Designed by: some Architect from Dubai
Developers:
Contractors:
Height: + 200'
Shopping Floors: 7
Appartment Floors: 8-12
Office Floors: 12-16
Parking Floors: 4
Total Floors Above Ground: 31
Location: Diagnol to Pace, Next to Gulberg Centre, Main Boulevard, Gulberg-III, Lahore/Pakistan

Misplaced the rendering and model pix, post it sooner

Rendering
http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/491/alam3ve.jpg

Model Pix

Nice! cant wait for the render...Lahore is booming! Lahore Lahore eh! :) But why not build on Ferozpur Road next to Zayed Center and get a nice skyline.

well something big is coming in lahore.. today there was an add in news paper saying "Ab dekho duniya yahan sai" and had a corner of a building in the pic. so by the wording its clear its something big and tall.

Well wut Haawas is talking about is the same 31-Storey Steel Structure building coming up which is situated right diagonal of the Pace and next to the 'Gulberg Centre' on the Main Boulevard. It is a centrally air conditioned building designed by an architect from Dubai......if u look at the design u would be amazed at first but i already had cn this design which was earlier made by W.S.Atkins for the project Gold Crest Dubai....so it didnt impress me as such! The project is going to be launched in the next '15 days'…..and then they will give out the details and date of completetion. According to them the project will take upto '3 years 'but I suppose since it is a steel frame structure building, they might complete it well before time. The total area is 8kanals.

Good to hear that development of medium highrises in Lahore is going on. But I don't like the fact that these new buildings are being built in the crappy looking areas. They try to fit them in for example next to a really old house or a traffic jammed area. Why don't they build all of these new buildings in an open area?

techno is this the same building which has abit of its struchure made infront of pace.

i saw an unknow construction infront of pace on main boulevard.

^^^^
if u live in paki then u will realize that every person who have a little bit of money is trying to build a multi storey over it.....they dont care what IMPACT the building would have onto itz SURROUNDINGS.......alll they want is more n more money......

Over the years i have realized that there is too much of monoply and building bye-laws are over rulled by ppl with money....small residential roads in gulberg like Hali Road, Galib Road, Tariq Road have been commercialized.....as a result of which u have a 20storey tower on one plot n next door a double storey 4 kanal house whoz owner is forced to sell the house on a lum sum amount, the result is that an ordinary 40-60feet wide street turns out to b a hub of traffic congestion.....this is the ill planing of the government.......

We already have wider roads, like Main Boulevard, Ferozpur Road, Jail Road which have space for such multi-storey buildings......

Zulqi.....we dont have much of open areas in the developed lahore.......plus if we start building such buildings away from the CBD of lahore they will not run as succesfully as shops in Gulberg or anywhr is Lahore....

No Pakboys....their site office is right inbetween the UC building u talkin of {the roof collapsed some months bak] and the Gulberg Centre building!

cant wait too see the rendering of this fine project...btw when is construction projected to begin and finish.

here is rendering of the project published in todays news paper


http://www.pakcafe.com/modules/Forums/uploads/post-2000-1146399654.jpg
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^^^

that is the same building being made in dubai by goldcrest.

I told you guys the design it DITTO~!!

looks nice a rare gem in the new concrete jungle of Lahore

copy or no copy, it'll look nice...

lol yea i dnt care if its a copy...itll be a great addition to lahore ....i like the height ...finally someone gets out of the 20 story "tower" syndrome

I saw in Karachi Jang about" yahan se oper dekho" for 3 consecutive days during last week. But after that there isnt any Add in any newspaper here. Its really surprising. Is this project is that?

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/503/11020Goldcrest_Views.jpg

http://www.atkins-me.com/Images/Mazyood_big.jpg

Is this Alamgir tower under construction? or is it still a vision?

Is this Alamgir tower under construction? or is it still a vision?

