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The most expensive buildings in the world

This list showcases the most expensive buildings that were built around the world.

# Building City Floors Height Year Construction Costs
1
Taipei 101 Taipei 101 1,671 ft 2004 $1,760,000,000
2
Burj Khalifa Dubai 163 2,717 ft 2010 $1,500,000,000
3
Kyoto Station Kyoto 15 230 ft 1997 $1,250,000,000
4
Bank of America Tower New York City 58 1,200 ft 2009 $1,000,000,000
5
Chifley Tower Sydney 50 791 ft 1992 $1,000,000,000
6
MGM Grand Resort & Casino [MGM Grand] Las Vegas 30 293 ft 1993 $1,000,000,000
7
Myer Centre Adelaide 18 246 ft 1991 $1,000,000,000
8
Niagara Falls Hilton Phase 2 [Hilton Niagara Falls] Niagara Falls 58 581 ft 2009 $1,000,000,000
9
SunTrust Financial Centre Tampa 36 525 ft 1992 $1,000,000,000
10
The Palazzo [The Venetian Resort Hotel & Casino] Las Vegas 53 642 ft 2007 $1,000,000,000
11
Wynn Las Vegas [Wynn Las Vegas] Las Vegas 45 614 ft 2005 $990,000,000
12
MGM Grand Macau Macao 35 505 ft 2007 $975,000,000
13
Red Rock Casino, Resort and Spa Las Vegas 23 198 ft 2006 $925,000,000
14
Vancouver Convention Centre - West Building [Vancouver Convention & Exhibition Centre] Vancouver 6 144 ft 2009 $883,200,000
15
New York Times Tower New York City 52 1,046 ft 2007 $850,000,000
16
Shanghai World Financial Center Shanghai 101 1,614 ft 2008 $850,000,000
17
The Bow Calgary 58 774 ft 2012 $850,000,000
18
Trump International Hotel & Tower Chicago 96 1,362 ft 2009 $850,000,000
19
Paris Las Vegas [Paris Las Vegas] Las Vegas 34 368 ft 1999 $785,000,000
20
Hongkong & Shanghai Bank Hong Kong 47 587 ft 1985 $779,067,953
21
Two International Finance Centre [International Finance Centre] Hong Kong 88 1,362 ft 2003 $770,000,000
22
Devon Energy Tower Oklahoma City 52 844 ft 2012 $750,000,000
23
Planet Hollywood Towers [Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino] Las Vegas 50 600 ft 2009 $750,000,000
24
Seven World Trade Center [New World Trade Center] New York City 49 741 ft 2006 $700,000,000
25
Palms Place [The Palms Resort] Las Vegas 47 518 ft 2008 $650,000,000
26
The Mirage Las Vegas 31 335 ft 1989 $650,000,000
27
Palace Tower [Caesars Palace Las Vegas] Las Vegas 29 435 ft 1998 $600,000,000
28
South Point Hotel, Casino, and Spa Las Vegas 25 365 ft 2005 $600,000,000
29
Texas Children's Pavilion for Women [Texas Children’s Hospital] Houston 16 2012 $575,000,000
30
Harrah's Waterfront Tower [Harrah's Atlantic City Hotel and Casino] Atlantic City 44 525 ft 2008 $550,000,000
31
Palms Casino Hotel [The Palms Resort] Las Vegas 42 423 ft 2001 $550,000,000
32
World Market Center - Building C [World Market Center] Las Vegas 16 280 ft 2008 $550,000,000
33
Comcast Center [Pennsylvania Plaza] Philadelphia 57 974 ft 2008 $540,000,000
34
Jin Mao Tower Shanghai 88 1,380 ft 1999 $540,000,000
35
AIG Tower Hong Kong 40 607 ft 2005 $513,000,000
36
Den Norske Opera & Ballett Oslo 11 115 ft 2008 $511,440,162
37
Four Seasons Hotel St. Louis [Lumière Place] St. Louis 19 289 ft 2007 $507,000,000
