Modi inaugurates ‘Surat Diamond Bourse’: 9 towers with 15 floors, this is the largest interconnected building; more than 4500 offices
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Surat Diamond Bourse (SDB) building built in Gujarat today i.e. on 17th December. This is the largest interconnected office building and larger than the US Defense Headquarters Pentagon. It has more than 4500 offices. Earlier, PM Modi inaugurated the new integrated terminal at Surat Airport and also conducted a road show.
Surat Diamond Bourse has been built at a cost of Rs 3,500 crore. Construction of the building started in February 2015. Its work was completed in April 2022. SDB has been established by Surat’s diamond industry as a one-stop hub for both manufacturing and trading. Surat manufactures 92% of the world’s natural diamonds.
Name of this building in Guinness World Records
The name of this building was registered in the Guinness World Records in August this year. This building is spread over 35.54 acres. Its built up area is 67 lakh square feet. Earlier, the record of the world’s largest office complex was held by America’s Pentagon. The built up area of Pentagon is 65 lakh square feet.
This megastructure built in Surat has 9 ground towers and 15 floors. Nine rectangular towers are connected by a central spine. It has more than 4,500 office spaces ranging from 300 sq ft to 1 lakh sq ft. The building has received platinum ranking from the Indian Green Building Council (IGBC).
Apart from offices, the Diamond Bourse campus has facilities such as safe deposit vaults, conference halls, multipurpose halls, restaurants, banks, customs clearance houses, convention centres, exhibition centres, training centres, entertainment areas and clubs. In the last few weeks, many diamond trading companies have started their offices here.
