Spanish skyscraper going up, but they forgot the elevator....


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Spanish skyscraper going up, but they forgot the elevator....

 

If you are thinking of investing in an apartment at the Intempo skyscraper in Benidorm, Spain, be prepared to bring some good walking shoes: Its builders forgot a working elevator, says the Spanish news site El Pais.

 

According to a story surfaced on Gizmodo, the luxury high-rise tower, which started construction in 2007, was originally designed for 20 floors. But the the developers decided to push the design to include 47 floors with 269 homes. When completed, it will be Benidorm?s highest building at 650 feet.

 

There seemed to be just one important oversight: In going up to 47 floors, designers forgot to take into account room for an elevator shaft. El Pais reports that the architects on the project resigned in May 2012.

 

The building ?represents a long story of incompetence,? according to El Pais. The coastal town had a building boom that led to the nickname ?Beniyork? for its skyline of high-rises.

 

But then the recession hit. Intempo?s developer, which had once advertised the building as the ?banner of the future,? and the bank that provided the loan for construction both went bankrupt in 2009. The building has cost ?100 million so far.

 

?We had heard reports on the elevator last week when we listed the building to generate advance interest,? wrote Terry Walker, a spokesperson for Walker Property Spain?s London office, in an email to Yahoo News.

 

 

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/-spanish-skyscraper-going-up----without-an-elevator---214416887.html

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lol, I guess there won't be any fat people in that building.

 

 

i dont know could be a great weight loss hotel idea?

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I catch an elevator 20 floors to get to work every day...and even that annoys me. While I wouldn't want to WALK 60 floors, having to travel 120 floors in an elevator to grab a new loaf of bread would drive me nuts =P

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All you need is stairs. :s

 

47 floors? Even someone who is incredibly fit would have trouble climbing that everyday. And that isn't taking into account the amount of tie it would take.

 

You'd probably have to leave for work 20-30 minutes earlier than usual.

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