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This stunning 1,100-foot skyscraper will be the tallest building on the West Coast

Apr 15, 2016, 21:51 IST

Courtesy AC Martin

The West Coast finally has its own supertall.

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The under-construction Wilshire Grand Center in Downtown Los Angeles just topped off at 1,100 feet. That cements its place as the tallest building west of the Mississippi.

For comparison, New York City's One World Trade Center comes in at a memorable 1,776 feet. Of course, neither of these are a match for Dubai's Burj Khalifa tower, which rises 163 stories to 2,722 feet - and cost $1.5 billion to build.

The Wilshire Grand Center is reportedly costing an estimated $1.2 billion.

Set to open in early 2017, the Wilshire Grand Center, which is backed by Korean Air, will be home to a 900-room luxury hotel managed by the InterContinental Hotels Group. It will also offer 18 floors of office space and over 45,000 square feet of restaurant space. The names of the retail tenants have not yet been released.

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The finishing touch will be a "sky lobby" on the 73rd floor, which will include an infinity pool and some definitively breathtaking views of Downtown LA.

The Wilshire Grand Center will only have a short while to enjoy its claim to fame, though: Seattle's 4/C tower is scheduled to overtake it by a mere 11 feet in 2018, according to the Los Angeles Times.

The building was designed by AC Martin. See below for renderings of the completed tower.

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