Name: Un-named as yet
Location: SZR next to Park Place
Plot: ?
Floors: 60 + 55
Height: 275m + ?m
Use: Hotel
Cost: AED 500 million
Start Construction: march 2005
End Construction: 2007

http://www.albayan.ae/servlet/Satellite?cid=1123365804793&pagename=Albayan/Article/FullDetail&c=Article

http://www.dimensions-ec.com/News/Image/twin.jpg

http://img358.imageshack.us/img358/1086/satellite6ml.jpg

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Its on page 31 of the new construction week. The architects are GMP ( Gerkan Marg und Partner) -Dennis please contact them and the design is very asian with green glass and a very slim design.

http://www.gmp-architekten.de/2news/news_08_2004/5starhotel/5starhotel_max.jpg

hell naw
another tall

will contact them during lunchbreak
do you know where to get a render? name of hotel chain?

great !

dont know chain but render is in the construction week

cool so we have a render cant wait to see

Can someone please scan it???

i guess we'll see it saturday the latest when cw newsletter is in our mailboxes

it's a german company :D
and the design is wooooohaaa

http://www.gmp-architekten.de/2news/news_08_2004/5starhotel/5starhotel_max.jpg

this is the info on their homepage

Im Juli 2004 wurde der Vertrag mit ACICO, Emirates Aerated Concrete, zum Bau eines 5-Sterne Luxus-Hotelhochhaus in Dubai unterzeichnet.
gmp baut an der Sheikh Zayed Road, einer der Top Adressen in Dubai, ein Businesshotel der Oberklasse mit 500 Zimmern, vom großzügigen Standard Room bis hin zu 300 m² großen Presidential Suites.
Themenrestaurants mit Speisen aus aller Welt und ein Fitnessbereich mit Spa und Health Club erweitern das Serviceangebot des Hotelneubaus.
Die 45.000 m² Geschossfläche des Gebäudes verteilen sich auf 52 Geschosse. Bei einer Breite von 18 m und eine Gesamthöhe von fast 200 m wird sich das Hochhaus in seiner schlanken Eleganz von anderen Bauten des Boulevards abheben.
Neben dem 5-Sterne Hotel mit Restaurants und Fitness Club werden Büromietflächen und Service-Apartments mit Meerblick entstehen.
Fertigstellungstermin soll Frühjahr 2007 sein.

for those who can't read it :D ;)

In July 2004 the contract signed with ACICO, Emirates Aerated Concrete, includes the construction of a 5 star luxury high rise hotel in Sheikh Zayed Road, one of the top addresses in Dubai.
gmp builds a first class business hotel with 500 rooms – ranging from generous standard rooms to 300 m² large presidential suites.
Theme restaurants with fancy foods from all over the world and fitness rooms with spa and health club enlarge the service of this new hotel.
The 45.000 m² gross floor area of the building are stretched over 52 floors. With a width of only 18 me-tres and a total hight of almost 200 metres the building with its slender elegance will stand out from the other buildings in the boulevard.
Beside the 5 star hotel with restaurants and fitness club the building offers office space and service apartments with ocean view.
Completion is scheduled for 2007.

what makes me suspicious is the 52 floors
maybe it has been changed, as info on the homepage is from july

sa boy - can you confirm this tower? if yes, ss.com cries for a new tower!
pic source is "gmp architekten"

Bring it on! :runaway:
:dance:

btw: also the designer for sports city stadiums

contacted them for more details

That a heck of a nice Tower! ;)

AWESOME tower! reminds of a very thin tower in HK tho, I think its called HighCliff or something?

yes, some kind of similarity there
it also reminds me of a tower that was once posted in thr projects & updates forum
don't remember its name
highcliff in hk is also very thin and looks great with its location on the hills of hk

very slender and at 200meter cool

its not the same render in construction week. The CW one was an azure green and it was 60 stories not 52 as shown here. Maybe there were 2 proposals and this is the winning one.
Dennis try to get a height to top of spire if you can

it also doesent have the same background ie it doesent show white tower of API tower which the render I saw does

i knew it, damn!
how to get the render then?
can you take a photo of it and send it to me?

sa boy - please take a photo of the image in construction week
then we at least know how it will look like

this has to be the thinnest tower ever proposed

200m tall and 18m wide thats a height to width ratio of 11.11 and thats thin

added to emporis at 52 stories after I re-read the article. I counted 60 stories in the render

going to look scary being that thin !
hwo much usable space each floor

sa boy - i thought it would look completely different? what about it?

