Project: Canal Point
Location: JLT
Cost: $681 Million

from MEED:

Canal Point planned
CONSTRUCTION UAE
10 Feb 2006

Local investment house Istithmar is planning an estimated AED 2,500 million ($681 million) development in the Jumeirah Lakes area of Dubai. Known as Canal Point, the project will involve the construction of about four 50-80-storey residential and office towers and a hospital. US-based Burt Hill is the architect.


Now this sounds VERY promising. :D

cool!!!! i hope its one 50, one 60, one 70 and one 80....so atleast 2 over 300m!!! yay!!!! and someone sed that the dubai thread was dead.... :sleepy:

good work Face! :cheers:

R

:eek: but this would be better to post in the gossip for now.

anyone to find out more?
does this have to do with west jumeirah beach?

cool!!!! i hope its one 50, one 60, one 70 and one 80....so atleast 2 over 300m!!! yay!!!! and someone sed that the dubai thread was dead.... :sleepy:

good work Face! :cheers:

R

thanks! :D

Lets hope for more 300m+ towers! :cheers:

hmmm dont think so cuz thats KM properties and this is Istithmar so...

went to the architects website but there was nothing and if its from MEED then it is most likely to be true...

R

:eek: but this would be better to post in the gossip for now.

anyone to find out more?
does this have to do with west jumeirah beach?

nah! Its a definite project and i am sure with Istithmar in charge, this one will go VERY smoothly and VERY efficiently. I met the CEO of Istithmar once and he is a VERY intelligent guy, even I was impressed! lol

I dunno if it has anything to do with West Jumeirah Beach, but its near JLT from the sound of it. And its about time they built a hospital in that area anyway! :)

hmmm dont think so cuz thats KM properties and this is Istithmar so...

went to the architects website but there was nothing and if its from MEED then it is most likely to be true...

R

I agree!

maybe on the banks of arabian canal...hence the name.

and yes a hospital in the are would help loadsa ppl who live there
R

Will this actually be in JLT or just beside it?
Maybe it'll be a sort of gateway thing to the arabian canal?

Home and away Jan 31 2006

Karen Mclauchlan, Evening Gazette

Tees Valley's K Home International is celebrating after securing a trio of top new contracts.

The Thornaby-based team has won the multi-million pound work with three new clients - in the UK and overseas.

KHI is working on a ceramics plant project, which is being built in Venezuela for the American arm of major international ceramics and glass manufacturer Saint Gobain. Much of the main equipment is coming from China

The $35m (£20m) plant will produce ceramics for use in drilling.


In its role as engineer, KHI is liaising with organisations in all three countries.

The Teesside team's skills and expertise in the field of aluminium smelting have also secured KHI a new contract in the Arabian Gulf.


Working for an Italian contractor, the firm is acting as engineer on the project - which will cost around $400m (£220m).


Andrew Home, KHI director, said: "This work has been won as a result of KHI's expertise in aluminium smelting, which was gained from previous projects in Dubai and Iceland."


The company is also designing and building a new polymer plant in Lancashire.


The Asahi Glass Company is establishing a plant at its Asahi Glass Fluoropolymers UK site in Thornton Cleveleys.


It will manufacture fluorinated resin ETFE, which is used as insulating material for electrical wiring and as a raw material for the production of films.


The project is worth £15m to KHI, with work getting under way on site this week.


Mr Home said: "We undertook a study for Asahi Glass's head office in Japan to demonstrate the plant should be built in the UK rather than Japan or the USA."


KHI was then awarded the contract to design and build the plant.


The plant is AGC chemical division's largest investment outside Japan since it bought the business in Europe and the US from ICI in 1999. It also secures the future for 135 staff.


As well as its own Teesside expertise, KHI plans to use Tees Valley suppliers on the project, including local contractor BKE.


Mr Home said all three new contracts would secure the 185 jobs at the Thornaby headquarters - and could lead to more jobs.


KHI is also hoping to score success with a major project in the Middle East - the huge $25bn (£14bn) King Abdullah Economic City development planned for Saudi Arabia.


That takes in a new sea port, a financial island with offices and convention centres, industrial district with space for more than 1,500 companies, thousands of homes, a hotel and golf course.


Dubai-based development company Emaar is behind the five-phase project.


KHI managing director Trevor Arnold said the company was "in negotiations" with Emaar bosses to project-manage all, or some, of the scheme.


He said: "It's an amazing project. We are very optimistic that we will win work.


"If we were successful in working on all five elements, it would be worth around $250m (£140m) over the next ten years."


KHI would also need around 200 staff to work on the project.


It is hoped a decision on the work will come by the end of next month.


KHI is already working with Emaar in Dubai on a retail development, 35 luxury marina villas and six tower complexes.


It employs around 70 staff at its Dubai office.


