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[malec]

I think mixed use. 1/3 will be hotel, 1/3 office and 1/3 res is what I heard

[malec]

The overall shape is good but still, no detail. This is important for people close to the tower

[Mith242]

Thanks for the pics guys.

[NCB]

Beautiful panorama, malec!

[mcheiss]

malec, on Dec 21 2005, 07:59 AM, said:

The overall shape is good but still, no detail. This is important for people close to the tower

The Downtown for this project looks like a major city in itself.

[malec]

Seems Nakheel really have enough ego to build this thing.


united arab emirates: World’s tallest tower rising in Dubai


Greg Sang, the Emaar Properties official in charge of Burj Dubai, standing on a balcony overlooking the construction of the skyscraper complex, which is set to be the world’s tallest tower on its completion in 2008



Slated to become the world’s tallest skyscraper and symbol of a city given to grandiose projects, “Burj Dubai”, or Dubai Tower, is rising in parallel with the profits of its promoter, Emaar Properties.

With two stories added every week, Burj Dubai is taking shape as the centerpiece of a 20-billion-dollar venture featuring the construction of a new district, “Downtown Burj Dubai”, that will house 30,000 apartments and the world’s largest shopping mall.
Launched in early 2004, the construction of the tower by South Korea’s Samsung should be completed at the end of 2008 and cost one billion dollars, according to Greg Sang, the Emaar official in charge of Burj Dubai.
Burj Dubai already has 79 stories, taking its height to more than 200 meters. But even after having gone that far, Emaar is still not revealing the tower’s final height.
“At the moment, we are not answering. We’ll say it [will be] more than 700 meters and more than 160 stories... The people who need to know, know”, Sang, a 40-year-old New Zealander, told reporters.
The world’s tallest inhabited building is “Taipei 101” in Taiwan, which is 508 meters tall.
“At the moment, we’ve got around 2,500 workers on the tower site alone. We expect that to peak about a year from now at over 5,000... And for the whole site... at any point in time, when the whole Downtown Burj Dubai district is under construction, there will be 20,000 men working here”.
Emaar, which is listed on the Dubai Stock Exchange and boasts of being the world’s largest property company by capital, is setting great store by this flagship project.
The figures bear out its confidence. Emaar, in which the Dubai government has a 32.5-percent stake, is seeing its profits climb.
The real estate giant posted record net profits of 437 million dollars in the third quarter of this year, a 39-percent increase on the same period in 2005.
“Certain buildings take on iconic status, like the Eiffel Tower and the Empire State Building, instantly recognizable and instantly associated with the city that they are placed in”, Sang said.
But Sang admitted that he did not expect Burj Dubai to remain the tallest building in the world forever. It will face competition in Dubai itself, where the city’s other property development major, Nakheel, has announced it will launch the construction of “Al-Burj” or “The Tower” -- whose projected height also remains a closely guarded secret.

[tamias6]

First Burj Dubai now the 205 floor Al Burj. All this tallness going on in Dubai is making my head spin.  

[mcheiss]

tamias6, on Jan 3 2007, 09:33 PM, said:

First Burj Dubai now the 205 floor Al Burj. All this tallness going on in Dubai is making my head spin.  

There's also a supertall that's suppose to be near the height of Al Burj and Burj Dubai in the Business Bay development.