Its approved but construction is yet to start, it is being advertised in newspapers nowadays.

http://img474.imageshack.us/img474/9956/alamt6ak.jpg

the tower is looking gorgous

http://img53.imageshack.us/img53/5186/at9ci.jpg

Why are we copying a design from Dubai? And why does everyone of our towers have to have those exposed shops in the bottom floors!?!?!
Still, doesnt look as good as the one in Dubai but nice to see some tall towers...

I agree with NewYork wala, we can do away with these 'open view' shops .....the tower overall looks good.doesnt really matter if its a copy.when we'll have lots of them, then we can start worrying about indiginous designs.

website of alamgir group and tower
http://www.agc.com.pk/index2.htm
http://www.agc.com.pk/at.htm

I like the design.only if somehow they manage to cover the front shops.

Yeah, that would look much better. There is one thing I don't understand, it is such a big project but the advertising campaign is almost non-existent.

maybe they want to complete the project first and sell the shops/apartments after. the value will be 5 times higher.,

Since its a steel structure it will take comparitively lesser time than the RCC 22 storey projects comming up in parallel.

^^^ when people will stop thinking of money cant we go over 30 - 40 storey

^^^ when people will stop thinking of money cant we go over 30 - 40 storey


they are not thinking of money they are just dumb.

if they were thinking of money they would be making 30-40 storey's

sorryy pakboy you are wrong here ^^^ more height less money ..less height more money.. its hard to sell your shops offices which are high.

^^^^
not really, boulevard heights apartments were sold at a extremly high rate and sold instantly, same goes with IT tower.

well i met many enigineers and they told me the same thing more height less money or make it less less profit share..

what iam trying to say is as you move up the shop price starts to decrease. like for instance if a shope is for 10,000,00 in ground floor it will be for 300,000 on 4th so there is huge difference of price. so the builder is having less profit on 4ht floor so there is a clear difference of profit. so that why i said more height less profit

^^^^

that doesnt make any sense, so you are trying so say if i build a 10 story plaza i would make more profits then i would if i make a 20 story one.
sounds weird, but dude the higher you go the more apartments and offices you are creating which may sell for a lesser price but after all the money does actully go to you. LOL

^ That is not what haawas meant, I believe. Ever heard of the "Law of Diminishing Returns"? One can't keep building upwards to increase the profit indefinitely - you have to keep in view the demand aswell. You'd end up losing money instead of making a profit if you build a very tall building in a place where the trend is more towards offices/homes in lower floors. Even the best buildings in Lahore like Siddiq Trade Centre and City Tower have vacant upper floors. So a 20 storey tower might be feasible but a 30 or 40 storey tower might not be - it's absolutely not illogical!

Besides, the higher you go the lesser the profits become - until you reach a break-even point and then you stop! The developers/owners need to decide that bit and not us. :)

siddiq trade center and city tower have vacant floors :sleepy: where did you hear this from, not sure about the offices but the apartments are taken, the prices of apartments in these towers have sky rocketed, there is big demand.

and the demand is still heavy for 40 story towers, just look at LDA plaza, there feasible study turned out to be excellent and increased floors from 40 to 47 because of the high demand, and if there wasnt any demand for high risers you think big developers would be entering the market, i am pretty sure a full feasiblity report was carried out for szc they would not be making a 60 story tower and other 30 story towers if there was no demand.

when i was in lahore i carried out some research on how much the towers would cost to make and how much profit they would make when all sold. i found out that shops are sold very quick on the front at ground level and the others on the ground level are sold with time, but not many people would be interested in anything higher, i also found out apartments/offices are sold real quick no matter what floor its on.
if you build a 15 story tower like that with shops at the front of ground floor and aparments on the rest, it would cost 60 crores including land, the sales when all sold will be 110 crores.

and if you extend the tower by making it 20 storys to add more apartments it would cost you an extra 7 crores and the sales will be an extra 12 crores.

that just gives you a brief summary of how much towers cost and are sold for. :cheers:

^ the cost analysis that you've given obviously shows that the profit would fall even further if they go up and above 20 storeys. As for those planning to build 40+ storey towers, they're BIG groups with deep pockets... you can't compare them with relatively smaller investors building 20 storey towers!