It is green in the CW article and is longer , width is about the same and height is about the same. It also has a spire at the top. The green glass is translucent so you can see in the rooms sort off. The backgounds shows API tower so its on that big site next to Park place

and it's likely there's no board up yet?
will check that soon
but would be great if someone could have a look when in this area

nothing happening till feb whan they break ground, till then its a big ol piece of sand

since feb? uuh
thought it has just been released
i would really like to see the render, is there any chance to take a photo of it sa boy?

since feb? uuh
thought it has just been released


He means nothing WILL happen until Feb 2005.

I dont have the magazine anymore.

how can we get the render then?

maybe we should contact itp?

Dennis , have you contacted these guys at the german office of GMP? This could be the tower that Ascon is building next to Saeed tower 1???

contacted two times already and all for nothing
normally it can't be this plot! because on the little board it says commercial + residential tower and a couple of companies are listed, but not gmp architects!

also too far away from park place, so the 60 floor hotel is not this tower (http://skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=115670)

I just remeber seeing this towers origional render and it has , ah now I remeber it had the API tower as a background which means its probably next to park place

wow this one looks cool
Are they doing the stadiums in sportscity as well?
really a nice tower, but could be a little bit higher... would look awesome with its sleek design..

Hi guys, is it really the one wich previosly was 52 and now 60, am bit confused

This will be one of Dubai's major landmark hotels :)

This will be one of Dubai's major landmark hotels :)


I think this was supposed to be the world's thinnest tower. It was in MEED. German hospitality consultants Feuring – Visionary Hotel Development were doing it with GMP architects.

WHoever designed this tower has done good job. At least it will look different in among all towers in SZR. Much more better compare to bullet-shaped Rose Tower.......

hmmmm

this tower is no longer listed on the architects homepage and there have been no news about it since the construction week article

giles - can you tell us anything about it
shall we set it back to proposed on emporis?

I think so Dennis, the article said it was due to commence in Feb, might still be doing soil tests and piling designs, havent seen much on that site over the past few weeks

i'm still not sure if the architect for the tower on this plot is gmp architekten from germany

i'll edit it to proposed

nice design... im sick of those square looking buildings that every city has

Dunno if this is it but on SZR they recently closed of an area a few days ago near the White Crown bldg (B34). It is a very LARGE plot. So come on ppl lets go and get some pics. They were doin at midnite!

R

good to know something is happening, but it takes ages until they put up the sign board

yip haording is up and being painetd and there was a test rig on site yesterday, however its 1 plot across from where I thought it was so now its next to the white crown or what ever its called instead of next to Park Place, which means there is still a plot between this plot and PP.

yip haording is up and being painetd and there was a test rig on site yesterday, however its 1 plot across from where I thought it was so now its next to the white crown or what ever its called instead of next to Park Place, which means there is still a plot between this plot and PP.

yep.. I saw it as well..... Its right next to White Crown (or the KFC Building) and there was a crane on the plot last night. Within 5 days they have successfully sealed off the area and now there is a crane up as well. They must be in some sort of rush! Cool! lol

Is this going to be the CONRAD HOTEL ?

Is this going to be the CONRAD HOTEL ?

I thought that was going to be in between the Fairmont and API World Tower?

We need more details on this project. Anyone?

we've discussed that it could be the conrad hotel, which will obviously be a high-rise due to the number of rooms

and it's said to be in this area! i guess we have to wait once more till that damned board is up!

I found this:
Applications for the pre qualification have been invited by may 22 for the construction of a 5* hotel and mixed use development on Sheikh Zayed Highway. The hotal will have a biult up area of 60000 sq. metre and entails the construction of a 513, 52 storey tower 200 metres in height with a width of just 18 m. The mixed use high rise building next to it will have a built up area of 56000 sq metres. Work is scheduled for completeion by the first quarter of 2007.

