Great Wheel Corporation
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| Type | Private |
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| Headquarters | Singapore |
| Products | "Observation platforms" (Ferris wheels) |
| Website | www.greatwheel.com |
Great Wheel Corporation is a company engaged in the development, building, financing, and operation of observation platforms and observation wheels (Ferris wheels).
In 2009, Great Wheel Corporation merged with World Tourist Attractions to form Great City Attractions Ltd.[1]
On 3 May 2010 it was reported that Great Beijing Wheel Co., the company set up to build the 208-metre (682 ft) tall Beijing Great Wheel, under construction since 2007,[2] had gone into receivership after breaching the conditions of a loan.[3]
Also in May 2010, Great Wheel Corporation was one of several companies named in a report lodged with the prosecutor's office in Berlin, Germany, for alleged embezzlement.[4]
[edit] Projects
| Name |
Height | Country |
Location |
Project status |
| metres (feet) |
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| Beijing Great Wheel |
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 China |
Beijing | Originally due to open 2008 [2] Now in receivership [3] |
| Great Dubai Wheel |
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 United Arab Emirates |
Dubai | Planning permission granted in 2006 [5] Originally due to open 2009 [5] |
| Great Berlin Wheel |
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 Germany |
Berlin | Originally due to open 2009 [6] Delayed [7] |
| Great Orlando Wheel |
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 United States |
Orlando | Suspended [7] |
Great Wheel Corporation, registered in Singapore as GWC Holdings, was also a consultant for the 165-metre (541 ft) Singapore Flyer, world's tallest Ferris wheel since it was completed in 2008. Florian Bollen, Great Wheel Corporation chairman, is also chairman of Singapore Flyer Pte Ltd.[4]
[edit] Gallery
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Beijing Great Wheel - artist's impression
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Great Berlin Wheel - artist's impression
[edit] References
- ^ World Tourist Attractions, Great Wheel Merge Ahead Of IPO
- ^ a b Beijing begins construction of world's biggest wheel AFP 2007-11-05
- ^ a b Beijing Ferris wheel company in receivership
- ^ a b Firm linked to Flyer under German probe
- ^ a b Great Dubai Wheel Gets the Green Light
- ^ The Ferris Wheel near the Zoo has been approved
- ^ a b Planned Great Wheel for I-Drive area of Orlando on hold -- South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com
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