Now its been finished, it looks mighty darn impressive. According to this guy you could stand Taipei 101 with the Eiffel Tower on top and still just about reach the height of this. 

Builder: "that's what sky-scrapers are all about...a vote of optimisum" LOL

well that's a nice selfserving spin...I would think that they serve a need

and are a real business on their own. It IS an amazing structure though...

Money doesn't make the world go round, but it certainly can allow you to build a massive tower!

@ carz79; you mean the promise to repay at a later date, lol

@phil: Yes! I should have said "Refinancing doesn't make the world go round, but it can allow you to build a massive tower and buy EPL clubs!"