38
Prentice Women's Hospital [Northwestern University Chicago Campus] Chicago 18 316 ft 2007 $502,500,000
39
WestendGate Frankfurt am Main 47 523 ft 1976 $500,000,000
40
The Index Dubai 80 1,076 ft 2010 $490,000,000
41
Fangyuan Mansion Shenyang 25 327 ft 2001 $482,000,000
42
The Summit Hong Kong 65 721 ft 2001 $468,000,000
43
Smilow Cancer Hospital [Yale-New Haven Medical Center] New Haven 14 2009 $467,000,000
44
Deutsche Bank Place Sydney 39 787 ft 2005 $450,000,000
45
Rosewood Dubai Dubai 65 771 ft 2012 $450,000,000
46
The Peabody Orlando Expansion Tower [The Orlando Peabody] Orlando 31 428 ft 2010 $450,000,000
47
Bellevue Towers Two [Bellevue Towers] Bellevue 43 450 ft 2008 $438,000,000
48
Shangri-La Toronto Toronto 66 702 ft 2012 $430,000,000
49
Treasure Island Hotel & Casino Las Vegas 36 368 ft 1993 $430,000,000
50
Bronx County Hall of Justice New York City 10 164 ft 2006 $421,000,000
51
L.A. Live Hotel & Condominiums [L.A. Live] Los Angeles 54 667 ft 2010 $412,000,000
52
Ocean Heights Dubai 82 1,017 ft 2010 $408,400,000
53
300 North LaSalle Chicago 60 785 ft 2009 $400,000,000
54
Caesars Windsor - Augustus Tower [Caesars Windsor] Windsor 27 364 ft 2008 $400,000,000
55
Central Bank of Kuwait Kuwait City 40 755 ft 2013 $400,000,000
56
Freedom Forum and Newseum Washington 13 137 ft 2007 $400,000,000
57
Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center Puyallup 10 160 ft 2010 $400,000,000
58
InterContinental Doha The City Doha 59 2012 $400,000,000
59
QV1 Tower Perth 38 533 ft 1991 $400,000,000
60
RBC Centre [Simcoe Place] Toronto 42 610 ft 2009 $400,000,000
61
The Private Residences [The Georgia] Vancouver 49 517 ft 2012 $400,000,000
62
The Water Club at Borgata [Borgata Hotel & Casino] Atlantic City 39 457 ft 2008 $400,000,000
63
Westendstraße 1 [Gebäudekomplex der DZ Bank AG] Frankfurt am Main 53 682 ft 1993 $400,000,000
64
Grand Lisboa [Lisboa Casino & Hotel] Macao 47 856 ft 2008 $385,875,000
65
The Center Hong Kong 73 1,135 ft 1998 $384,600,000
66
Roppongi T-CUBE Tokyo 27 454 ft 2003 $380,332,363
67
Bellagio Spa Tower [Bellagio Resort & Casino] Las Vegas 33 392 ft 2004 $375,000,000
68
Gonda Building [Mayo Clinic] Rochester 21 305 ft 2001 $375,000,000
69
ANZ Centre [Victoria Harbour] Melbourne 11 180 ft 2010 $370,000,000
70
W South Beach Hotel & Residences Miami Beach 20 2009 $370,000,000
71
12 MetroTech Center [Metrotech Center] New York City 32 473 ft 2005 $360,000,000
72
Hyatt Regency Denver at the Colorado Convention Center Denver 38 489 ft 2005 $354,800,000
73
Compuware World Headquarters [Compuware Headquarters] Detroit 16 232 ft 2003 $350,000,000
74
Fairmont Pacific Rim Hotel [Burrard Landing] Vancouver 44 458 ft 2009 $350,000,000
75
Hilton Convention Center Orlando 18 2009 $350,000,000
76
Living Shangri-La Vancouver 62 659 ft 2008 $350,000,000
77
Main Tower Frankfurt am Main 55 656 ft 1999 $350,000,000
78
M.D. Anderson Administrative Support Building [M.D. Anderson Cancer Center] Houston 25 2012 $350,000,000
