NB In List | India hosts 'Surat Diamond Bourse', world's largest office building in Gujarat's Surat: 8 key points-

Surat, July 19: Surat, where around 90% of the world’s diamonds are cut, has added another feather to its cap with the newly-opened Surat Diamond Bourse of being the world’s largest office building.

Surat Diamond Bourse has surpassed the US's Pentagon as the world’s largest office building.

The cost of the building is ₹3,200 crores ($388 million).

Surat Diamond Bourse can now house over 65,000 diamond professionals, including cutters, polishers and traders.

4.The building features a series of nine rectangular structures which spill out from and are interconnected through a central-spine. It is a 15-storeyed complex spread across more than 35 acres of land.

5.The building comprises over 7.1 million square feet of floor space whereas the Pentagon comprises over 6.5 million square feet of floor space.

There are 4,700 office spaces - each interconnected - which can also accommodate small workshops for cutting and polishing diamonds. It houses 131 elevators and has dining, retail, wellness and conference facilities for its employees

The project was masterminded by Indian architecture firm Morphogenesis.

8.The building will be officially opened later this year by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and host its first occupants in November.