2 The highest skyscraper in Africa will be built in Morocco.

A construction company from Dubai will build a tower in Casablanca. Which will be the tallest building in Africa. Skyscraper Al Nоr Tower, translated from Arabic "Tower of Light", will sweep up to a height of 540 m and will be 2 times higher than the current record holder of the Carlton Center tower in Johannesburg.

The new skyscraper will appear in the center of the largest city of Morocco and will occupy an area of ​​335 thousand square meters. There will be a business center, spa centers and a hotel for 200 rooms in the building. The estimated cost of construction is about 1 billion USD.

According to the idea, 114 floors of the "Tower of Light" correspond to the number of suras in the Koran, and a height of 540 m is reminiscent of 54 countries in Africa.

February 3, 2015
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