Construction on Tianjin's 595.5-meter Goldin Finance 117 restarted in April 2025 after years of suspension, with local media now saying the long-stalled tower could be finished in the first half of 2027.
The revival followed the developer's bankruptcy liquidation and court disposal of the project's land-use rights and unfinished assets, clearing the way for work to resume on the skyscraper halted after Goldin Properties' financial troubles.
Workers have been installing the tower's diamond-shaped crown, and Xinhua said leasing is largely complete, with 7 state-owned enterprises and 10 private firms set to buy space and move in.
The building, unfinished 18 years after work began in 2008, has become a symbol of China's property slump, which has left high-rises and housing projects stranded across many cities.
That broader downturn is still deepening: real-estate development investment fell 18% year on year in January-June, while China's economy grew 4.3% in the second quarter, its weakest pace in more than three years.