The company is also set to work on Dubai's Canal Point development, which will include a hospital, new homes and a sports and remedial facility - worth around £5m during the next two years.

why is this in JLT? Its supposed to only have ONE supertall

Will this actually be in JLT or just beside it?
Maybe it'll be a sort of gateway thing to the arabian canal?

right besides JLT, based on what the article says....

very strange

nakheel obviously changed height restrictions for jlt due to demand (?)

i hope it's an 80 storey hospital :D
new world record lol

LOL

i don't think it is part of the JLT development, an option could be the newly added part, which also has max 45F restriction actually.

i also doubt it is related to the arabian canal...

LOL

i don't think it is part of the JLT development, an option could be the newly added part, which also has max 45F restriction actually.

i also doubt it is related to the arabian canal...

what do u think its linked to, then?

there already is a hospital, Jebal ali hospital... its private though, and opened last summer.

the govt need to up sticks and build one though.

The company is also set to work on Dubai's Canal Point development, which will include a hospital, new homes and a sports and remedial facility - worth around £5m during the next two years.

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this won't be a big project :weird:

You couldnt buy a world island for that!

I think maybe the companys work is worth 5 million pounds...

R

I think maybe the companys work is worth 5 million pounds...

R

Exactly.....

very strange

nakheel obviously changed height restrictions for jlt due to demand (?)

i hope it's an 80 storey hospital :D
new world record lol


Wouldn't be surprised if they wanted to set a record... :)

from Istithmar's website: (www.istithmar.ae)

Canal Point

Canal Point is a mixed-use development created by IB. The key elements are a hospital developed in partnership with Bumrungrad Hospital (www.bumrungrad.com), a 250-room hotel, a spa and wellness center, two luxury residential towers and three office towers , all interlocked with retail and outdoor space. Canal Point aims to be one of the most attractive working and living spaces in Dubai, anchored around a concept of health and wellness extending into all aspects of the residents' daily lives.

so atleast 5 towers!!!! and maybe the hotel will also be a tower!!!!

R

Istithmar, BIL sign JV for a new hospital in Dubai
KhaleejTimes (1 Feb 2006)


DUBAI — Istithmar PJSC, a major investment house based in the UAE, has completed a Joint Venture with Bumrungrad International Ltd (BIL), one of Asia’s leading healthcare operators, to set up its first hospital in the region.


The new facility, with a phase-one capacity of 125 beds, at a total investments of Dh300 million for the first phase, will be located on a prime site adjacent to Jumeirah Lake Towers on Sheikh Zayed Road.

The hospital will cater to the rapidly growing communities of Jumeirah, Jebel Ali and New Dubai districts of the emirate.

The JV was signed by Istithmar’s Chief Executive Officer, Muneef Tarmoom and Mr. Curtis J Schroeder, Bumrungrad’s Group CEO at BIL, at a ceremony held today in Dubai. Completion of Bumrungrad Hospital, Dubai is scheduled for the end of 2007.

Talking about the JV, Tarmoom, said: “Istithmar has once again reinforced its commitment to the UAE and this agreement with BIL will help us catapult Dubai in particular as an emerging medical and healthcare destination. Investment in the new hospital project and tie up with a leading name like BIL is in line with our objective of offering world-class healthcare services and attracting healthcare professionals to Dubai.”

BIL is a premium provider of quality healthcare in South East Asia. A subsidiary of Bumrungrad Hospital Limited of Thailand, BIL is one of the premier hospital destinations in Asia with over 1 million patients each year, including over 360,000 international patients from 140 countries.

would have loved to see a hospital tower :D
seems like this is not gonna happen

5 towers in jlt, man are there any plots left? :lol:

double post

Type: Hotel Project
Size: 250 rooms and 250 serviced apartments
Contact: Rahul Ghai
Phone: +44 20 7399 5672
Email: rahul.ghai@eu.jll.com

Description
The Canal Point project will be a mixed use development comprising:
An 80 level hotel tower, proposed to include 250 guest bedrooms and 250 serviced apartments
Two major residential towers
Three major office towers -
A 250 bed hospital facility, catering to an international clientele and offering a luxury boutique medical facility
The hospital will be managed by a world class operator, Thai group Bumrungrad International, and will feature Thai architectural elements
A world class wellness centre and spa, potentially to be managed by the hotel operator
Car parking for approximately 9,130 vehicles
The whole concept of Canal Point will revolve around an oasis of general well being and tranquillity in the middle of a bustling city.

and a really, really small pic...

http://i2.tinypic.com/rgyr2f.jpg

http://www.joneslanglasallehotels.com/en-US/properties/Europe/CanalPoint.htm

R

:eek2:

it could , it COULD turn out to be amazing. 80F means another supertall. i wonder what the location of this development is...


tender out btw:


Project Name: Canal Point Towers Project
Description: Development of Canal Point scheme involving construction of about (4 Nos.) 50-80-storey residential and office towers and a hospital.
Territory: Dubai
Status: New Tender

EXTREMELY intriguing TDG, thnx for the update-info!!


