{
  "id": 2223795,
  "title": "World’s Tallest Empty Skyscraper Adds Record-Breaking Feature",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/worlds-tallest-empty-skyscraper-adds-record-breaking-feature",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-20T21:01:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Newsweek",
    "slug": "newsweek",
    "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/worlds-tallest-empty-skyscraper-adds-record-breaking-feature-12349802"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "China's Tianjin 117 Tower, also known as the Goldin Finance 117 or China 117 Tower, is set to become the world's tallest unoccupied building when it opens. Standing nearly 600 meters (1,968 feet) tall, the skyscraper in Tianjin, north China, currently holds the Guinness World Records title for the world's tallest empty skyscraper. Recently, Otis, a Connecticut-based company, announced it will supply 251 elevators and escalators for the tower, including two record-breaking Otis SkyRise elevators with maximum rises of over 597 meters (1,958 feet). These elevators will have the distinction of being the world's longest elevator hoistways in a building.",
  "summary": "The record-breaking tower in China is nearing completion, nearly 18 years after construction began.",
  "key_points": [
    "Tianjin 117 Tower, also called Goldin Finance 117, set to become world's tallest empty skyscraper",
    "Otis to supply 251 elevators and escalators, including two record-breaking SkyRise elevators",
    "Elevators will have distinction of being world's longest elevator hoistways in a building"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}