Glass Hall Tower

Glass Hall Tower (French: Tour de Salle Verre) is a skyscraper in New Kensington. It is currently the tallest building in New Kensington, being currently 128m in height. It also has the highest floor count, at 14 elevated floors and 2 underground floors.

History
Plans to design Glass Hall Tower arose back in May 2020, when New Kensington had already begun its rapid development. Initially, the tower was known as City Hall, and was planned as a four-storey city hall building. However, when a French building in Héphaïstos was specially designated for the City Hall, it moved there instead. Meanwhile, the city required an iconic commercial tower as a central landmark for the city. Thus, City Hall, now renamed to City State Tower was planned to play the role of the needed tower. A design was finalised by the end of May 2020 and foundation works started.

Controversy
As many buildings in New Kensington were built in a square-based format, including the original design for City State Tower, other players were dismayed by the boring and ordinary looks of the buildings. Some commented that the skyline was going to look "like something out of Pixels".

Redesign
Following the player's remarks, the original design for City State Tower was cancelled and was renamed to Glass Hall Tower together with a new, replacing design that had a special octagonal shape. The tower got smaller and smaller as it went up, somewhat similar to the architecture of Burj Khalifa. Plans were re-finalised by mid-July and construction works started on 31 July 2020. The already-built foundation was then modified to match the shape of the building. Financial company Gerahald Corporation signed a contract on 7 August to own all of the available floors (excluding Floor 11, which is being used as Heights Delights, the building's only restaurant.

On 15 August 2020, Glass Hall Tower topped-out and was structurally complete. Then, on 9 September 2020, the building was partially opened from Basement 2 to Floor 3 to allow guests to alight at Glass Hall Tower Station. With the opening of SkyLine Phase 1 expected soon, areas opened to public will be increased to Floor 6.

The tower is set to fully open on 4 October when Gerahald Corporation moves in.

Trivia

 * Glass Hall Tower Interchange is set to be the biggest station in the New Kensington City Metro System, having four lines: the Eastern Marine Line, the Central Line, the Cornerwise Cross and the SkyLine.

In Popular Culture

 * Glass Hall Tower appears in multiple advertisements and posters in the city, the most famous one being a Gerahald Corporation advertisement, which is located at Mega Junction.