Btw, there are STILL vacant shops/officies at Siddiq Trade Centre... They are obviously sold out BUT they're NOT being utilised as of now! (lesser demand?)

i dont know why U(pakboy) is filling pages without understaning my point. huit saying what iam saying. i think the only thing i can say is sir you need to sit with enigineers and architecture to understand my point. no hard feelings friends


if i can make enough money from 10 floor why would i want to go for 50 stories increasing my construction cost and decrasing my profit..


i made a simple point when you go up the ratio of the profit decreases. if i can make 1000000 form first i would make 500000 from 10th floor. i dont say they will effect you negatively obviously you will make loads of money whether its a 10 or 50 story building, lets put it like this way profit ration on individual floor will lessen up.


if you still dont get it bro. than sorry sir... You Win I Loose

^ the cost analysis that you've given obviously shows that the profit would fall even further if they go up and above 20 storeys. As for those planning to build 40+ storey towers, they're BIG groups with deep pockets... you can't compare them with relatively smaller investors building 20 storey towers!

Btw, there are STILL vacant shops/officies at Siddiq Trade Centre... They are obviously sold out BUT they're NOT being utilised as of now! (lesser demand?)


well shops would obviously be empty cos the malls are just shit and no one is willing to go up there to shop, but that doesnt mean theres no demand, if the mall was planned properly there would be more shoppers and shops would be taken up.

but i am really talking about apartments here. in lahore people are just making malls on small pieces of land thats why they turn out to be rubbish with tiny corridors and no one shops there. what they should be making on such small pieces of land is proper apartment towers or office towers, which would sell instantly.

i dont know why U(pakboy) is filling pages without understaning my point. huit saying what iam saying. i think the only thing i can say is sir you need to sit with enigineers and architecture to understand my point. no hard feelings friends


if i can make enough money from 10 floor why would i want to go for 50 stories increasing my construction cost and decrasing my profit..


i made a simple point when you go up the ratio of the profit decreases. if i can make 1000000 form first i would make 500000 from 10th floor. i dont say they will effect you negatively obviously you will make loads of money whether its a 10 or 50 story building, lets put it like this way profit ration on individual floor will lessen up.


if you still dont get it bro. than sorry sir... You Win I Loose


no need to be sorry cos i am getting it but you arnt.

you keep saying that your profit ration decreases on each floor as you go up, yep i agree with that, but then you say your overall profit also decreases :sly: . dude no matter how much your profit ratio decreases on each floor you will always be making a profit on each floor, so would that make your overrall profits increase or decreases, its as simple as that, its basic common sense what dnt you understand about that. it is simple as 1..2..3 :)

^^^ haahaha man you are saying what iam saying but with some technical angle. i think we dont need discuss this. i already siad you win man i looooooseee you are genius.

this tower will also have mechanical car parking mentioned on newspapers
they claimed on commercials in newspapers that this will have pakistan largest alamgir shopping mart (consist on 4 floors) and pakistan first mechanical car parking system consist on 4 floors.

Ok 30 Floors above ground (30.5 to be more precise). 36 in total (including 5 basement parking floors).

http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/1998/at1uc.jpg

is this building going to be taller than mcb plaza?

^^ Most probably.

Alamgir Tower is , i dont think 31 story above ground. As they poin out in TV add, its I think 24. Moreover 31 means the tallest in Pakistan till now because MCB with 26 above ground is the tallest in the country. If they had planned 31 they would have added thet with pride.

i saw a video on ary one world

Alamgir Tower is , i dont think 31 story above ground. As they poin out in TV add, its I think 24.

The top 10 floors (#18-27 in the diagram) are not for sale. They would be held by Alamgir Developers.

Here is the floor structure.