R

thats the one, they are doing site works now as the area is hoarded up and there are crawler rigs on site , so piling must be close

i want this tower to be built...
it is just amazing...!

thats the one, they are doing site works now as the area is hoarded up and there are crawler rigs on site , so piling must be close

What about the crowler rig that is "parked" next to Crown Plazza Hotel for at least three days now?

yes, it's the one
another fantastic addition
i'm so happy

shall we change status back to approved on emporis?

btw - the article from the dubai guys, was this in construction week?

No it was in a weekly news letter that my dad gets home. They steal stuff from various plces. but note the articles are all stuff I have never seen!
R

oook that sounds good.
this tower is one of the best i have ever seen so far.

nope this rig was parked nesxt to white tower 1 (small tower) and now the whole site from APi to white tower is hoarded up with 3 seperate sites, PP then unknow then this hotel

dennis, did you ever contact the architects in germany for this one?

dennis, did you ever contact the architects in germany for this one?

three times mate
maybe i should call them and tease them a little bit

call them and speak to them in German so thay dont think you are a mad man asking for the height of a building.
Good luck there mate

nope this rig was parked nesxt to white tower 1 (small tower) and now the whole site from APi to white tower is hoarded up with 3 seperate sites, PP then unknow then this hotel


Yes I've seen that, and today there was a crane and a driller working on the site of this hotel.

However, I was asking about a crowler drill standing (today also) just next to Crown Plazza. I though you might know if something is planed there.

just passed by the site today. i saw that pile rigger already started boring holes, continously... also those pipe for caissons are on site right now... :cheers:

hope they will announce this one soon, everything seems ready to start...

Yes I've seen that, and today there was a crane and a driller working on the site of this hotel.

However, I was asking about a crowler drill standing (today also) just next to Crown Plazza. I though you might know if something is planed there.
Altind, could be another unknown tower

just saw the site again, they are already painting the board steel frame but still on the ground, maybe tom they'll set it up. try to check it out what's that project gonna be...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v705/altind/UnknownSZR.jpg

aha
nice to see it's getting serious now :D

what the site looks like now

may 27

http://tinypic.com/5eyf4g

you can see the sign lying down in the first pic
hope they put it up right soon

More of the beast's.

This one will rise very fast.

Site is very busy right now... lots of pile drillers there... :)

... where's the board, we don't even know what it will be, so far just speculations :rant:

you should be used to that altin ;)

I am, I was just increasing my post-count.

oh you have to keep the distance to mine ;)

^ Yes, you're so agresive lately, and in 10 days - 2 weeks, you might have a higher count.

lol, but that is not my intention ;)
i have tests tests the next two weeks, so don't be scared!

Dimensions website:

28 June 2005

http://www.dimensions-ec.com/Services/Supervision%20Report/Dxb236-5stars/Pictures/06-28-2005.gif

13 June 2005

http://www.dimensions-ec.com/Services/Supervision%20Report/Dxb236-5stars/Pictures/06-13-2005.gif

As of 28 June, dimension reports "Sub contractor proceeding 16 hr/day"

Tiny image from dimensions

http://www.dimensions-ec.com/Services/Supervision%20Report/Imag/twin.jpg

Apparently, there are gonna be two towers on this site. Dimension website says two towers - 60f + 55f

strange render

http://www.dimensions-ec.com/News/Image/twin.jpg

Would this be enough to change it to under construction?
BTW I saw this one on emporis and it says 52 floors.

man
we still can't be sure :(

i mean it's slender, but looks like a twin?

at least we know what's going on on the site!

Haven't we seen a render of these towers, I think someone opened a thread a couple of months back.

Check this link from Dimension's website: http://www.dimensions-ec.com/Services/Supervision%20Report/Imag/7.gif :D

lol, wtf.
but that is really strange. i cannot imagine how it will look like...

Architects are German: http://www.brt.de

Dennis, Giles - is this enough to make changes on emporis? It's definitely two towers of 60f and 55f according to dimensions!

I think this should move to U/C as there is enough evidence to sugest it. Ill add the immages today and ammend.
Also GMP will be the design architect and Dimentions will be the Architect of Record. Any chance of getting heights from dimentions?

