Spanish construction company OHL has announced plans
to build a fifth skyscraper alongside the four towers that were completed at
the northern end of Madrid’s main Paseo de la Castellana thoroughfare in 2008.
The proposed structure will sit on the part of the
Cuatro Torres Business Area site originally assigned for an international conference center. City Hall will charge the owners €2 million a year
for 75 years for using the land, after which the building will become the
property of the city. City Hall has spent around €82.8 million on the
foundations for the conference center.
City Hall has approved zoning for the 33,325-square-meter
plot of land, on which OHL proposes to construct a tower providing 70,000
square meters of space. The new tower will also offer parking for 2,000 cars.
Financial daily Expansión says the building
will cost €200 million to construct and it is expected to be completed by the
end of 2019.
The tower will house a private hospital, along with
areas for research and teaching and a homeopathy center. A shopping mall and
leisure area are to be built around the foot of the tower in the form of a series
of gardened terraces and green areas.
Are these statements TRUE or
FALSE?
1.- OHL has started building a fifth skyscraper in
Madrid.
2.- After 75 years the building will belong to the
city.
3.- The new tower will only be used as a conference
centre.
4.- New laboratories and educational areas will be
created.
5.- There will be a shopping centre inside the
building..
Can you find synonyms for these
words in the text?
1.- close by(par.1)
2.- base (par.2)
3.- area (par.3)
4.- to hold (par. 5)
5.- spare time (par. 5)
KEY
True or false?
1. False. “OHL has announced plans to build a fifth
skyscraper.”
2. True. “City Hall will charge the owners €2 million a
year for 75 years for using the land, after which the building will become the
property of the city.”
3. False. “The proposed structure will sit on the part of
the Cuatro Torres Business Area site originally assigned for an
international conference center.”
4. False. “A shopping mall ………..are to be built around
the foot of the tower.”
5. True. “leisure area are to be built around the foot of
the tower in the form of a series of gardened terraces and green areas.”
Vocabulary
1.-
alongside
2.-
foundations
3.-
plot
4.-
to house
5.- leisure
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