Haeundae LCT The Sharp

Haeundae LCT The Sharp (Korean: 해운대 엘시티 더샵) is a major urban development project in Jung-dong, Haeundae District, Busan, South Korea. Located in front of Haeundae Beach, it consists of a 411.6 m (1,350 ft), 101-floor supertall landmark tower used as a hotel, and two 85-floor residential skyscrapers. It has an urban entertainment complex at the base housing a shopping mall, a hot spring spa and a water park. The landmark tower houses luxury and residential hotels with a convention center and an observatory on the 100th floor.

Haeundae LCT The Sharp
해운대 엘시티 더샵
Haeundae LCT The Sharp in 2020
General information
Status	Completed
Type	1 hotel/residential tower and 2 residential towers
Location	Jung-dong, Haeundae District, Busan, South Korea
Address	1058-2 Jung-1(il)dong, Haeundae-gu, Busan
Coordinates	35°09′37.10″N 129°10′08.40″E
Construction started	October 28, 2013
Completed	November 30, 2019
Owner	LCT
Height
Architectural	Landmark Tower: 411.6 m (1,350 ft)[1] Residential Tower A: 339.1 m (1,113 ft)[2] Residential Tower B: 333 m (1,093 ft)[3]
Observatory	BUSAN X the SKY
Technical details
Floor count	Landmark Tower: 101[1] Residential Tower A: 85[2] Residential Tower B: 83[3] Basement: B5
Floor area	660,077 m2 (7,105,010 sq ft) (Development)
Lifts/elevators	43
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Skidmore Owings & Merrill; Samoo Architects & Engineers
Structural engineer	POSCO Engineering & Construction
References
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The towers are Busan's 2nd-4th supertall skyscrapers after Haeundae Doosan We've the Zenith, 301 m (988 ft) tall. LCT tower is the second-tallest tower^[5] in South Korea after the 555 m (1,821 ft) Lotte World Tower in Seoul and is one of the world's top 10 most expensive skyscrapers.^[6]

Haeundae LCT The Sharp was completed and opened on November 30, 2019.^[7] In 2022, Haeundae LCT The Sharp hosted an exhibition for Proof, the anthology album of the South Korean group BTS, documenting the act's nine-year career. The exhibition was planned by the band's entertainment agency, HYBE, which invited fans to immerse themselves in a visual trail of BTS' history.^[8]

On February 20, 2024, Busan police began an investigation in search of two jumpers who leaped with parachutes from the top of the 99th floor observation deck of the Haeundae LCT.^[9]

Haeundae Beach and LCT The Sharp in May 2024.

Gallery

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  July 2017
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  February 2018
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  November 2019
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  Completed buildings seen from Haeundae Beach, August 2022.

See also

• List of tallest buildings in Busan
• List of tallest buildings in South Korea