K400mil multi-storey building set to open

By CLARISSA MOI
THE K400 million 23-storey Noble Centre building in downtown Port Moresby is expected to be opened early next year, according to the developer.
China Railway Construction Engineering Group (PNG) Real Estate Company Ltd marketing manager Maksim Neil told The National that work was delayed by the Covid-19 pandemic but construction had been completed.
“We have obtained the occupancy certificate from the National Capital District Commission, fire certificate from PNG Fire Services and power acceptance certificates from PNG Power Ltd,” Neil said.
“We plan to open the building in early 2021.
“Our office has been allocated in the building since October.”
Neil said work was delayed because 70 per cent of their employees, both workers and managers, had to return to China for the Chinese New Year when the Covid-19 broke out in January. They could not return for some time.
“Similarly, building materials to be purchased from overseas were delayed for a long period.
“2020 had been a difficult year for construction.”