The Torre Generali was a proposed

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located in

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. If it had been built, the tower would have stood tall, contain 52

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s, and be completed in 2003. It also would have been the tallest tower in

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and be the first tower there to break the mark. The upper floors, on clear days, would have offered views of both the

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and

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s. However, the economic conditions in 2001 forced the cancellation of the project in August of that year. Later two more projects suffered similar fates in Panama City. A 381 m (1,250-foot) 104-story residential and hotel building named Ice Tower was canceled June 2007, and

Palacio de la Bahía The Palacio de la Bahia Hotel & Tower was a tall supertall skyscraper planned for construction at Ave. Balboa, Ave. México, 29 Este y 30 Este, The Exposition in Panama City, Panama. Construction was to have begun on 28 July 2006, for completion ...

was to be tall with 97

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. It began construction on July 28, 2006, but the project was later canceled.

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