Surat’s “long-delayed” diamond bourse will open “some time” in 2022, IDEX Online reports.
The Surat Diamond Bourse (SDB) was supposed to open in January 2020. The opening was then delayed to September 2021. Now, according to a report on BusinessToday.In website, quoted by IDEX Online, the $355 million SDB will open in 2022.
The SBD will be “the world’s largest office building, with nine 15-story towers covering a site larger than The Pentagon.” Currently, the Bharat Diamond Bourse in Mumbai – home to around 2,500 traders – is the world’s largest diamond bourse.