Taipei City, the western gateway to the Twin Star development project, today (11) held a groundbreaking ceremony, will create Taiwan's first at the same time have LEED, EEWH and WELL three green building certification seal building body, planning for shopping malls, star-rated hotels, A-class commercial offices, art galleries, landscape platforms and public space, will become a new international landmark, striving to be completed in 2027. Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-chieh said, the West Gateway Project is an important project of the city government, Taipei Station specific area C1, D1 is the most critical hub of the center of Taipei, but also domestic and foreign travelers to experience the capital of Taiwan's front door, remodeling of the surrounding cityscape of the Taipei Station, the opportunity to re-create the prosperity of the West Side of the city.
The Taipei Twin Star development project has gone through five bids, and finally signed a contract at the end of 2019, the official start of construction on the 11th of this year, the base area of 9,600 ping, will build two frozen skyscraper, of which the C1 floor is 55 floors high, the D1 floor 74 floors high, the total floor area of 170,000 ping, the total project cost of 60.6 billion yuan.
Ko said that the operation of the Twin Star building can create 16,000 job opportunities, for the North City Hall to bring 1.87 billion yuan of annual rental income, increased sales tax, real estate tax revenue of about 1.46 billion, each year is estimated to create more than one hundred billion yuan of output value.
The vice chairman of Taipei Double Star who is responsible for the construction, Tsai Ming-hsien, said that in order to create the richest one-stop international landmark in Taiwan, the top international teams such as SOM Design Office of the United States have been invited to cooperate with each other, and the combination of the Blue Sky Group's advantageous resources in technological manufacturing, commercial real estate development and operation, and all the advantages of the intelligent green building system will surely make the Taipei Double Star become the pride of Taiwan.
Combining Taiwan's imagery with the world's top brands, Taipei Double Star's business program covers six highlights, including an international shopping mall, A-grade commercial offices, a star hotel, a 360-degree skyline observation deck, an urban art gallery, and a space for public welfare, and it will be the first intelligent green building to receive the 3 major certifications, and it is also planned to be the largest space for public welfare for the public, which has a combination of historical and cultural inheritance as well as future technological advancement, both from the outside and the inside.