:)

i emailed the guy for a bigger pic and this is wat he sed:

We are in final stages to agree on an operator for the canal point project. Also we donot have another picture for the project.

Hope that helps

Thanks

and ur welcome! :)

R

i emailed the guy for a bigger pic and this is wat he sed:



and ur welcome! :)

R

Thanks! You obviously have alot of time on your hands! :lol:

Well this pic is great
http://i2.tinypic.com/rgyr2f.jpg

Have to say that now that we have copied every good looking building in NYC, we are now moving on to other cities. This one looks VERY familiar. Where did they copy this one from? lol

i don't know ... does not look familiar to me.

Thanks! You obviously have alot of time on your hands! :lol:

Have to say that now that we have copied every good looking building in NYC, we are now moving on to other cities. This one looks VERY familiar. Where did they copy this one from? lol


well it was only a one line email...it had about 10 or so words...

i dont know wat ur getting at...ameircans designed it so perhaps they took inspiration from their own country but I cant see any resemblance to any other bldg. What do you think it looks like?

Are they considering that as the 4 towers or is that rendering just the hotel?

not sure wat the pic shows tho...IMO all the towers are being shown...

R

That just looks like one tower to me

Consultants appointed for Canal Point
CONSTRUCTION UAE
24 Mar 2006
Local investment house Istithmar has made two appointments on its estimated AED 2,500 million ($681 million) Canal Point development. The UK’s K Home International is the project manager and Currie & Brown, also of the UK, is the cost consultant.

The development will be located in the Jumeirah Lake Towers area of Dubai and will involve the construction of about four 50-80-storey residential and office towers and a hospital. US-based Burt Hill is the architect (MEED 10:2:06).

R

...involves the construction of ABOUT 4 towers :wtf: :lol:


80 floors, so weird

http://i2.tinypic.com/rgyr2f.jpg

i like it, the bigger the better though

so is this a project or a tower? I didnt understand

an 80f tower in JLT? That doesn't sound right

this is a project consisting of 4 towers up to 80F and it is in JLT area, if it really is JLT, we don't know yet.
it could be in the extension to jumeirah islands, but the plot map also says 45F max there.

There is a serious height restriction in JLT... the only tower thats allowed to break that height barrier is almas.... this has to be outside JLT

well according to the website that had the pic on it...there are 6 towers and the hotel is going to be 80 floors...but MEED and sell2arabia.com says 4 towers.


There is a serious height restriction in JLT... the only tower thats allowed to break that height barrier is almas.... this has to be outside JLT


i think the area which they are referring to mite be the bit just after JLT on the left if ur facing the marina or that bit bet JLT and DMCC...u know the one with the big space...because even the mazaya business avenue has to go up there some where...maybe in that new bit but as DL and 'flo have sed that those also have height restrictions...unless they paid nakheel abit extra then anything could happen...

R

wats up with nakheel...first they put up the map of the JLT with the extended bit and then they remove it????

http://i2.tinypic.com/sl3cjm.jpg

see wat I mean!!!

R

^^ that is the old map... check the JLT plot map thread for the new one. It's not up on Nakheel's website.

this might be canal point then, but there were already towers launched for these plots :weird: wtf...

I think this project has nothing to do with JLT and is just a project near it, probably right next to it

the one I put up earlier is from nakheel's webite...go and see:

http://www.nakheel.ae/developments.aspx?sectionid=4&developmentid=16

and I have put in some plots that were missing from the new updated map from the old map: I think Canal Point will be in the middle of JLT because there are even 7 plots already marked out! but thats just me and I could be wrong! and wat are all these other plots...

http://i2.tinypic.com/slip29.jpg

oh and Krazy you still havent updated the map with the 4 JBC's...and any other tower thats new with a plot...

it is really weird if they removed the left part there..

anyway.. i doubt that thing in the middle is canal point.

my first thought was it would be just next to JLT / JI, arabian canal.. canal point...

Istithmar PJSC launches Istithmar Hotels
Istithmar PJSC announces the launch of Istithmar Hotels FZE - a 100 per cent owned subsidiary formed by Istithmar for its investments in the hospitality and leisure sector.

http://i3.tinypic.com/wgtis1.jpg

The launch announcement also marks the appointment of Joe Sita as the CEO of Istithmar Hotels.

Istithmar Hotels is currently anchored with investments including a significant investment in Kerzner Group (who develop and operate One and Only Luxury Resort hotels). Other investments include the development of a USD 1.5 billion, 2000 room Atlantis on The Palm Island, Dubai as a luxury resort, and the development of a major mixed use project, Canal Point, also in Dubai, which will include a luxury hotel as well as a large international hospital to be managed by Bumrungrad, the Thai quoted healthcare company. In the coming few weeks, Istithmar Hotels expects to announce an exciting new concept in budget hotels for the Middle East, as well as significant acquisitions in key gateway cities internationally.

