Blasting begins for Shanghai groundscraper   

上海松江深坑酒店主体区域开建 进行首次岩壁爆破

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(ECNS) -- A blasting operation at the planned location of a five-star groundscraper hotel was launched Monday in Shanghai.

The hotel is to be built inside a quarry that served as a Japanese military fort prior to 1949, and is 100 meters deep, 240 meters long and 160 meters wide. Located 45 kilometers southwest of downtown Shanghai, the quarry has been abandoned for several decades.

Developed by the Shanghai Shimao Property Group and to be managed by InterContinental Hotels Group, the InterContinental Shimao Shanghai Wonderland will have 2 stories aboveground and 16 stories underground.

The deepest story of the luxury resort will be approximately 700 meters lower than the top floor of the world's highest hotel-to-be, the Shanghai Tower J Hotel, set for completion around the same time.

The Shanghai Shimao Property Group says it will take advantage of the natural environment to build the groundscraper, which will make the building a combination of nature, humanity and history.