They actually have links to Emporis so they know who we are, Might be worth contacting them to get official heights of towers seeing as they know we are not a bunch of building nutters.
Something else, I reacon that 110F tower is actually in Park Square, as it talks of prominent SZR area ( no where near the marina) and the background shows bland towers more like the ones in Zabeel etc

Ok sounds good. Please update emporis with the status and also edit the tower to split it into two towers of 60f and 55f. Dont forget to link the companies you mentioned and also the construction updates. Meanwhile, I will contact dimensions from my emporis account and try to find out the heights but dont expect anything from dimensions, they have a reputation of not replying to emails. If you want, you can contact them via phone but let's give email a try first.

Ok some problem with my emporis email... mailed the support asking what's wrong but till they reply I can't email dimensions.

hope you two can find out more.
they could announce a tower properly before construction starts imo...that sucks.
dimensions actually suck.
it is always the same with those guys. ;)

At least they provide us with a render and construction photos!

i don't get it
how can we be sure the render on dimensions website is this one?

^ Becouse they associate that render with this project.

major changes can be seen at the construction site... huge pillar like structures sticking out the ground.... btw the area between this site and park place is also fenced now, is it a part of this project or is it something else? :dunno:

it would be awesome if this one will look like in the first renders we have..
i would love it.
maybe the fenced are is a new one?

The new fensed site?? could be the durrah tower site, the only possibility i have in mind or could be something new

aren't these supposed to be two towers...? then it would be the 2nd one...

cannot be durrah tower..can it?

well accoring to the render the two towers share a common base so would it only need one plot. The durrah tower recently got a contractor so i guess theres a possibility

the durrah tower is on the right hand side of the fairmont
i definitely have to take a look
this one is driving me crazy

this new fenced site is BETWEEN this hotel site and park place.... fairmont has nothing to do wit this

I don't remember to have seen any new fence today.

If you're refering to the white/blue fence further back from the road, then that is ALSO part of the Park Place site and it was fenced since March when Park Place's core started rising.

http://img358.imageshack.us/img358/1086/satellite6ml.jpg

HEIGHT FLOORS: 60
HEIGHT METERS : 275

END DATE: Early 2007


It is a twin tower one will be a five star hotel with 512 rooms and is described to be the biggest hotel in Dubai, the other tower is residential+ offices.

http://www.albayan.ae/servlet/Satellite?cid=1123365804793&pagename=Albayan%2FArticle%2FFullDetail&c=Article

Render not showing.
Here it is:

http://img358.imageshack.us/img358/1086/satellite6ml.jpg

doesnt make me feel anyhow about itself.

nice
finally it's launched
we knew about it for months and now it seems they have launched it

we also think it's this one here
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=147961

maybe the design has changed?

i will add this one to emporis now as approved

although i still doubt it, because the architect is another one

also,
please give us all details and the correct name of the hotel and/or complex

also,
please give us all details and the correct name of the hotel and/or complex

Here is the full translation of the article:

According to albayan newspaper asico international a company owned by Kuwaiti investors, they will invest more that 500Million dirham to develop 2 towers one of which will contain offices and 134 apartments, and second tower will be the biggest 5 star hotel in Dubai with 512 rooms. Both towers will be located at sheik zayed road and they will be ready early 2007.

The hotel towers will 60 floors high and it will reach 270M, the other is 50 floor high 23 floors offices + 23 floor apartments (134 apartments) .

According to Hisham Abdul Alghani the director of dimensions for engineering consulting services (which they are in charge of the project with a German company called BRT) the tower will most probably hold the name of asico town towers.

thanks
i thought both were 60 storeyed
edited emporis accordingly


town towers or twin towers?

thanks
i thought both were 60 storeyed
edited emporis accordingly


town towers or twin towers?

According to the article it is town towers, no when translating names form English to Arabic then back to English some times changes happens so I can not know for sure.

Nice. The list over 200 m is growing and growing!!!!

So I check emporis for the towers and I find the 'Unnamed Hotel Tower' with 52 floors.
Isn't it the same tower???????

bad design facing eachother. Its the area between white crown and PP?

yes that close what will each one be looking on to ?

