Surat Diamond Bourse sprawled across 6.7 million sq feet area with 15 floors, 4,500 offices. Here all you need to know

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diamond industry. It is also a testament to India’s entrepreneurial spirit. It will serve as a hub for trade, innovation and collaboration, further boosting our economy and creating employment opportunities," PM Modi said in a tweet.

1. As per CNN, Surat Diamond Bourse is a “one-stop destination" for over 65,000 diamond professionals which includes all kinds of people engaged in the diamond business like polishers, traders, and cutters. 2.

The 15-floor building is built on 35 acres of land and features a succession of nine rectangular structures spilling out. The structures are interconnected via a central “spine." 3. Surat Diamond Bourse's project CEO Mahesh Gadhavi said that the building will save thousands of people from traveling who sometimes do daily up-down from Mumbai to Surat, the CNN report mentions.

4. In addition to hosting various amenities such as dining, retail, wellness, and conference facilities for employees, the elaborate project, which costs ₹32 billion ($388 million), incorporates a total of 131 elevators. 5.

Gadhvi told CNN that surpassing the Pentagon as the largest office building in the world was not part of the plan. An Indian architecture firm Morphogenesis, after winning an international design competition, took charge of conceptualizing the building. 6.