The Tianjin Tower, or Jin Tower (), or Tianjin World Financial Center () is a modern

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located in the Heping District of

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, on the banks of the

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. The mixed-use tower is tall and contains 74 floors above ground and 4 below, with an observation deck at . The area of the glass

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, manufactured by Jangho Group, is 215,000m². It is notable as the first office building in Tianjin to be equipped with double decker elevators. The skyscraper was topped-out on January 14, 2010 and opened in 2011. The building is owned by Financial Street Holding, with

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as joint sales and leasing agents.

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Tianjin Global Financial Center
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