They have a techno look to them. Kind of cool with the green.

a bad architect tried to do a emirates towers blind folded and he got this

i've requested to delete the strange unnamed 60 storey hotel on emporis
to avoid any confusion

once we know more and the gmp project really exists, we can still add it again

bad copy of ET. need better renders... nice height however.
early 2007 sounds ... early ;)

i've requested to delete the strange unnamed 60 storey hotel on emporis
to avoid any confusion

once we know more and the gmp project really exists, we can still add it again
I would rather note it as never built as deleting a building is not good. There are many cases of Never Built towers options I have added to emporis which eventually got built, the most famous is the Atkins version of PP

i'd say let's delete it and once we're sure what it's all about we can still add it as never-built
i've never understood why never-builts can be added to the database, completely uninteresting, as well as visions
what is it good for? it's useless
look at the chicago page, tons of never-builts and visions destroy the nice listing

we could consider any rendering we find on architects websites or whereever as a proposal
imagine we would add all these to the database, what a mess of pipedream towers mixing up the whole database

in my opinion try to avoid to add such buildings, they destroy the nice order we have in the dubai section on emporis
probably the only city with such a boom and we're able to handle all this because we're extremely up to date!

well they were seroius propsals and as such shoulkd be keep for historical and refference purposes. The immage as loaded up on emporis was of a proposed tower and as such it should be listed as never built

SIGNBOARD IS UP!!!!!!!

Great!! another tall for szr!!!

D-L still want to delete it ;)
GREAT!!

here's another render

and it has nothing to do with asico, it's acico, the developer from kuwait

http://acico.com.kw/images/e-acico_twintowers.jpg

It didnt look that tall in the sign on the road.

Can we consider those as two towers?

still haven't been to the site yet
no time

yes, they are 2 towers, they just share the podium and don't touch each other above that at any point

oh my , what r those poeple gonna see in between???

so sign board up nice and early for a change

they will most obviously occupy 2 plots, having the same distance to each other as other towers at szr

they will most obviously occupy 2 plots, having the same distance to each other as other towers at szr
oh then they r fine:)

finally
oh, we've been waiting for months to clear it up :)

but again, confusing, only info for one tower on the board, the taller one?
al bayan said 50 & 60 floors. residential floors or all floors???????? :?

http://tinypic.com/bi545y.jpg

from the board it should be 57F.
maybe both are the same height...

260m +240m is a probable hight.

http://tinypic.com/dr3wi1.jpg

Look so thin.

BTW: what is that tower under displays in the LCD TV behind?

dhuu cannot spot it...
too blurry.

this one is really sleek. but will complement well with the ET :)

The taller one will be 300m easy.

They look even better.

interesting blade effect on the windows

The taller one will be 300m easy.

They look even better.

If including that gigantual spire, yes...absolutely..:cool:

actually the taller one is 270m :D

oh..:D

anyway, I think this complex called

"Ismaily Center"

Source : http://www.dimensions-ec.com/Services/Supervision%20Report/Dxb236-5stars/index.htm

Oct 1st

http://tinypic.com/e6snkx.jpg

what?
no hole has been dug for this one? they start work on ground floor!

I think its the wrong tower

oh oh this won't stand long.
but are you sure?
this must be the complex and they must have been very fast with dewatering/piling as well?

it's the one, definitely
there is no other tower at this stage at szr next to crowne plaza
but i'm completely surprised they haven't dug a hole

we need experts, why is this maybe the only tower? help!

There is no hole for this one, they started directly with piling. However those thin pillars are for the podium.

Don't forget that 23 Marina doesn't have a hole and so does the tower next to Falcon in SZR.

but 23 marina and the unknown could dig a hole, they did not start piling did they??

^ Haven't you checked the respective threads?

oh no i haven't checked 23 marina. missed it.
wow unbelieveable without any hole? maybe SA boy can tell us what's this about.

well boys there could be a few reasons for this, firstly there is no need for a basement or sub basement so no need to excavate down say 4 m to start the piling process. The building could have its ground floor as the lowest floor . You can also pile down from ground and then excavate afterwards by bobcat (less likley) but I must admit its strange that they have piled on grade and then sdtarted colums( are we sure its the right tower and not the parking structure or something), anyways normally (like park place) you excavete down 4m or so, pile down from -4 (in relation to ground) say 45m with the piles. let them cure then break the pile head open and build pile caps, after pile caps you would construct a massive raft (PP was 3.7m thick).
Thats a basic overview

ok thanks.well this must be the towers, doubt it is basement structure or parking between the two.
well hope it won't fall... :)

Al Bayan says the taller one is 275 m.

website says

As of September 19, 2005:

Shoring 5 Star + MU finished

Excavation nearly finished

Test pile will start

Parking 1 & 2 shoring 60%

Is this enough info to change the height?

