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The 1019th tallest building in the world

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Great Eastern Tower
Great Eastern Tower. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

The Great Eastern Tower (also known as Menara Great Eastern) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, is the headquarters of Great Eastern Life Assurance (M) Bhd, a member of Great Eastern Holdings Ltd in Singapore. It is located along Jalan Ampang. The building includes a 20-story office tower as well as an 8-story podium block named the Great Eastern Mall. Out of the 8 floors of the podium, 6 floors are dedicated retail floors whereas the remaining 2 upper floors house the client’s training centre complete with multi-purpose hall and seminar rooms, a childcare centre as well as recreational facilities that include a gymnasium and squash court.

Building data from Wikidata (CC0); heights normalised. Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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