Construction will begin on the Dream Tower in Nohyeong-dong in September. At nearly 170 meters high, the twin skyscrapers will dominate the Jeju skyline, but developers had envisioned much higher buildings. Suejin Choi has more.

The Dream Tower in Nohyeong-dong, Jeju City… has been given the greenlight for construction.

Donghwa Investment & Development initially received permission for the building in May 2014, but was forced to reduce its scale after Governor Won Heeryong stepped into office.

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Byeon Yoon-beom / Construction division, Jeju provincial government
We screened the modified plan and looked at its housing units, fire protection system, waterworks, and so on… and through deliberation by 21 departments and divisions, final approval was given on August 21.
변윤범 제주시 건축민원담당
관광숙박업 사업계획 변경 승인 여부, 제1종 주거단위계획 적합여부, 소방, 상하수도 등 21개 관련기관 및 부서의 협의를 거쳐 8월 21일 설계변경을 허가했습니다.

Dongwha Investment & Development is expected begin construction next month.

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The building will be about 168 meters tall, with 5 floors below ground and 38 floors above… and will house a hotel with 776 rooms, plus a hotel residence with 850 rooms.

It will be almost twice the height of Jeju’s current tallest building… Lotte City Hotel, which stands at 89 meters tall.

The hotel residence will be run by Greenland Holding Group through hotel room investments made by local and international investors.

There will be a foreigner-only casino on the 2nd floor, a shopping mall and food court on the 3rd and 4th floors, and hotel facilities on the 6th floor.
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Ko Moon-su

The foreigner-only casino will have a space of about 9,100 square meters… with 200 gaming tables and 400 slot machines.
Completion of the Jeju Dream Tower is slated for the second half of 2018.

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Kim Byeong-ju / PR Division, Donghwa Investment & Development
We will be hiring 2,200 workers, and 1,800 will be Jeju residents. We will be the largest contributor to the Tourism Promotion Fund, and we hope to offer the highest average salaries on the island.
전화인터뷰)김병주 동화투자개발(주) 홍보실장
2천 200명의 전문인력이 채용될텐데, 그 중에서 1천 800명은 제주도민들로 우선 채용할 예정입니다.
제주에서 관광진흥기금도 가장 많이 내고 평균임금도 가장 높은 1등 향토기업으로 만들겠습니다.

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Suejin Choi

It’s been over three decades since the project originally received the go-ahead for construction in 1983… now all eyes are on the next step for the Jeju Dream Tower and how it will handle voices of opposition from civic groups and the local community.

Suejin Choi KCTV