JAL to build two new hotels in UAE :)
Thursday, 20 October 2005


The Japanese group JAL Hotels, part of the tourism division of Japan Airlines, has announced its decision to build two new hotels in the UAE. JAL Hotels signed a hotel management agreement yesterday with ACICO International Real Estate Company based in Kuwait.

The Hotels, one in Dubai and one in the beach resort of Fujeirah, will add a combined 749 extra guest rooms to the UAE hotel sector.

The Nikko Tower Dubai is to be built on Sheikh Zayed Road and will stand 57 stories high. The five star hotel promises 487 rooms and will have a twin 50 story office tower.

The five star hotel will boast 17 banquet and meeting rooms. There will be Asian and Japanese restauraunts among other international flavours in the deluxe hotel complex. construction has begun and the completion date is December 2007.

The second hotel will be located in emirate of Fujairah, 75 kilometres east of Dubai and has international appeal. The Nikko Fujairah resort and spa will have 262 five star guest rooms and will be of a more traditional three and four story design.

It will also include a 540-metre private beach as well as a resort, a spa and an international diving centre. The hotel in Fujairah will be completed earlier than the hotel in Dubai and is expected to open in December 2006.

The Nikko Hotels International company has more than 64 properties including 19 hotels internationally and 45 in Japan itself. The hotel chain has existed since 1970 and has control over 20,471 guest rooms globally.

article from the 7days website
http://www.7days.ae/other-business/jal-to-build-two-new-hotels-in-uae.html

R

great news
i will also contact acico today for heights
think i havent done that before

JAL Hotels Expands to Middle East With Two Nikko Hotels

JAL Hotels Co., Ltd. to Open Two Hotels in Dubai and Fujairah, U.A.E.

http://www.hotelnewsresource.com/usergraphics/10235/nikko.jpg

JAL Hotels Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo; President: Shosuke Machida) signed a hotel management agreement today with ACICO International Real Estate Development Co. (Headquarters: Kuwait; Vice Chairman: Ghassan Ahmad Al-Khaled) and announced that JAL Hotels will open two hotels in the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.): Nikko Fujairah Resort & Spa in December 2006, and Hotel Nikko Tower Dubai in December 2007. JAL Hotels Co., Ltd. will be the first Japanese company to operate hotels in the U.A.E.

Nikko Fujairah Resort & Spa will be opened in Fujairah, located on the picturesque East Coast, of the U.A.E., 75 km east of Dubai. Fujairah, one of the seven Emirates, is a resort development on the Arabian Sea and is eager to be one of the best diving resort in the Arab countries. The five-star-resort hotel is being built on a 540-meter private beach. All of its nine buildings, including those housing the guest rooms, restaurants and diving center, will be lined up facing the beach. The hotel will have 262 guest rooms; multi-functional rooms which can be used for banquets and conferences; restaurants; fitness center and spa; diving center; indoor diving pool; outdoor pool; and children¡Çs recreation room. The area is ideal for scuba diving and attracts many divers and other visitors from Dubai and the West Coast, especially on weekends. Construction has started, and the hotel opening is planed for December 2006.

Hotel Nikko Tower Dubai will be built in a premium location on the Sheikh Zayed Road, the main street of Dubai, near the Dubai world trade center, the international convention center and the newly developed prestigious Dubai International Financial City (DIFC). It is only 15 minutes by car from the Dubai International Airport. The 487-room 57-story hotel, is one of the twin towers that stands next to the other 50-story office tower. The five-star deluxe hotel will offer a broad range of restaurants, including Japanese cuisine, teppan grill, Asian cuisine, and other international flavors. The other facilities will include business club with 17 banquet and meeting rooms, outdoor pool, and spa & fitness facilities. Construction has begun, and opening is planned for December 2007.

once again different floor numbers.

again, some sources only give the number of residential floors or hotel floors and ignore g+m+service,...

i know but you never know what's right finally.

