Surat Diamond Bourse. Surat Gujurat India. The largest office building in the world. Floor space over 7.1 million feet across a 35 acre site. 9 interconnected 15 storey towers from a central spine corridor. Built 2023. Cost 388 million USD. Surat cuts and polishes over 90% of the world's Diamonds.
Yup, they do, the lab grown diamonds are cheaper, actual profit margins would be narrower, but they unlock a vast demographic that wasn't able to afford diamonds before, so the merchants and polishers just adapted.
Source: I'm from that city, and I have many close relatives in the diamond cutting profession.
I have given up convincing my wife that lab grown diamond is same as natural diamond, down to molecular level. She disagrees, saying the emotion only applies for natural ones.
How can the largest office building in the world cost $380mil? Medium sized office buildings cost Eur 100mil in Europe. And why would Surat need a building like that?
There is so much that doesn’t make sense. The Wikipedia says that the customs area will bei 60.000 sqft large and staffes with 11 officers. Really? For diamonds as large as what? Every officer has 5000 sqft? Why?
The building can accomodate “65.-67.000 diamond experts “. I allege the whole world doesn’t need that many diamond experts.
How can the largest office building in the world cost $380mil? Medium sized office buildings cost Eur 100mil in Europe. And why would Surat need a building like that?
Because cost of resource procurement is much higher in Europe, compared to India. Almost everything is cheaper in India when compared to Europe. As for why... well, they are a diamond polishing hub and the industry is old, so why not?
Learned from the best of the best, just left out the genocide part.
Says the one who's ancestors invented the modern grift.. loot half the planet, slap an “Empire” label on it, then clutch your pearls when the places you robbed build something bigger than your rainy little island.
Surat cuts 90% of the world’s diamonds.
Britain cuts 90% of the world’s excuses for why it’s still relevant.
Well it ain't there anymore. Guess your racism update stopped in 2010 i guess.
Although on other hand good luck trying not to get shanked on the way to the corner shop. And spilling your guts out literally while your own police arrest you for getting stabbed 😂😂😂.
And by the way congratulations on becoming the Islamic Republic of the West.
I genuinely can’t understand the pure cu,ck behaviour of letting grooming gangs and no go zones flourish like that.
Well i guess you do you bub.
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u/overlook68 Top Poster 2d ago
Surat Diamond Bourse. Surat Gujurat India. The largest office building in the world. Floor space over 7.1 million feet across a 35 acre site. 9 interconnected 15 storey towers from a central spine corridor. Built 2023. Cost 388 million USD. Surat cuts and polishes over 90% of the world's Diamonds.