79
New York-New York [New York-New York Hotel & Casino] Las Vegas 49 529 ft 1997 $350,000,000
80
Section 84 Canberra 11 148 ft 2006 $350,000,000
81
Sheraton Phoenix Downtown [Phoenix Civic Plaza] Phoenix 32 360 ft 2008 $350,000,000
82
State Street Financial Center Boston 36 503 ft 2003 $350,000,000
83
Taiping Financial Tower Shanghai 38 682 ft 2011 $350,000,000
84
Tekstilkent Plaza 1 [Tekstilkent] Istanbul 44 551 ft 2000 $350,000,000
85
Tekstilkent Plaza 2 [Tekstilkent] Istanbul 44 551 ft 2000 $350,000,000
86
World Market Center - Building B [World Market Center] Las Vegas 16 284 ft 2007 $345,000,000
87
Monte Carlo Las Vegas Las Vegas 32 360 ft 1996 $344,000,000
88
San Jose City Hall San Jose 18 285 ft 2005 $343,000,000
89
Maricopa County Criminal Court Tower Phoenix 14 2012 $340,000,000
90
Torre de Cristal [Cuatro Torres Business Area] Madrid 53 820 ft 2008 $339,590,604
91
Memorial Hermann Tower [Memorial Hermann Memorial City Healthcare Campus] Houston 35 500 ft 2009 $335,000,000
92
Caesars Windsor Hotel [Caesars Windsor] Windsor 21 272 ft 1998 $330,000,000
93
Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center Tower Memphis 12 2010 $327,000,000
94
Escala Midtown Seattle 30 330 ft 2009 $325,000,000
95
Jewelry Trade Center [Jewelry Trade Center] Bangkok 59 724 ft 1996 $322,000,000
96
MesseTurm Frankfurt am Main 55 842 ft 1990 $322,000,000
97
CBC Broadcast Centre Toronto 13 1992 $320,000,000
98
Tower at Turning Stone Hotel [Turning Stone Casino Resort] Verona 19 253 ft 2004 $308,000,000
99
Q1 Tower Gold Coast City 80 1,058 ft 2005 $307,000,000
100
Hilton Baltimore Baltimore 21 224 ft 2008 $301,000,000
101
275 George Street Brisbane 32 561 ft 2009 $300,000,000
102
Almaty JW Marriott Hotel [Esentai Park] Almaty 38 531 ft 2008 $300,000,000
103
Aqua [Lakeshore East] Chicago 81 819 ft 2009 $300,000,000
104
Bay Adelaide West [Bay Adelaide Centre] Toronto 51 715 ft 2009 $300,000,000
105
BioScience Research Collaborative [Rice University] Houston 10 202 ft 2009 $300,000,000
106
Imperia Tower Moscow 60 783 ft 2011 $300,000,000
107
Millennium Tower [Millennium Tower] San Francisco 58 645 ft 2009 $300,000,000
108
MTA Building Los Angeles 26 398 ft 1995 $300,000,000
109
Russell Investments Center [Museum Plaza] Seattle 42 598 ft 2006 $300,000,000
110
Seven 17 Bourke Street Melbourne 17 230 ft 2010 $300,000,000
111
The Legacy at Millennium Park Chicago 73 819 ft 2010 $300,000,000
112
The Residences at the Ritz-Carlton Toronto 53 684 ft 2011 $300,000,000
113
Trump International Hotel & Tower - Tower One [Trump International] Las Vegas 64 622 ft 2008 $300,000,000
114
23 Marina Dubai 89 1,296 ft 2011 $298,300,000
115
Jamieson Place Calgary 38 568 ft 2010 $295,000,000
116
Federal Office Building New York City 34 475 ft 1994 $292,000,000
117
Mary Catherine Bunting Center [Mercy Medical Center] Baltimore 15 2010 $292,000,000
118
Augustus Tower [Caesars Palace Las Vegas] Las Vegas 26 365 ft 2005 $289,000,000
119
CITIC Plaza [CITIC Plaza] Guangzhou 80 1,283 ft 1997 $285,900,000