19-09-2005 (a month n half old)

http://www.dimensions-ec.com/Services/Supervision%20Report/Dxb236-5stars/Pictures/09-19-2005.gif

so there is the hole.. ;)

Hotel Nikko Tower Dubai will be built in a premium location on the Sheikh Zayed Road, the main street of Dubai, near the Dubai world trade center, the international convention center and the newly developed prestigious Dubai International Financial City (DIFC). It is only 15 minutes by car from the Dubai International Airport. The 487-room 57-story hotel, is one of the twin towers that stands next to the other 50-story office tower. The five-star deluxe hotel will offer a broad range of restaurants, including Japanese cuisine, teppan grill, Asian cuisine, and other international flavors. The other facilities will include business club with 17 banquet and meeting rooms, outdoor pool, and spa & fitness facilities. Construction has begun, and opening is planned for December 2007.



15 minutes???? not a chance, unless u r arriving at 5 am or if u have a helicopter.... its more like 25 or 30 minutes to get from the airport to that location and about 40-45 minutes to get to the airport, if u r lucky! who are they trying to fool with such stats? LOL

well according to the torch ads, burj al arab is in 'walking distance' to the marina.
anyway well you can do this at 5am! :D

well according to the torch ads, burj al arab is in 'walking distance' to the marina.
anyway well you can do this at 5am! :D


Its 3km's atleast....... walking distance, indeed! LOL

maybe if u walked like this.... :runaway: LOL

These property ads ALWAYS give the wrong info to potential investrs and NEVER mention the bad traffic. Sad, but true! Fact! :cheers:

i have walked it few times from the Marina to the Burj but its not any thing i would expect some1 to do.
By the time this project is done it will be at least an hour to the airport because of the traffic

poor guy.
now tell us .. WHY THE HELL DID YOU DO THAT??

LOL, i only just found out tht this project existed!!!

great, it took you exactly 1 year, or 52 weeks or 365 days.

I know people that have walked from inner Deira to Madinat Jumeirah. Is part of the exploration experience.

during summer? in heat? eh?

What's up with you guys? Shouldn't you be used to such temperatures.

I've walked all day long in 50 degree heat in the desert before and I'm from central Europe, where it's usually a lot colder and I didn't have any problem with it.

this could turn out to be another le meridien hotel.

this could turn out to be another le meridien hotel.

what? it's a nikko hotel
japanese chain, subsidiary of JAL hotels

Its so Japanese, great towers..

what? it's a nikko hotel
japanese chain, subsidiary of JAL hotels


nikko has contracts and agreements with le meridien group, and since le meridien already is experienced with hotels in dubai they could manage it.
they're partners.

hes gottya there, but i dont know how to speak nippon

Le Meridien Dubai, Le Meridien Mina Seyahi and Al Sondos Apartments by Le Meridien, are all "... in partnership with Nikko Hotels"

exactly.more here.

http://www.lemeridien.de/le_meridien/nikko.shtml

german ;)

Pictures?

has this one progressed? what floor are they on?

They would have posted somthing people if there was anything to pose.

Still gound work going on, nothing interesting.

Ja immerhin!!!!

We really need an update for this one

I am sure its just flat ground still or minor ground works, just paste another image from a slow starter on SZR, who would know ?

Piling is underway. At one corner there is a huge mass of concrete blocks testing the pile underneath for load-weight.

today

http://tinypic.com/i3uhyg.jpg

Hey AltinD. Hope you can shot a picture of this one!!!

^ I don't have any, becouse I didn't found anything new or interesting, on the site, to take a picture of.

question:
do you think this is the hole for both towers

if so, they will be incredibly slim!!!

judging from the renders we have i would say this is the hole for both.

21/01/2006

http://tinypic.com/mb5m2r.jpg

this is one seems to off to a slow start....

still good to have the plot used up! :D

Look at that hole :eek:

http://i1.tinypic.com/nmb87s.jpg

They have KFC's in Dubai! :hahaha:

What else besides Starbucks?

I assume McDonalds. What about Walmart?

erm...yeah...we have most fast food chains in the uae but no walmart...we have carrefour and geant instead.
R

^^ What's so funny about it? :weirdo:

Everything is here ... exept Walmart, but Walmart (like GAP) do tailor garments in Dubai and has other suppliers also.

KENTUCKY Fried Chicken in Dubai. ^^

I know KFC's just a chain that could be anywhere due to globalization
but it's still suprising seeing one half way round the world.