Commenting on the launch, Muneef Tarmoom, CEO of Istithmar, said:


'The creation of a separate, specific hotel platform for Istithmar is extremely exciting. Istithmar Hotels embraces our philosophy of letting ideas drive our investment process. Our idea in the hotel sectors is to focus our hospitality related investments at the very top end as well as the budget end, eschewing the mid-market hotel sector which we believe to be highly competitive and generally lacking innovation. The strategy will be to leverage Istithmar Hotels' resources and expertise to consider investment opportunities on a localized and case specific basis.'

Welcoming Joe Sita as the new CEO of Istithmar Hotels, Tarmoom said: 'I am confident that Joe's extensive industry and regional experience will provide strength to Istithmar Hotels' viability and future success'.

An industry veteran with over 25 years of experience in the hotel industry across the Asia Pacific region, Joe Sita will be overseeing the operations of Istithmar Hotels worldwide.

On his part Sita stated: 'Istithmar's commitment to the projects in the hospitality sector is in line with its plans for strategic expansion and will lead to its advancement in the country, the Gulf region and other international markets. I feel privileged to have been entrusted with this role and look forward to leading an exceptional team of industry professionals in this endeavor'.

R

^^ wow!!! :eek:

Istithmar is doing hotels now. interesting.

and u could be right about the location R.

really now...wat makes u say that?

R

really now...wat makes u say that?

R

Flo knows these things :D

thats fine with me but he shuld share.:D

R

the plot that we are using for the plot map cannot be wrong since we already have a "JLT Tower" that will be located on one of those new plots...

the plot that we are using for the plot map cannot be wrong since we already have a "JLT Tower" that will be located on one of those new plots...

huh?

R

^^ he did not say that krazy.

he was merely saying that the canal point could be in the middle below JLT , in the white area.

from today's GN:

Istithmar to invest up to Dh18.3b in hotel projects
By Saifur Rahman, Business News Editor

Dubai: Istithmar PJSC, which yesterday launched Istithmar Hotels FZE a wholly-owned subsidiary to roll out hotel projects, said, it will invest up to Dh18.3 billion in hotels and resorts.

"The value of our current portfolio under development would be Dh9.1 billion while in a few years time it will easily be around Dh18.3 billion," Joe Sita, the new chief executive of Istithmar Hotels, told Gulf News yesterday.

"We are soon going to announce a major alliance with a hotel chain to roll out a number of budget hotels in this region."

The company partly owns the $1.5 billion Atlantis the Palm theme park and resort, with Kerzner International.

"Istithmar Hotels will also own a new hotel at Canal Point a new Dh2 billion mixed use development by Istithmar. The project will have 500 keys including 250 serviced apartments," he said.

"We are in the process of acquiring a hotel in North America and will make an announcement soon."

The company will have a balanced approach in both development and acquisition in its global expansion plan.


R

^^ Cool... more hotels :D

Why aren't there any good renders of this thing?

^^ Probably still in the planning stages, I would imagine :)

Now we know where Canal Point is:

http://i3.tinypic.com/zlf3ps.jpg

On top is SZR & on the bottom are the three DMCC buildings.


The hoarding:

http://i4.tinypic.com/10cn0uf.jpg


A lonely machinery on site:

http://i4.tinypic.com/10cn21d.jpg

nice, but i don't understand what this has to do with the jumeirah lake towers development?!

anyone?

seems to be a rather huge plot for only a few buildings

well they were probably only referring to the location.

anyway, this plot is massive.

Middle East Foundation is the piling contractor for the entire project, and they have started moving machineries on the site.

Also please move this thread out of the JLT section. It has nothing to do with it.

that will be quite interesting, what it turns out to be.

and when it is going to be launched.

today is officially blurry day...found this masterplan while googling around:

http://i5.tinypic.com/23vep37.jpg

also downtown jebel ali is in ther as well as DL's phase 2 and 3 of intl city.

R

Istithmar Hotels sees five transactions by year-end

http://gulfnews.com/images/06/08/20/21_bz_hotel_canal_point_4.jpg
The Thai-inspired Canal Point project will feature residential and office towers, a hospital and the luxury Regent hotel.

Dubai: Istithmar Hotels, a subsidiary of Dubai investment firm Istithmar, expects to conclude five luxury hotel transactions by the end of this year.

These assets are located in the US, Europe and Asia. The company is also negotiating for several greenfield projects, but those deals may be completed later.

"We are hoping for three to five transactions this year. They include acquisitions of existing hotels with operators and also some redevelopment projects," Istithmar Hotels chief executive officer Joe Sita said yesterday.

The greenfield projects under discussion are located in key urban centres in Europe and Asia, Sita said.

