The Saudi Arabian government has green-lit the construction of the world's largest tower: a staggering, record-shattering mile-high cloud-tickler from Riyadh's Kingdom Holding Company.
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Saudi Arabia's mile-high Kingdom Tower gets green-lit
The new world tallest skyscaper.
The Kingdom Tower is so big that it would take an elevator 12 minutes to reach the top, and its endless office, hotel and residential spaces will offer 38 million square feet of floor space. It also nearly doubles the world's current tallest building: the 2,717-foot Burj Khalifa in Dubai.
