Chinese investors eye Chicago Spire
By Yu Tung | China Daily | Updated: 2008-04-23 07:27
Some Chinese residents may soon be a little closer to reaching the heavens in Chicago, Illinois.
A promotions team for The Chicago Spire - set to become the tallest residential building in the world when it is completed in 2011 - arrived on the Chinese mainland for the first time this week on the first leg of its global showcase.
"It is the first time a building of this magnitude has been presented internationally," said Ivan Bowen Murphy, international president of the edifice's Irish developer, Shelbourne Development Group. "It's got that global appeal.
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