Torre Bicentenario II is a proposed skyscraper

Skyscraper

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 that could be built at the corner of Carretera Picacho-Ajusco and Periférico Sur, Tlalpan

Tlalpan

Tlalpan is one of the sixteen administrative boroughs of the Federal District of Mexico City. It is the largest borough, with over eighty percent under conservation as forest and other ecologically sensitive area. The rest, almost all of it on the northern edge, has been urban since the mid 20th...

, in Mexico City

Mexico City

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. Proposed plans would make it the fourth tallest building in America

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, the tallest building in Mexico City

Mexico City

Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...

, Latin America

Latin America

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 and surpassing Torre Mayor

Torre Mayor

The Torre Mayor is a skyscraper in Mexico City, United Mexican States. With a height of 225 metres to the top floor and 55 storeys, it's the second tallest building in Latin America, surpassed by Ocean Two in Panama City with 236 metres...

of 225.6 m (now the tallest building in Latin America). Héctor Tagle Náder will be the architect.

Details

• It is planned to have a height of 350 m with 77 stories and a total area of 350,000 m².

• It was planned to be finished in 2010 for Mexico's 200th anniversary of fighting for freedom from Spain.

• Six underground levels

• It will consist of a hotel, offices and a restaurant.

• The tower will have an investment of approximately US$800 million which will be from private investment.

• The high cost of this building is due to the security measures. It will be equipped with the latest technology in seismic shock absorbers due to the high seismic activity of the area.