart9832 2 года назад

Seems to be the fate of Tianjin in particular. 20 years ago I worked there for 2-1/2 years for Motorola. At the time there were at least 6 buildings over 30 floors where the construction had halted and they were left uncompleted. Speculation building is routine in China but this has to be the most extreme example.

@alicexu5471 2 года назад

Yep! It was a common sight, but mostly of them if not all later got auditioned off and all the ones I can remember are up and running (not sure how well they are doing though)

@kevinniroshan2102 2 года назад

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-gRAQYnhhWu0.html

@danielzanercik6577 2 года назад

Also in Chengdu there are many building like this that have nearly finished but have remained unfinished for nearly 5 years. Unlike Tianjin, these buildings were in prime locations near subway intersections. It seems like such a waste to have unfinished buildings in the locations.

@undertheflatsun 2 года назад

Have you been back since? You wouldn’t recognize Tianjin anymore, it’s shocking how quickly they throw up buildings here.

@vanities7374 2 года назад

It is on the same side of town as Motorola was. Over 30 Tianjin government officials, have gone to jail recently for bribery. It may just be a political move by Xi but I am sure from personal experience they were dirty. Our company sent out many red envelopes to officials to get things done.

@johnmorsley 2 года назад

Ghostscraper!? What a cracking nickname, I love it!

@johnmorsley 2 года назад

@@merrylam7765 WTF!?

@a.ramirez3398 2 года назад

@@johnmorsley report him like I did he is commenting this in every comment

@tonychen7757 2 года назад

There is a political angle to the project as well. Tianjin is the hometown of Wen Jiabao, China's former premier. When he was in power, many investment projects went to Tianjin and Tianjin reported some of the fastest growth rates in the country. Now with him gone, and the city no longer getting preferential treatments, it has fallen on hard times.

@Rod-bp8ow 2 года назад

The place is significant contributor to a landscape that is to provide captivating view about life in stages of success, tests as well as horizons and avenues, never tired of aiming those heights of success and making them lasts for a lifetime. Completed structures waiting to be visited as well as realized for its full potential, making many visitors and businesses. Qui lai Cathay. :)