In the UAE, Istithmar Hotels is developing the mixed-use Canal Point project and is a partner in the $1.5 billion, 2,000 room Atlantis resort on The Palm Jumeirah.

Istithmar announced yesterday its Canal Point luxury hotel, which is scheduled for completion in mid 2010, will be managed by Rezidor SAS.

The 80-storey property will be the region's first hotel under the "Regent" brand.

"The hotel brand was chosen due to its Asian origin and its synergy with the Thai-Asian theme of the entire project. The luxury Regent hotel will leverage Rezidor's management capabilities and benefit from the global strength of Carlson Hotels that operates in association with Rezidor," Sita said.

Kurt Ritter, president and chief executive officer of Rezidor SAS, said, "Developing a Regent hotel in Dubai has been our long-term agenda."

The hotel will comprise 250 rooms and an equal number of serviced apartments.

Canal Point's design is inspired by the lotus flower and the project "is designed to be an architectural marvel."

Site works began a month ago and Istithmar is in the final stage of appointing the general contractor for the project.

The whole project comprises a hotel, two residential towers, two office towers, a hospital operated by Thai healthcare company Bumrungrad and a wellness centre, which will include a luxury spa.

http://gulfnews.com/business/Hotel_and_Tourism/10061633.html
http://gulfnews.com/images/06/08/20/21_bz_hotel_canal_point_5.jpg


WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NOW THAT'S REALLY HOT!!! :D

R

[QUOTE=AltinD]Now we know where Canal Point is:

http://i3.tinypic.com/zlf3ps.jpg

On top is SZR & on the bottom are the three DMCC buildings.


Its behind hardys

I knew that image was going to disappear so I saved it. Here is is again:

http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/2373/21bzhotelcanalpoint5on5.jpg

^^ Thanks.

Here it is again, enlarged :D

http://i8.tinypic.com/25f4l82.jpg

that one in the background ... Damn.. :eek:

and that skybridge is pretty cool also.

how tall do you reckon are they?

that one in the background ... Damn.. :eek:

and that skybridge is pretty cool also.

how tall do you reckon are they?


Aren't these towers in the backround the Anantara Hotels??? :hm:

Think so! We don't have the floors. Maybe anyone can find out!!

we finally have a height for this stunner!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:runaway: :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

Four Regent hotels to open in Mideast
By Shakir Husain, Staff Reporter



Dubai: Brussels-based Rezidor Hospitality will open four Regent hotels in the region as part of plans to spread its luxury brand globally.

They will be part of an expansion that will double the number of Regent hotels worldwide in the next two years with the addition of eight hotels, a company official said. Rezidor has an agreement with investment firm Istithmar for its first property in the Middle East which is scheduled for completion in 2010.

The Regent Dubai will be part of a residential development at Canal Point between the Palm Jumeirah and the Jebel Ali Free Zone. Its design will be lotus-inspired and will rise to 460 metres.

"The development of this brand will not be as fast as our core brand Radisson because these opportunities are not in abundance. Also, it needs the right location for it so we are rather cautious because we want to have the right project at the right place," Busato said

R

:eek:

Seems there'll now be a good balance between the supertalls in the marina on the left and this to the right (looking from the sea)

:bow: :bow: :bow:

80 stories seems awfully small for such a tall tower so I found this :cheers:
There's still no website or anything.



Local architectural firm tackles futuristic development in Dubai
Pittsburgh Business Times - September 22, 2006
by Dan Reynolds



The drawings lining architect James O'Toole's workspace look more like storyboards for a science fiction film than they do the renderings for a hotel and hospital project.

But what O'Toole and his workmates at Downtown-based architectural and engineering firm Burt, Hill are now imagining, they intend to make very real.

"Next time you see the U.S. Steel Tower, imagine two of them tall plus eight more stories," said O'Toole, describing a hotel tower in the United Arab Emirate of Dubai.

O'Toole's design for the hotel is based on the contours of a lotus plant and calls for as many as 112 stories, higher than the Empire State Building. The tower could open in three years and will house the loftiest outdoor restaurant in the world, at 90 stories.

The work is part of a larger project that has seen the number of employees in the Pittsburgh firm's Dubai office increase from three in April 2005 to 240 as of this week. Total billings for the company in the region exceed $45 million.

The hotel is part of a project known as Canal Point, one of Burt, Hill's latest projects in Dubai that involves the design of a hospital, hotel, office and residential complex. The hospital, which is already under construction, will be operated by Bangkok, Thailand-based medical provider Bumrungrad International Group. The owner of the project is Istithmar Hotels, an investment arm of the royal family of Dubai, which is also a major investor in Bumrungrad.

On Canal Point, Burt, Hill is collaborating with the New York-based Leslie E. Robertson Associates, a structural engineering company. Nayan Trivedi, a project manager with LERA, said one of the key tenets his firm is sticking to in its work with Burt, Hill is speed of communication.

