Completion of Jayang 1 Redevelopment Promotion Zone with Gwangjin-gu New Office Building and Work Facilities

Completion of a 48-Story Mixed-Use Complex Near Guui Station on Line 2
Former KT Site Transformed into a High-Tech Business Hub Featuring Offices, Hotel, Retail, Culture, Public Offices, and Residential Units
Public Contributions Include a Bridge Connecting to Exit 3 of Guui Station, Cultural Parks, New Roads, Public Offices, and a 4th Industrial Revolution Experience Center

Gwangjin-gu (District Mayor Kim Kyung-ho) announced on the 23rd that it has approved the completion of the Jayang 1 Redevelopment Promotion Zone.

The Jayang 1 Redevelopment Promotion Zone covers the area around 680-63 Jayang-dong (the former sites of KT branch office, telephone exchange, and Eastern District Court) and is planned to be developed into a high-tech mixed-use complex (ICT, retail, residential) and the Gwangjin-gu Integrated Office Building. This project aims to revitalize the area around Guui Station on Subway Line 2, strengthen its central functions, and enhance public welfare for residents. It is the result of an urban redevelopment project that has been underway since 2009 and is expected to establish the area as a new hub in the northeastern region.

The zone covers a site area of 79,119㎡ and will feature large-scale mixed-use facilities including office buildings, a hotel, officetels, retail spaces, cultural and assembly facilities, the Gwangjin-gu Integrated Office Building, and residential complexes, with a maximum height of 48 floors and a total floor area of approximately 480,000㎡.

Accessibility will be improved by installing a connecting passage between Exit 3 of Guui Station on Line 2 and the complex facilities, enhancing the metropolitan access system through road development, securing green spaces in the city center by creating cultural and small parks, increasing administrative convenience with the construction of the Gwangjin-gu Integrated Office Building, and providing opportunities for future generations to experience technology through the establishment of a 4th Industrial Revolution Experience Center.

Starting from March, several companies, the Gwangjin-gu Integrated Office Building, and about 1,000 residential units will move in sequentially. With a significant increase in floating population including visitors to the hotel and shopping mall, it is expected that not only the urban functions will be restored but also the surrounding commercial areas will be revitalized.

Although there were some difficulties such as defects in the residential complexes recently, the district actively addressed the issues by communicating with prospective residents, conducting additional quality inspections, forming a defect inspection team for verification, and securing a promise from the construction company for additional pre-visits so that residents could directly confirm the remedial measures, leading to a smooth resolution.

Kim Kyung-ho, Mayor of Gwangjin-gu, said, “The completion of the Jayang 1 Redevelopment Promotion Zone is the first signal for forming the high-tech industrial axis of the '2040 Gwangjin Re-Creation Plan.' With this completion, we expect to secure new growth engines and further leap forward as a leading high-tech business hub representing the northeastern region.”