[5] The very first train from Serbia, with the passengers including King Milan, Queen Natalija and Crown Prince Alexander, stopped at this station on its way to Vienna.

To commemorate it, architect Milun Stambolić designed a memorial complex which consists of 5 pillars, which used to hold the station's overhang, and several meters of railroad tracks.

Famous architects Mladen Kauzlarić, Lavoslav Horvat and Kazimir Ostrogović, followers of the Zagreb school of modernism won the first prize at the original tender in 1947.

Distinguished creators and builders, architects Milorad Pantović, Vladeta Maksimović, Miroslav Janković and academic Ivan Antić took part in designing of the hotel and the interior.

[2] The hotel was ceremonially opened on 31 July 1969 by Rudi Kolak, president of the Yugoslav Chamber of Commerce.

Some of the famous people who stayed in the Hotel Jugoslavija include Queen Elizabeth II, Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, U Thant, Willy Brandt, Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, Buzz Aldrin, Belgian and Dutch royals, Luis Echeverría, athletes, artists,[8] Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Tina Turner and others.

In 1972, queen of the Netherlands Juliana and her consort Bernhard organized a reception in honor of president Tito.

That same year, Queen Elizabeth II organized a reception for diplomatic representatives of the Commonwealth nations in Yugoslavia.

[11][12] Part of the hotel was owned by Arkan, and had been used as a barracks for his paramilitary forces[citation needed].

In the early 1970s, architect Branislav Jovin designed the plateau and the quay in front of the hotel.

Generally considered beautiful and elegant, the project allows the cascade descent from the hotel to the Danube's bank.

By the end of 2010, city administration headed by the mayor Dragan Đilas adopted a new Belgrade Highrise Study, which was forbidding construction of the objects higher than 100 m (330 ft) on the hotel's location, while the "QS Investments" becomes the sole owner of the hotel.

[2] In 2011, city approved the drafting of the detailed regulatory plans for this location and in 2012 the investor announced the opening of the hotel in 2015.

In 2015 the detailed regulatory plan which encompassed this project was adopted, despite the fierce opposition from the experts and public to the construction of the skyscrapers on this location.

[2] The detailed regulatory plan adopted by the city in 2015 confirmed this design, with shopping mall and two 140 m (460 ft) tall towers.

The project was described as "inevitable and urgent" in the elaborate for the development of the location, this time funded by the Millenium Team company,[16] notorious for its connections with the governing structures.

A new plan was done by the Dutch architectural company UNStudio, featuring two towers (one residential, the other business) with heights of 155 m (509 ft).