"Whenever they ask any question we immediately respond," Trivedi said.

As the Dubai project takes shape, Burt, Hill also is drafting plans for a mountain city in the emirate of Al Fujayrah, which lies further to the east along the Gulf of Oman. That project will involve the creation of seven themed communities in each of seven valleys of Al Fujayrah's mountains, according to Haydar Hassan, a Burt, Hill principal and board director and a major link in the firm's connections to the Middle East.

For example, one valley will feature a soccer field and be devoted to recreation. Another will be devoted to creativity and feature the quiet, contemplative environments sought by poets and painters.

In keeping with a current thrust of Burt, Hill's business plan, the hospital and hotel complex and the mountain city each have a branding concept that is carried through in every level of the design.

In the case of Canal Point, the branding concept is wellness, which is symbolized by the lotus, according to Melissa Kosheba Passafiume, a Burt, Hill associate who is leading the firm's creative team on the project.

Passafiume said the structures in Canal Point are being laid out on compass points to take advantage of the ancient Chinese practice of feng shui, which aspires to create wellness in people's live through an orderly arrangement of their surroundings. For example, the project's residential towers are placed to the west, the direction associated in feng shui with security. The office towers are placed to the east, which is associated with health and well being.

"This is hopefully translated into making people's lives richer," Passafiume said.

which one is the tall one? cuz they all look 200m to me

Oh my.. anyone have a feeling KM properties might be involved with their supertall, and this is it?

or at least this is what replaces west jumeirah beach?

^^ Doubt it, there's no mention of km properties anywhere.

BTW I can't believe there have only been a few replies to this. If this were proposed anywhere else in the world there'd be 20 pages already between yesterday and today

still no replies (am in the process of making a thread in the world forums)

is this the right location?

http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/829/canalpointaq1.th.jpg (http://img207.imageshack.us/my.php?image=canalpointaq1.jpg)

:omg: Partytime!!!!!

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460 meters is tall as Ocean Heights II. Finally another one over 400 meters. I think we need a 500 to 600 stunner the next time.

Anyone should add it to emporis!

i think this is the right location, altin might clarify it.

Do not think feng shui and hospitals mix. Who want to stay/live next to a hospital with all those sick people :tongue: :crazy:

nice project, and this will be at dubai marina?

The location is correct and yes this replaced the West Jumeirah Beach project from KM Properties. I've seen once a KM Properties boards on that specific site, advertising spaces.

OMG A FULL PIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://i15.tinypic.com/3yq74vk.jpg

Client:
Istithmar

Architect:
Burt Hill

Location:
Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Gross Floor Area:
1.7 million sf / 155,000 sm

Height:
1,470 ft / 442 m


Canal Point

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

This project consists of a hotel and residential tower and a nine-story podium. The tower is designed in the form of a lotus flower with blooming petals. The podium is comprised of large span petals and includes 3 stories of parking. LERA is providing full design services for this unique building through the construction phase.

http://www.lera.com/projects/hir/canalpoint.htm

WOW!

R

http://www.regenthotelsmedia.tekgroup.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=181

The Regent Dubai To Open as Brand’s First Resort Property in Middle East

The Regent Dubai at Canal Point, scheduled to open in 2010, will be a landmark property in new Dubai, reaching more than 1,500 feet high, and featuring exceptional architectural design inspired by the Asian lotus flower. The property will be located between The Palm, Jumeirah and Jebel Ali Free Zone and will be part of a new residential development consisting of three office towers, two major residential towers and a community services area, which will include a medical center and a free standing Thai-inspired wellness center.

The first 17 floors will feature up to 250 luxurious guestrooms, with the largest being the Presidential Suite (approximately 920 square feet), 34 floors will have a total of 250 serviced apartments, also to be managed by Rezidor SAS Hospitality. There will also be 21 floors with 105 residential apartments, which will be independent of the hotel.

The Regent Dubai will offer a wide range of food & beverage facilities including a sky restaurant on the top level and five other restaurants with various international flavors. Other features include a spa and wellness area and extensive conference facilities consisting of two ballrooms (approximately 2,000 square feet each) and 20 meeting rooms, plus a lecture hall with capacity to host up to 300 conference delegates, and a library. The hotel will have a strong well-being focus, set in serene, relaxing surroundings with lavish gardens and lagoons.

R

Holy shit that's insane :eek:
I wonder how much structure will cost to build. Also is it even possible? The trump tower was redesigned because they couldn't clean the windows, what about this? :lol:

I don't like the complex though, the other towers are crappy and don't go together with the regent hotel at all. Would be much better if they had some resemblances to the tall one.

Should we open a new thread for the tower??

Holy shit that's insane :eek:
I wonder how much structure will cost to build. Also is it even possible? The trump tower was redesigned because they couldn't clean the windows, what about this? :lol:

mountain climbers ofcourse....lol...just like the BAA...