The chicken must be cold by the time it reaches Dubai (from Kentucky). j/k

it's more like punjabi fried chicken :D
indians love chicken, so dubai is a good place for kfc


this hole looks very deep btw, something huge coming up here?
i hate plots under c without any info at all

dennis :weird: this is not an unknown tower?

KENTUCKY Fried Chicken in Dubai. ^^

I know KFC's just a chain that could be anywhere due to globalization
but it's still suprising seeing one half way round the world.

The chicken must be cold by the time it reaches Dubai (from Kentucky). j/k

Why does it surprise you? Honestly? KFC, TGIF, Chillies, Applebees, Pizza Hut and ANY OTHER chain you can think of are at home in Dubai. We even have, wait for it, OMG, baskin robbins! :weirdo:

I think you need to read these:

http://mondediplo.com/2001/02/06dubai

http://abcnews.go.com/International/Travel/story?id=482730&page=1

dennis :weird: this is not an unknown tower?

Dennis, whats the matter? Dont u remember this tower?

I guess I'm just a weirdo. Well, all the more chicks for me. :banana:

:weird: :doh: :wallbash: I guess I'm just a weirdo. Well, all the more chicks for me. :banana:

that happens when the internet is slow as hell and you have about 5 ssc websites opened simultaneously

i thought i posted in another thread :lol:


DIE ETISALAT, DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :bash:

feb 21 2006

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http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e357/sahmad1/c5025cee.jpg

When it breakes ground you think??

The site has now 2 project boards (4 if counted also those on the back), one in each corner, specifying the tower that will be build there.

The one on the left, that is taller and has the spire on top, will be the NIKKO Hotel; it says 5* Hotel on top of the board.

March update

http://www.dimensions-ec.com/Services/Supervision%20Report/Dxb236-5stars/Pictures/12-03-2005.gif

piling completed for this one

^^ Indeed.

29/04/2006

http://i3.tinypic.com/wrjh8m.jpg

thank gawd...work should start soon!!!!

Nikko work awarded
CONSTRUCTION UAE
26 May 2006

The Kuwaiti/Australian joint venture of Ghassan Ahmad al-Khaled and Kele Construction has been awarded the estimated AED 450 million ($123 million) main construction contract on the Nikko hotel and office tower project on Shaikh Zayed road in Dubai. Bids were submitted late last year (MEED 15:7:05).

The scope of works covers two plots with a total footprint of 2,000 square metres. The hotel will have a built-up area of 60,000 square metres and entails construction of a 513-room, 52-storey tower 200 metres in height with a width of just 18 metres. The mixed-use, high-rise building next to it will have a built-up area of 56,000 square metres.

The local/Turkish joint venture of Al-Habtoor Engineering Enterprises and STFA Soil Group has completed the excavation, dewatering and piling contract. The UK’s Faithful & Gould is acting as project manager; Germany’s BRT (Bothe Richter Teherani) is the architect; and Emirates Aerated Concrete is the client.

R

so, it's 270m and 200m

nice :)

Please add the height to emporis!!

Are the ground floors in work??? :cheers2:

^^ They are collecting the materials (steel bars) for the raft foundation

Piling completed since 3 months. Working on first floor complete? :hm:

today by Imre

http://i7.tinypic.com/219zbmg.jpg

http://i7.tinypic.com/219zbqa.jpg

http://i7.tinypic.com/219zc55.jpg

piling complete.... hopefully these will start rising by end of the year

^^Don't think it takes so long.

great stuff.
now up please!

finally a reasonable render

http://www.brt.de/content/02/slideshowimages/sl_60_1.jpg

Looks great!!!

...and why there a Pepsi logos on the top?

or is that a LED Screen TV?

^^i think its a LED screen

Very cool :okay:

The higest hanging LCD/Plasma in the world!

:cheers:

Very snazzy!!!

Progress!!!!!!

18.08.2006 By Imre

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03/09/2006

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http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/1135/img3631nb0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Wow - soon the ground level!!!!!

last time i passed by this week there were 6 or 7 trucks pumping concrete for the basement :eek:

15/09/2006

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23/09/2006

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06.10.2006 By Imre

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^^^
Nice spider there!

that looks really amazing :runaway:

never seen it before, what is the purpose?

i mean, two of them are enough to install the cranes?

^ The spider "legs" sticking out into the pit of the site are concrete pumps.