Lower Ground, Ground, 1st - Shopping

2-5 - Alamgir Shopping Mart

6-7 - Gift Shops

8 - Playland

9-17 - Offices

18,19 - Apartments

20 - Alamgir Group of Companies Head Office

21-29 - Held by Alamgir Group of Companies

And BTW they never mention the total number of storeys on the TV Commercial.

do they have any resturants...any cafe shops or anything....
hope they have some bcz u need eat when go shopping...innet..

so whats going on with this?? is it still alive.. any completion dates??

http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/1998/at1uc.jpg
Whats with the 18th floor?

new website is very corpative
http://www.alamgirtower.com/home.php

this building has been u/c and more then 5 floors are up, one also collapsed few months ago and killed some workers.

^^^ Pakboy..please post correct news... alamgir tower is yet to starts its excavation who in the earth told you that its 5 sotires up...please man.. you are talking about the building which is getting built next to it...

alamgir tower are doing piling work...

Pakboy the building u r talking abt is constructed by Arch. Riaz ur Rehman which is next to Alamgir Tower. It collapsed in March 2006. The Alamgir tower is still in the launching phase n excavation work has not started yet.

Some folks have raised the following points:

Q: Why are there "open-fronted" shops in the building?
A: LDA rules require a 10' wide gallery/open corridor on the main entrance floor of high-rise (we can debate the definition of high-rise some other time) buildings.

Q: Why don't people build 30-40 story buildings?
A: LDA rules specify different maximum heights for high-rises in different parts of the city.

Hope this helps.

Pakboy the building u r talking abt is constructed by Arch. Riaz ur Rehman which is next to Alamgir Tower. It collapsed in March 2006. The Alamgir tower is still in the launching phase n excavation work has not started yet.

alamgir tower has just started.And I have seen there two or three cranes are pilling the ground.The tower next to alamgir is now in full swing and construction work going on 11-12 floor,anyone know name of that tower and exact height.I wonder they are builting a big project and no kind of information has given about that tower even they didnt mention name.

Refer to my Lahore pictures!

I think it is Aashiana Trade Center next to Alamgir

^^^ nops the aashiana trade center is not next to alamgir it is next to the newly built marrige hall

I have to take a look at my pictures again in that case. The new wedding hall is called Liberty Castle by the way.

alamgir tower has just started.And I have seen there two or three cranes are pilling the ground.The tower next to alamgir is now in full swing and construction work going on 11-12 floor,anyone know name of that tower and exact height.I wonder they are builting a big project and no kind of information has given about that tower even they didnt mention name.

Chalo dats good it the work has started. Since I have visited the site only once, there wasnt anythin much fer me to do back in april. I'll viist it sooner when i get back to lhr........im interested whether they are gonna make it a steel structure or RCC. Didnt notice the cranes like 2 weeks ago......anways y dont u post us some pix too Sinz?

http://epaper.dawn.com/Web/Article/2007/01/07/016/07_01_2007_016_004.jpg

They have not been able to market their building properly till now cauz it is lacking some important business strategic points. They are selling the shops at a too much higher rate as compared to the market price as a result they do not have sufficient buyers. The first 5 floors have been owned by the developers where they plan to build a departmental store and above it are small gift shops. Now y would I go to smaller shops on the 6+ floor when there are more shopping places with larger showroom display?? One can only comment on such a thingi when u have cn the plans n understood the market stratergy.

The plaza rite next to it, which is underconstruction was sold out in a years time when launched. I never even heard of plaza nor knew its name in the past 2-3 years n neither saw a single advertisment. Although it isnt aesthetically that much pleasing, but the developer has a strong PR n marketting that client would invest money even before the launching of the project. Now that is called MARKETING!

450 ft tall... nice!

any updates on this project ^^

i was wondering the same...whatever happened to this tower...

is this project still alive because even there website is down..

IS THIS PROJECT IS STILL APPROVED BY THE GOV
TODAY I VISITED THE SITE THE DESIGN OF THE TOWER IS CHANGED AS IT IS ON THE SITE OFFICE THEY HAD SETUP HUGE CRANE THERE BUT CONSTRUCTION IS GOING VERY SLOWLY

^^ Can you please stop writing in Caps?