R

From Architect's website:

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WOW!!!!!!! I was looking for those but didnt find any...thanx altin!!!!!!!!!

R

that looks sooo awesome, i must say in contrast to malec i like the difference in design of the regent and the other towers (which seem to be 300+ as well).

renders looks awesome.


the problem with the old trump design was the vertical curve, this one has only horizontal curve like every round tower. (park place etc)

ugly

^^ r u serious? imagine this with blue glass.. OMG.

yup... it might be a supertall n all that but i still find the design ugly...

I agree with Krazy, in the early renders I thought it looked like it had potential but after seeing this render I really don't like it. It looks like the architect just couldn't stop designing it, 'another bit here and there and there'. It's ended up just looking like an over complicated mess. It's trying too hard for attention, which it doesn't need given that it's a stand alone supertall.

I like the look of the lowrise stuff around it though :)

http://mcraig.org/mark/images/overdressed-20050718.jpg

Overdressed.

its going to be an amazing building when it gets built so long as they don't VE too much out of it....

jim o'tool is a great up and coming designer and this could very well be he break out project...

:D wo0o0w i like these designs:applause:

wow, wonderful towers

09.02.2007

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its supposed to be "burt hill" not "burt, hill"

found a different-ish render:

http://i5.tinypic.com/34g3vut.gif

article also gives the 460m height:

Istithmar to develop Burt Hill designed landmark hotel in UAE

Regent Hotels has announced the launch of its first property in the United Arab Emirates - the Regent Dubai Canal Point.

The Regent Dubai Canal Point, which is set for completion in 2010, will feature groundbreaking architectural design, inspired by the Asian lotus flower. At approximately 460m high, the hotel will stand out in a city of high-rise buildings as a new landmark. The hotel is part of a major new multipurpose development right in the heart of the city between the Palm, Jumeirah and Jebel Ali Free Zone. The development will consist of three office towers, two major residential towers and a community services area, including a medical centre and a Thai inspired wellness centre.

The iconic property was designed by US architects Burt Hill, and is being developed by Istithmar, part of the Dubai World Group that is behind developments such as Palm Island, World Islands and the Dubai Waterfront.

Kurt Ritter, President & CEO Rezidor SAS Hospitality said, "Opening a showcase property in Dubai is part of a long-term strategy to further enhance and develop the Regent brand. Both Dubai and Regent are pioneers in the luxury segment and synonymous with the highest standards. We are extremely pleased to have found the right project in this fast expanding market."

The Regent Dubai Canal Point will have approximately 250 luxurious guestrooms, 255 serviced apartments and 105 residential apartments.
The hotel will offer a wide-range of bar and restaurant facilities, including a top-floor sky restaurant, a spa and wellness area, extensive conference facilities consisting of approximately 20 meeting rooms and two ballrooms, a lecture theatre with a capacity to host up to 300 delegates, and a library. The hotel is set in serene, relaxing surroundings with lavish gardens and lagoon, helping visitors to relax and feel removed from the busy, fast moving Dubai city."We are positive that the Regent brand will be very well received in the region by the upscale business and leisure traveller. The hotel will offer the superb standards that travellers have come to expect from Regent," added Ritter.

Regent is one of the fastest growing luxury brands in the hospitality industry, and the Dubai property is just one of nine new hotels that will open in the next two years across North America, Europe and Asia, in locations including Dubrovnik, Beijing and Boston.

http://www.sleepermagazine.co.uk/Sleeper/Autumn06/db_regent.htm

R

The latest render seams to be a "down to earth" version of the crazy one we have seen, so I think it will be the one to be build.

If we only knew if MEFG is doing or completed the piling for this as well.

very cool render, i like the colors

who is the source on that image?

it definitely doesn't look exactly right... its close, but something is off with the top and the backside

^^ Do YOU have some info to share with us? ;)

who is the source on that image?


the source is the link below the article.

R

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Wou awesome!!!! :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :nuts: :nuts: :nuts:

And it's for sure it will be 460m. Next great info. Krazy, can you add this one to emporis!!?? THX

^^ Do YOU have some info to share with us? ;)

i'm pretty familiar with the project- although i am not at liberty to speak in great detail about it

the building is definitely not going to be as wild as the early imagery of it but i'm not so sure that this most recent image is entirely accurate- but it is close. the base of the building is still going to be pretty interesting though so keep an eye out for street level renderings

^^ Do you know if Middle East Foundation Group is doing or maybe even completed, the piling for this building?

BTW the article is from Autumn 2006 so the render is not so recent.

^^ you can see the boarded area in some of my aerials, there is not much happening imo.

http://i18.tinypic.com/308w3d3.jpg

^^ Do you know if Middle East Foundation Group is doing or maybe even completed, the piling for this building?

as far as i know this building just went through a large SD/early DD submittal...i don't think it is quite that far along yet...