120
Columbia Center Seattle 76 937 ft 1985 $285,000,000
121
Grand Hyatt San Antonio San Antonio 34 424 ft 2008 $285,000,000
122
Hilton Americas Hotel Houston 24 324 ft 2003 $285,000,000
123
One Peking Road Hong Kong 30 525 ft 2003 $282,051,000
124
May House Hong Kong 47 674 ft 2004 $281,500,000
125
Commerzbank Tower [Gebäudekomplex Commerzbank AG] Frankfurt am Main 58 850 ft 1997 $280,000,000
126
Four Seasons Hotel & Tower Miami 64 789 ft 2003 $280,000,000
127
Harborside Plaza 5 [Harborside Financial Center] Jersey City 34 480 ft 2002 $275,000,000
128
MotorCity Casino Hotel [Motor City Hotel and Casino] Detroit 17 273 ft 2007 $275,000,000
129
The Venezia [The Venetian Resort Hotel & Casino] Las Vegas 24 325 ft 2003 $275,000,000
130
Trump International Hotel & Tower Toronto Toronto 59 842 ft 2012 $275,000,000
131
Deutsche Börse Cube Eschborn 20 287 ft 2010 $272,000,000
132
All Children's Hospital St. Petersburg 10 163 ft 2010 $270,000,000
133
Atlantic Wharf Boston 32 395 ft 2011 $270,000,000
134
T-Mobile Center Vienna 13 197 ft 2004 $270,000,000
135
EnBW Hochhaus [STAIR Stuttgart Airpark] Stuttgart 17 197 ft 2008 $267,000,000
136
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Resort Hollywood 17 2004 $265,000,000
137
Seidman Cancer Center [Case Western Reserve University] Cleveland 9 172 ft 2011 $260,000,000
138
TransCanada Tower Calgary 38 581 ft 2001 $260,000,000
139
Trump Ocean Club International Hotel & Tower Panama City 68 961 ft 2011 $260,000,000
140
Union Pacific Center Omaha 19 317 ft 2004 $260,000,000
141
W Austin Hotel & Residences Austin 36 476 ft 2010 $260,000,000
142
100 St. Georges Terrace Perth 23 338 ft 2009 $250,000,000
143
777 Tower Los Angeles 52 725 ft 1991 $250,000,000
144
Heritage Plaza Houston 53 762 ft 1987 $250,000,000
145
Jade at Brickell Bay Miami 48 528 ft 2004 $250,000,000
146
MediCity Gurgaon Gurgaon 16 2009 $250,000,000
147
Residences at the Ritz-Carlton Philadelphia 44 518 ft 2009 $250,000,000
148
SkyPoint Tampa 32 361 ft 2007 $250,000,000
149
Telus Tower Toronto 32 390 ft 2009 $250,000,000
150
The Ark North Sydney 21 269 ft 2010 $250,000,000
151
Triumph-Palace Moscow 57 866 ft 2005 $250,000,000
152
Trump Plaza New Rochelle 40 435 ft 2007 $250,000,000
153
Trump Taj Mahal - Chairman Tower [Trump Taj Mahal Hotel & Casino] Atlantic City 41 470 ft 2008 $250,000,000
154
Water's Edge Downtown Clearwater Clearwater 25 264 ft 2008 $250,000,000
155
Emirates Park Tower 1 [Emirates Park Towers Hotel & Spa] Dubai 70 1,234 ft 2012 $245,000,000
156
Emirates Park Tower 2 [Emirates Park Towers Hotel & Spa] Dubai 70 1,234 ft 2011 $245,000,000
157
River East Center [River East] Chicago 58 644 ft 2001 $245,000,000
158
Campus Village Building B [SJSU - Campus Village] San Jose 15 2005 $244,000,000
159
111 South Wacker Chicago 51 681 ft 2005 $240,000,000
160
Seneca Niagara Casino Tower [Seneca Niagara Casino & Hotel] Niagara Falls 26 358 ft 2006 $240,000,000
161
ATO Centre [World Square] Sydney 12 174 ft 2007 $235,000,000