Thanks

IS THIS PROJECT STILL APPROVED BY THE GOV
TODAY I VISITED THE SITE; THE DESIGN OF THE TOWER IS CHANGED AS IT IS ON THE SITE OFFICE THEY HAD SETUP HUGE CRANE THERE BUT CONSTRUCTION IS GOING VERY SLOWLY

Hello Triple Welcome to SSC. Thanks for the updates.

I didnt quite understand the high court orders. Didnt it order the authorities to stop construction on all 3+ floor buildings?

Does anyone know the latest on this project?

It is still stopped for some reasons i had taekn it latest photo will post here soon nothing going on there as far as i know.

^^ How tall will it be? :?

http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc63/AFFI666/2008/LAHORE/04%2015%202008/ALAMGIRTOWER.jpg

This is what we are seeing for a long time.MAY be they are still working in the basements but i had seen no workers there working and this crane is ercted at same postion i had never saw it moving .Hope that they will it will star rising soon.:)

can some one call them to find out more?

Designed by: some Architect from Dubai
Developers:
Contractors:
Height: + 200'
Shopping Floors: 7
Appartment Floors: 8-12
Office Floors: 12-16
Parking Floors: 4
Total Floors Above Ground: 31
Location: Diagnol to Pace, Next to Gulberg Centre, Main Boulevard, Gulberg-III, Lahore/Pakistan

Misplaced the rendering and model pix, post it sooner

Rendering
http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/491/alam3ve.jpg

Model Pix

MODS please update the thread title to include its height.

let me update u guys on this... the floors have been reduced to 21 floors.... they say that the structure will be completed in 6 months after the start of work (IF EVER)... the project is in trouble...!!

they are refilling the digged basements... they had dug 6 basements and they are filling 3 basements back again

that what we are hearing for long time they are still filling those basements :nuts:

http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc63/AFFI666/2008/LAHORE/05%2012%202008/ALAMGIRTOWER.jpg

First pic ever of the original site of the ALAMGIR TOWER.They had very much filled the site.Now see when the real construction starts.

Thanks for the update champ! :happy:

with three basements and wid 31 floors above ground i dun think lahore is getting away frm parking mess

i dont think that it is still going to be 31 stories tall.may be size had been reduced now after seeing those basement level.

I remember the courts taking suo moto action against all construction activities and managed to screw up lots of projects.

I think they believe in slow and steady wins the race :bash: Here is the current status. reached the ground level.
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll105/qaicer/alamgir1.jpg

in the following pic, i think they have changed the design. I also saw the same render in a magazine ad.
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll105/qaicer/alamgir2.jpg

i really hate this project....

I guess there are a lot of houses wider than that..no?

Not a lot of activity on this project. Its been more than 2 years since this thread was created (April 06)! And still, they've only managed to reach the ground floor! :ohno: Whats the reason for all of this????

31 fl and 200 ft? That's not possible.

31 fl and 200 ft? That's not possible.



Before this its height was 450feet.I dont think this can be declined to 200feet.Supreme court ordered to reduce its height,I think its height'll be 300-350feet now.I might be wrong.

Thanks. That means the number of floors will also go down. Around 17-18, I think.

Yep, the courts screwed them so i guess no 31 stories anymore.

Well according to new renderings it is still looking 31 floor.They cannt decline it to 17-18 floor.According to my aspiration,If they decline its floor then it will be atleast 25 floor.And height also will be 300-350 feet.Chief Justice ordered to reduce some height,Not ordered to decline more then half,as before it was 450 feet and how it is possible they decline it to 200 feet now.
It also possible they again built it to 31 floor.As boulevered heights also ordered to stop but they are also builting.Also that Chief Justice has gone away.

Hell CJP is no one to control the building heights, could somebodyt please make him the building controller in Lahore so that he may fulfil his childhood wish to moderate against the builders.

why do the judges in Lahore act like city planners? and how in the hell do they have jurisdiction over these matters?

