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The Belgian city of Antwerp may be known as the world’s diamond trading hub, but Mumbai's lesser-known city of Surat is where around 90% of all the planet’s diamonds are cut. It's for this very reason that the Indian city decided to go after another record-breaking achievement by building the world's biggest office building, the Surat Diamond Bourse. And it's massive. The newly-opened building houses over 65 000 diamond professionals, including cutters, polishers, and traders.
Marble floors and light-filled atriums connect over 4 700 office spaces, dining, retail, wellness, and conference facilities. The development also houses 131 elevators. According to the project’s CEO, Mahesh Gadhavi, Surat Diamond Bourse will save thousands of people from travelling, sometimes daily, to Mumbai by train to do business. The building was masterminded by Indian architecture firm Morphogenesis following an international design competition.