^^ you can see the boarded area in some of my aerials, there is not much happening imo.

Flo, I know that not much is going on there at the moment, but MEFGCo has done alot of work on the site before.

I drive by daily, remember. ;)

i have q is anybody know about that canal passin through SZR toward gulf sea between marina and dubai electrical&water centre

BAD NEWS! :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash:

No Regent hotel at Canal Point - Rezidor
By Shakir Husain, Staff Reporter


Dubai: A plan to have a Regent brand hotel at Istithmar's mixed-use project Canal Point will not go ahead, Brussels-based hotel operator Rezidor that operates Regent hotels said yesterday.

Istithmar and Rezidor had announced last year that they had signed an agreement to have the region's first Regent hotel at Canal Point.

The whole project comprises a hotel, two residential towers, two office towers, a hospital operated by Thai healthcare company Bumrungrad and a wellness centre.

Istithmar had previously said the 80-storey luxury hotel would open in mid-2010. It said Regent was chosen "due to its Asian origin and its synergy with the Thai-Asian theme of the entire project."

A senior Rezidor official said the planned Regent hotel at Canal Point will now be developed somewhere else in the city as the project is facing a review.

"What is going to be at Canal Point is not determined yet. We are looking for an alternative site," Martin Rinck, executive vice-president and chief development officer, told Gulf News.

Rinck said his hotel group is still working with Istithmar to build a Regent hotel.

"At this point of time we are working with Istithmar," he said.

Rezidor operates three Radisson SAS hotels in the UAE. It has a total of 15 hotels in eight Middle Eastern countries.

The company has 12 hotels under development in several countries, including the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Oman, and Egypt.

Like may international hotel chains, Rezidor is pushing its mid-market Park Inn brand to benefit from a shortage of budget hotels in the region.

It has contracts for two Park Inn properties in Saudi Arabia and one for Oman.

"On the Park Inn side we have 10 contracts under negotiation," Rinck said.

Rezidor expects to open between six and eight properties every year for the "foreseeable future."


R

thank God... this is one of the ugliest designs ive ever seen for dxb

thank God... this is one of the ugliest designs ive ever seen for dxb

it was a fantastic design!

R

it was a fantastic design!

R

maybe it was a "love it or hate it" type.... i hated it A LOT

how do we know it's been redesigned? all we know is regent brand is not gonna show up.

A senior Rezidor official said the planned Regent hotel at Canal Point will now be developed somewhere else in the city as the project is facing a review.

"What is going to be at Canal Point is not determined yet. We are looking for an alternative site," Martin Rinck, executive vice-president and chief development officer, told Gulf News.

thats why.

R

:bash: :bash: :bash: Damn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

why is this thread here? the entire Canal Point project is not on hold, just the regent hotel tower!

see post 127 it is talking about the entire project.

pretty weird though..

Entire project is definitely on hold. Completion 2015?

Its back! Well atleast some of it...

and this was the pic that came with it:
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Hospital contract for Al Naboodah
by Rupert Cornford on Saturday, 01 September 2007
zoomThe hospital will be part of a wider project.Al Naboodah Contracting is set to build Canal Point Hospital for Istithmar in a lump sum deal thought to be worth US $136 million (AED500 million).

"We are just starting; the piles have been done by Middle East Foundations," said Sadek Owainati, deputy general manager, Al Naboodah Contracting (Building Division).

"The design has just been finished and we are now looking at the subcontracts. The electro-mechanical is being done by Transgulf, and we will tender the other subcontracts," he added.

Work comprises the construction of two basements, ground, plus eight floors. And the hospital will have a capacity of 200 beds. Burt Hill is the consultant on the project, which is expected to finish in early 2009.

Canal Point is a mixed-use development located in the Jumeirah Lake Towers area of Dubai. It will comprise the hospital, a 250-room hotel, spa and wellness centre, two residential towers and two office towers.

Al Naboodah Contracting is also currently working on 305 villas for the Al Barari residential development, and phases two and three of the Al Badia development in Dubai Festival City.

R

Work resumed and a new project board is up showing ONLY a few lowrises that can very well be the two hospitals in the foreground.

plot for this project located near to interchange 5.5 JLT site isn't ???

this project is back very soon ...

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Originally Posted by THE DUBAI GUYS
A senior Rezidor official said the planned Regent hotel at Canal Point will now be developed somewhere else in the city as the project is facing a review.

"What is going to be at Canal Point is not determined yet. We are looking for an alternative site," Martin Rinck, executive vice-president and chief development officer, told Gulf News.

It maybe of new interchange 5.5 and metro site.

^^ :okay:

Good news!!

I think we can change status back to U/C:
15/05/08
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great to hear that :cheers:

Jumeirah islands look amazinG!

location map

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