Hell CJP is no one to control the building heights, could somebodyt please make him the building controller in Lahore so that he may fulfil his childhood wish to moderate against the builders.

HAHAHA! :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Actually, they do. As long as there a reason, they can moderate height.

why do the judges in Lahore act like city planners? and how in the hell do they have jurisdiction over these matters?

because these builders were not allowed to build more then a specific height, BY LAW.. and judges have the duty to stop anything against law. its simple, they didnt have any "khandani dushmani"... I've heard that these builders used to pay heavy amount for the approval of height, as rishwat... and i thinks thats not fair as well :)

Rishwat? hahahaha...

Rishwat? hahahaha...

oh yara Rishwat means bribe, Lakshami, Haddiya, halal rozi etc... :lol:

oh yara Rishwat means bribe, Lakshami, Haddiya, halal rozi etc... :lol:

halal rozi :lol::lol::lol:

but ive wondered the reasons behind height restrictions in Lahore along with the difficulty to get the approval for height increases. i dont know why they are making things more difficult for fellow Pakistanis. may God save us from ourselves.

why are they interested in 70 storey tall buildings when they already know that they will have to visit the courts?

why are they interested in 70 storey tall buildings when they already know that they will have to visit the courts?

70 Storey building???? You've lost me there! :?

you know the mubarak center... i heard that they are in courts

you know the mubarak center... i heard that they are in courts

what for?

you know the mubarak center... i heard that they are in courts

I dont think so, punjab govt is also involved in this project?

they had some problems... but they have been solved now and the REAL construction will start soon.. now please come back to alamgir sahib

you know the mubarak center... i heard that they are in courts

Its height is disputed. Ranging between 55/60 to 70/72.

so what will be the actual height and floors of SIR ALAMGIR?

^^ Jsultan said that its been reduced to 21 storeys. People from Lahore can confirm that.

height changed as well as the design of the tower not know the number of the floors but the work on the tower had started so its mean that it got approval from the courts.

Js can do that for us .....

i personally like this project but sad to see it still uncomplete they had started the construction now and one main thing the crane is also move off from the site so it is not going to be 30 floors that what i think coz the budget in which they had decided to built 33 floors tower in 2005 is now donbled or more than that so they are building it wid same amount of money i think it was 2 billion dollors may be....

height changed as well as the design of the tower not know the number of the floors but the work on the tower had started so its mean that it got approval from the courts.

Js can do that for us .....

i personally like this project but sad to see it still uncomplete they had started the construction now and one main thing the crane is also move off from the site so it is not going to be 30 floors that what i think coz the budget in which they had decided to built 33 floors tower in 2005 is now donbled or more than that so they are building it wid same amount of money i think it was 2 billion dollors may be....

i think you meant rupees and not dollars.

With $2 billion, you can build the Centaurus, Mubarak center and KFT and still have some money to spare.

yep i mean rupees

if they have changed the design, can somebody post its render please?

design not confirmed.. but yup the height has been reduced to 21 stories...

took a few pics of the site.. will post them soon...

^^^if ya want to take pics of the site of alamgir tower u can go to AL HAFEEZ SHOPPING MALL and can take pics of the inner side of the tower.

design not confirmed.. but yup the height has been reduced to 21 stories...

So can the mods please now change the height of this building to 21 storeys. And do the same for the link in the Projects Index Thread.

and also remove the height because we don't know anything about it

Let's wait for the confirmed news before changing the title.

but the floors are confirmed... 21 floors... please change it

^^^if ya want to take pics of the site of alamgir tower u can go to AL HAFEEZ SHOPPING MALL and can take pics of the inner side of the tower.

already done that my friend... just the matter of time to post em....!! will do that in a day or two...

I had also taken photos from there before thats why i was saying

No real progress on this one.... i think this thing will not see real construction work on it ever.... I hope i am wrong though..!!!!!

