Ningbo Central Plaza Tower 1
Ningbo Center in 2025
Interactive map of the Ningbo Central Plaza Tower 1 area
General information
Status	Completed
Location	Ningbo, China
Coordinates	29°51′53″N 121°36′29″E / 29.8647°N 121.6080°E / 29.8647; 121.6080
Construction started	December 31, 2018
Completed	2024
Opened	April 9, 2025
Height
Height	409 m (1,342 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	80
Floor area	250,000m²
Lifts/elevators	53
Design and construction
Architect	Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
Developer	Greentown China Shanshan Group
Main contractor	Shanghai Construction Group

Ningbo Center is a mixed-use supertall skyscraper in Ningbo, China. Built between 2018 and 2025, the tower stands at 409 m (1,342 ft) tall with 80 floors. It became the first supertall and the tallest building in Ningbo, surpassing the previous Ningbo Global Shipping Plaza by 146 meters.^[1] Construction started on New Year's Eve on December 31, 2018.^[2]

History

Ningbo Center Building started pile foundation construction in January 2019, and the structure fully topped out in the second half of 2024.^[3] The building was opened on April 9, 2025.^[4] The top 20 floors house a Ritz-Carlton Hotel, and the bottom 60 floors contain Grade-A office space.^[5]

The building has a total construction area of about 250,000 square meters. It has 80 floors above ground and 3 floors underground.^[6] It was jointly developed by Shanghai Construction Group , Shanshan Group and Greentown China . It was designed by SOM Architects . Construction started on April 9, 2018.^[7] The bottom was completed on August 24, 2020.^[8] The upper part of the building started on November 24, 2020.^[9] On May 20, 2022, it surpassed Ningbo Global Shipping Plaza to become the tallest building in Ningbo.^[10] The top was completed on April 26, 2023.^[11] The completion acceptance and filing were completed on January 21, 2025.^[12] The building was put into use on April 9, 2025. Floors 1 to 60 of the building are Grade A office buildings, and floors 61 to 80 are the Ritz-Carlton Hotel.

Elevator configuration

The fourth phase of Ningbo Center Building uses Hitachi high-speed elevators, including two HEX elevators with a running speed of up to 10 m/s, making them the fastest elevators in Zhejiang Province, and five OEX elevators, which are the first double-car elevators to appear in Ningbo.^[13]

See also

• List of tallest buildings in China

References

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