# ST. PETERSBURG | Lakhta Center 2 + 3 | 2306 + 1821 FT | 150 + ? FLOORS

**URL:** <https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/st-petersburg-lakhta-center-2-3-2306-1821-ft-150-floors/19474>\
**Category:** Proposed\
**Created:** [May 27, 2021, 6:45pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/st-petersburg-lakhta-center-2-3-2306-1821-ft-150-floors/19474 "2021-05-27T18:45:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2026, 2:58pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/st-petersburg-lakhta-center-2-3-2306-1821-ft-150-floors/19474/21 "2026-08-04T14:58:34Z")

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Seems they’re really trying to get it done…

> **[Главгосэкспертиза одобрила проект строительства небоскреба «Лахта Центр 2»](https://mperspektiva.ru/topics/glavgosekspertiza-odobrila-proekt-stroitelstva-neboskreba-lakhta-tsentr-2/)**
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> Главгосэкспертиза России выдала положительное заключение на проектную документацию небоскреба «Лахта Центр 2» в Санкт-Петербурге. Об этом сообщает «Интерфакс» со ссылкой на данные Единого государственного реестра заключений экспертизы проектной...

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**Author:** ![BK1985](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eada6e/32.png) [@BK1985](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/BK1985)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2026, 3:44pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/st-petersburg-lakhta-center-2-3-2306-1821-ft-150-floors/19474/22 "2026-08-04T15:44:27Z")

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They are so ugly though…

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**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2026, 6:26pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/st-petersburg-lakhta-center-2-3-2306-1821-ft-150-floors/19474/23 "2026-09-30T18:26:39Z")

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> **["Lakhta Center 3" Approved: Third 555-Meter Tower for St. Petersburg Passed...](https://www1.ru/en/news/2026/09/26/laxta-centr-3-odobren-tretia-basnia-na-555-metrov-dlia-peterburga-prosla-ekspertizu.html)**
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> The project received a positive conclusion from Glavgosexpertiza

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**Author:** ![Arik](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/arik/32/175174_2.png) [@Arik](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Arik)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2026, 6:43pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/st-petersburg-lakhta-center-2-3-2306-1821-ft-150-floors/19474/24 "2026-09-30T18:43:01Z")

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There was some competition to redesign at least one of them, and there’s also a 4th small tower on the boards. As for financing… 🤔

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**Author:** ![ElonMusk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/elonmusk/32/168652_2.png) [@ElonMusk](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/ElonMusk)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2026, 8:05pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/st-petersburg-lakhta-center-2-3-2306-1821-ft-150-floors/19474/25 "2026-09-30T20:05:38Z")

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How does the U.S., with such a huge and dynamic economy, build so few supertall skyscrapers, while Russia, despite its struggling economy, keeps building so many of them?!😡

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**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2026, 11:00pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/st-petersburg-lakhta-center-2-3-2306-1821-ft-150-floors/19474/26 "2026-09-30T23:00:36Z")

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I don’t know, man.

You’re the richest guy in the world. Why are you wasting your time here?

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**Author:** ![Javier\_Pacheco\_jr](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/javier_pacheco_jr/32/192827_2.png) [@Javier\_Pacheco\_jr](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Javier_Pacheco_jr)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2026, 11:34pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/st-petersburg-lakhta-center-2-3-2306-1821-ft-150-floors/19474/27 "2026-09-30T23:34:05Z")

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Good question I crash out too we need more supertalls and we need a megatall

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