[1] It was cancelled in April 2013[2] but has recently seen approval and plans finalised by the Seoul Metropolitan government in February 2024 with construction slated to begin in the second half of 2025.
[1] The development proposal aimed to turn it into a modern sprawl of offices, malls, hotels and apartments, hoping to create a new signature district of Korea.
[2][5][6] The project's main developers included the South Korean public transport company, Korail, which owns some underused land in Yongsan.
Another of the designs for the twin tower skyscraper known as The Cloud unveiled and quickly scrapped in 2011 caused a controversy over a similarity to "the World Trade Center buildings exploding as they were hit by planes on 9/11".
[2][4] The project was cancelled in April 2013[2] but has recently seen approval and plans finalised by the Seoul Metropolitan government in February 2024 with construction slated to begin in the second half of 2025.