The Kine Centre is a modern style skyscraper in the Central Business District of

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. It was built in 1974 to a height of 123 metres. The building has 25 floors of

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, several large stores, a 10-screen

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complex that seats 2500 people which is now mothballed, and two levels of underground parking. The building also has a famous penthouse located on the top floor. The Kine Centre is connected to the

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via a pedestrian tunnel. The building was sold for

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9.1 million (

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$910,000) in February 2003.

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