Pictures that i have been talking about taken from the same place suggested by MR. RANAAAAAA........

http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee151/Jsultan/Photo_052708_002-1.jpg?t=1215775795

http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee151/Jsultan/Photo_052708_001-1.jpg?t=1215775896

http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee151/Jsultan/Photo_052708_003-1.jpg?t=1215775932

http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee151/Jsultan/Photo_052708_004-1.jpg?t=1215775952

No real progress on this one.... i think this thing will not see real construction work on it ever.... I hope i am wrong though..!!!!!

^^ Atleast there is a crane

nice pics Jsultan :okay:

^^ Kaaaaaaash ye such hota... I think these are little old pics. they have moved away the crane as well :ohno: ....

yes that what i had said before there is no crane there...

hmmm.... never noticed that..... yup the pics are around 2 weeks old..!!

Alamgir Tower

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Unfortunately its in Urdu! :ohno: :(

According to the video there are only 20 floors.

why aren't mods changing the thread title to 20 floors???
where are they??? sleeping??

summer vacations

:shifty:

I was planning to visit Lahore this vacation but the plan A failed...


now I'll have to work on plan B

AFTER the collapse of rear side of Alamgir Tower on Main Boulevard, Gulberg, the Lahore Development Authority (LDA) has directed re-examination of majority of the under construction as well as fully built multi-storey buildings in the City.

The incident took place some two days back when the scaffolding of the tower caved in and also caused substantial damage to the house just behind the tower. The tower was under construction after getting a formal approval of the commission made by the apex court. The incident raised serious concern of strength of high-rise structures especially those under construction in the city. People having residences in the towers as well as having homes near towers are feeling afraid and urged the chief minister to order an immediate inquiry into the incident. It is pertinent to mention here that some months back, the Punjab government decided to set up Building Control and Regulatory Authority but the decision is pending.

Sources in LDA said that delay in establishment of this authority was because many senior officials wanted it to be under the control of the development authority concerned. It was also decided that security and safety measures for multi-storey buildings would be formulated besides considering full importance of the strength and weakness of the high-rise building.

The LDA sources said these safety measures and rules were yet to be formed.

The sources said after the incident, LDA had served notices on all the under construction multi-storey buildings on the Main Boulevard, Gulberg to stop construction. A number of citizens while talking with The News expressed serious concern over the security and safety of high-rise buildings in the City. They alleged that majority of builders were not using proper material.

The citizens urged the chief minister to take serious action against the LDA officials who were responsible to check the safety and material of the under construction plaza, which collapsed.

LDA DG Irfan Ali while talking with The News over the issue said the LDA did not ask the builders to stop construction but asked them to get their sites inspected by the LDA. He said a special team was constituted to review the safety and strength of multi-storey buildings. He said the management of Alamgir Tower had also paid a fine of Rs 5m and was constructing their tower with the formal approval of the commission. He said the LDA would also get the owner of the house, which was damaged compensated by the tower’s management.

WTF? they should check all things before giving formal approvals instead of stopping work on all towers across the city every time.

http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc63/AFFI666/2008/LAHORE/07%2006%202008/AlamgirTower.jpg

http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc63/AFFI666/2008/LAHORE/07%2006%202008/AlamgirTower1.jpg

Nice updates!

good pics. but what they doing right now? not clear

when this project was announced... from then i had very high hopes for it but dont know why are they delaying the project

Y r the people not wearing High visibility jacket......Its a construction site?????

yeah its a construction site but it is "Pakistan"

the design of Alamgir Tower is just the same as Goldcrest Views 1 in Dubai:
http://www.dubai-propertyagents.com/goldcrestviews1pic.jpg

http://www.dubai-propertyagents.com/gcv1pic1.jpghttp://www.dubai-propertyagents.com/gcv1pic2.jpg

I can't believe that the design is copied... :(

^^
same architect maybe?