162
Citibank Plaza Hong Kong 51 674 ft 1992 $230,769,231
163
Ambulatory Care and Medical Education Building [New York Weill Cornell Medical Center] New York City 15 241 ft 2007 $230,000,000
164
Burj Al Arab Dubai 60 1,053 ft 1999 $230,000,000
165
Peppermill Hotel - Tuscany Tower [Peppermill Hotel Casino] Reno 17 2007 $230,000,000
166
THE Hotel [Mandalay Bay] Las Vegas 43 485 ft 2004 $230,000,000
167
Wells Fargo Plaza Houston 71 992 ft 1983 $230,000,000
168
Times Square Tower New York City 47 726 ft 2004 $229,700,000
169
CDP Capital Centre Montréal 13 198 ft 2003 $228,000,000
170
Tropicana Casino & Resort - Havana Tower [Tropicana Casino and Resort] Atlantic City 33 2004 $225,000,000
171
Williams Technology Center [Williams Center] Tulsa 15 2001 $224,000,000
172
Chinese Pavilon for EXPO 2010 Shanghai 207 ft 2010 $220,000,000
173
Ventura Corporate Towers Rio de Janeiro 38 459 ft 2010 $220,000,000
174
Peter O. Kohler Pavilion [Oregon Health & Science University] Portland 14 2006 $216,000,000
175
President Enterprise Corporation Tower Taipei 30 505 ft $216,000,000
176
Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute [Texas Children’s Hospital] Houston 15 2010 $215,000,000
177
United States Federal Courthouse Seattle 23 390 ft 2004 $215,000,000
178
Station Place Building 1 [Station Place] Washington 10 139 ft 2005 $214,000,000
179
Crowne Plaza [Copenhagen Towers] Copenhagen 25 279 ft 2009 $212,000,000
180
Princess Tower Dubai 101 1,358 ft 2012 $210,000,000
181
Torre Iberdrola Bilbao 40 541 ft 2011 $210,000,000
182
Chrysler Headquarters Auburn Hills 15 249 ft 1996 $201,000,000
183
Bank of America Center Houston 56 780 ft 1983 $200,000,000
184
Court Square Two [Citicorp at Court Square] New York City 15 221 ft 2007 $200,000,000
185
Downstream Casino Resort Quapaw 12 212 ft 2008 $200,000,000
186
Goldcrest Views 2 Dubai 39 480 ft 2010 $200,000,000
187
Grand Villa Delta Hotel & Casino Burnaby 23 254 ft 1981 $200,000,000
188
Gran Meliá Pudong Shanghai 35 459 ft 2006 $200,000,000
189
Harrah's Las Vegas - Carnaval Tower [Harrah's Las Vegas] Las Vegas 35 348 ft 1989 $200,000,000
190
Justitiepaleis Antwerp 5 135 ft 2005 $200,000,000
191
Main Airport Center [Main Airport Center] Frankfurt am Main 11 133 ft 2004 $200,000,000
192
Ocean Palms Phase I [Ocean Palms] Hollywood 38 400 ft 2006 $200,000,000
193
One PPG Place [PPG Place] Pittsburgh 40 635 ft 1984 $200,000,000
194
Riley Hospital for Children Simon Family Tower [Riley Hospital for Children] Indianapolis 10 210 ft 2010 $200,000,000
195
Seattle Municipal Tower [Seattle Civic Center] Seattle 57 722 ft 1990 $200,000,000
196
The Address Dubai Mall Dubai 37 629 ft 2008 $200,000,000
197
The Austonian Austin 56 683 ft 2010 $200,000,000
198
National Museum of the American Indian [Smithsonian Institution] Washington 7 120 ft 2004 $199,000,000
199
Shemoukh Twin Tower A [Shemoukh Twin Towers] Doha 25 2012 $199,000,000
200
Trilogy Boston 17 2006 $198,000,000
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