Guangzhou International Finance Centre (Guangzhou IFC), also known as Guangzhou West Tower, is located at No. 5 Zhujiang West Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province.
It is a skyscraper located in the Tianhe Central Business District, facing the Pearl River Park to the east, the Pearl River and the Guangzhou Tower to the south, the Guangzhou Avenue to the west, and the Tianhe Sports Center and Baiyun Mountain to the north.
Guangzhou IFC covers an area of 31,000 square meters, with a total construction area of 456,000 square meters, of which the main tower is 440.75 meters high, plus the helicopter pad reaches 449.2 meters, with 103 floors above ground and 4 floors underground.
In December 2015, Guangzhou IFC was assessed as a sustainable building by Tianhe CBD. in 2017, Guangzhou IFC was awarded LEED Platinum green building certification by the US Green Building Council. On August 10, 2021, Guangzhou IFC was selected as a Super Grade A business office building.
Guangzhou International Finance Center includes super Grade A office building, international conference center, serviced apartments, super deluxe five-star hotel, high-end shopping mall, high-class restaurants, underground parking garage, etc. The commercial part of the podium of nearly 53,000 square meters introduces Guangzhou Friendship Department Store. Hong Kong Lan Kwai Fong Group leads the operation of the central square and underground space project in the core area of Zhujiang New Town. It is one of the largest comprehensive underground space three-dimensional development projects in the world built at one time, and is built into an international-level, garden and scenic shopping center integrating commercial functions such as department store retail, cultural, sports and leisure, and catering.
To the south of Guangzhou IFC is the TV Tower, and immediately to the east of the project is the completed central plaza – Huacheng Square, and further east of Huacheng Square is the East Tower site. With a total planning area of 560,000 square meters, “Huacheng Plaza” is located at the core node of Zhujiang New Town, the new central axis of the city, and was previously known as the new central axis plaza, which is the largest comprehensive underground space development project built in Guangzhou at one time.
Guangzhou International Finance Center has 54 passenger elevators and 2 freight elevators, ensuring that the waiting time does not exceed 30 seconds; if a customer encounters an elevator failure, the elevator will arrive at the scene within 3 minutes after receiving a report; the elevator also has a staggered peak system, combined with big data analysis, intelligent deployment, efficient and convenient.
Guangzhou IFC is located in the core financial and business district in the southwest of Zhujiang New City, with Zhujiang Avenue to the east, Huaxia Road to the west, Huazheng Road to the south and Huacheng Avenue to the north, and is on the central axis of the new city center, the only interchange station of Metro Line 3 and Line 5, the city light rail, many bus stations, cab stations and underground passenger rapid transit system, etc., which quickly passes through the three core economic and business circles of Guangzhou and directly reaches the sports center and Guangzhou East Railway Station and Guangzhou East Railway Station to TV Tower are connected by MRT system, realizing fast business offices and becoming a three-dimensional transportation hub in South China. The underground space is connected to the office buildings of Zhujiang New Town CBD and the Children’s Palace. At the entrance of Guangzhou IFC Friendship Department Store, there are entrances and exits directly connected to Metro lines 3 and 5.
Conclusion
In addition, Guangzhou IFC has ample underground space, and after the underground space of the east and west towers are connected, it is not only more massive, but also one of the largest hub stations in the future Guangzhou rail transit network, which organically combines the subway network and light rail transit, and has room for operation in all aspects, including capital flow, people flow and logistics. There are also 1,700 parking spaces in the underground space of Guangzhou IFC, and its underground parking spaces are also connected to the underground space parking spaces to fully meet the parking needs of tenants.
Bus: Municipal Affairs Center Station, via routes including 42, 407;
Huacheng Square Station, lines 40, 44, 45, 138, 307, 407, etc.
Metro: Zhujiang New Town Station: Line 3, Line 5
Huacheng Square Station: APM line
