The Torrena, a planned 336.5 metres (1,104 ft)-high telecommunication

Telecommunication

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s and entertainment vaporware

Vaporware

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 tower

Tower

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 in the city of Guadalajara

Guadalajara, Jalisco

Guadalajara is the capital of the Mexican state of Jalisco, and the seat of the municipality of Guadalajara. The city is located in the central region of Jalisco in the western-pacific area of Mexico. With a population of 1,564,514 it is Mexico's second most populous municipality...

, Jalisco

Jalisco

Jalisco officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Jalisco is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is located in Western Mexico and divided in 125 municipalities and its capital city is Guadalajara.It is one of the more important states...

, Mexico

Mexico

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. The tower has been under construction since the spring of 2005.

The Torrena is being constructed in the municipality of Zapopan

Zapopan

Zapopan is a city and municipality located in the Mexican state of Jalisco, which is part of the Guadalajara Metropolitan Area. It is best known as being the home of the Virgin of Zapopan, an image of the Virgin Mary which was made in the 16th century. This image has been credited with a number of...

 in an area of 17,720 m², right next to the Plaza del Sol

Plaza del Sol

Plaza del Sol is one of the largest shopping malls in the urban area of Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, located in the municipality of Zapopan. Built at the end of the sixties by the architect Alejandro Zohn, it was the first mall in Latin america...

 shopping mall, and is expected to be finished by 2009. It will be the nineteenth highest tower in the world, and the highest in Latin America

Latin America

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. It will include bank

Bank

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s, coffee

Coffee

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 and souvenir

Souvenir

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 shops and two restaurant

Restaurant

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s (one of them with a revolving floor), among other spaces destined to entertainment

Entertainment

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 and telecommunications. The tower's construction is on-hold as of October 30, 2009.

External links

• Official site
• Proposed models
• Torrena forum (Spanish)