SEOUL, April 4 (Reuters) - American International Group(AIG.N: Quote, Profile , Research) said on Wednesday it had secured funding totalling $1.6billion for the construction of a high-rise building in centralSeoul.

AIG Korean Real Estate Development YH, the developer of theInternational Finance Centre building in the capital city, hassecured a loan agreement slightly topping 1 trillion won ($1.07billion) from a consortium led by South Korean banks, it saidin a statement.

The remaining 500 billion won was being funded byinternational equity investors according to a previousagreement, a spokesman for the construction project added,declining to identify them.

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