Real Estate
Inside Southeast Asia’s Tallest Skyscraper Once Roiled by 1MDB
- The Exchange 106 reaches 492 meters, tallest in the region
- Malaysia seeks to shed 1MDB past from new financial district
The arrival lobby at the Exchange 106.
Photographer: Joshua Paul/BloombergSoutheast Asia’s tallest skyscraper was once shadowed by the 1MDB scandal that has upended Malaysian politics and implicated global banks in criminal cases. It now seeks to shed that past by wowing prospective tenants with marble walls and mirrored ceilings.
The developer on Wednesday gave the media a sneak peak at the inside of The Exchange 106 building, which is scheduled to open by the end of the year.