Designed by: some Architect from Dubai

Rendering
http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/491/alam3ve.jpg

Model Pix

I don't think that it's because of the same architect... Alamgir Developers' architect might be inspired by the design of Goldcrest Views 1...

Giga Group have their own architects who cannot be hired by any other company....

It's been known for ages.

Gold crst can file case of design theft!

This structure never looks 200ft tall :ohno:

& 31flrs in 200ft ??

400ft would b good!!

this tower is not going to be 31 floors tall
the new height is 21 floors.. see the video on previous page..

this tower is not going to be 31 floors tall
the new height is 21 floors.. see the video on previous page..

If there r 21flrs now but the height is still more than 200ft

hey look at this... seems like the design has been changed

http://www.urbanpk.com/upkgallery/projectpictures/Lahore/Alamgir%20Tower/Lahore%20-%20Alamgir%20Tower%20-%20Render%20-%20002.jpg

this one's better..!

Build the damn thing already...I wouldn't care about the renders at this stage

if you look at the lower part of the render, it is still uncovered like the previous renders and it seems like that the design of the interior has not changed.. since the lower part (as I pointed out) looks almost the same as the older one...

The floors seem to touching 40 floors, what's the actual number of floors on the building.

i had heard it before that they had reduced the number of floors from 33 floors to 25 floors .

hey look at this... seems like the design has been changed

http://www.urbanpk.com/upkgallery/projectpictures/Lahore/Alamgir%20Tower/Lahore%20-%20Alamgir%20Tower%20-%20Render%20-%20002.jpg
Yeah this is the new design, i saw it in a magazine ad too. but Kb is right we dont care about the render at this stage. we want to see the progress on ground :)

so what the progress can update on it

this project is kinda very very slow...
and as far as I'm concerned, this project will never see the light of the day...

the actula height is now 21 floors ppl... as confirmed by the ppl sitting at therir sales office... i will also go to the site in a day or two to grab some pics....

take the pics from Al HAfeez Shopping Center which is next to the construction site it will be easy to look that whats going on the site

^^ AL HAFEEZ Shopping Center... the one that's adjacent to PACE shopping mall??

Yep

^^ AL HAFEEZ Shopping Center... the one that's adjacent to PACE shopping mall??

In front of Pace

^^ yeah I used to love that mall a lot...
I always went to the 2nd floor for toys.. :)
(but now I don't play with toys...)

update:
i just pass through the site today and go to the site office for update info, and they told me the good news that according to the new orders of the court we put the mud right back into the whole and filed it. but now we got NOC letter again and hope so the work is going to be start with 5 legal basements start of the next month and inshallah will complete after two years and it is conformed that Alamgir tower is 42 stories with 5 basements now. i assure you that i can also clarify this issue from some internal source too and he also tel me about the same stories which again approved from Govt.

42 floors are u kidding :nuts:

42 floors....????????
so why were they forced to reduce the height when they proposed 31 floors?

42 floors....????????
so why were they forced to reduce the height when they proposed 31 floors?



Its was satyed by orders of that criminal justice Ifthikhar Chauhdry.That man ordered to stop all projects in Lahore(even every building above 3 floors).It was a night mare for investors in Lahore.And all projects halted in Lahore.

Its was satyed by orders of that criminal justice Ifthikhar Chauhdry.That man ordered to stop all projects in Lahore(even every building above 3 floors).It was a night mare for investors in Lahore.And all projects halted in Lahore.

may be this is a fact but i really surprised once i get to know this by their officials who are there in the site office .i know may be you are all not relaying on me but its true.

if this is correct... its a great news... a 42 story building on main boulevard... will look very very nice.... but i really doubt it that this will be 42 stories tall....

yar mujhe bhi thora doubt tha magar ab office wale hai kahen tu me kya keh sakta hoin???

yar mujhe bhi thora doubt tha magar ab office wale hai kahen tu me kya keh sakta hoin???

ok ok we believe in you :) wait and see

ok ok we believe in you :) wait and see

thanx yar 4 believing me. and i think k ab tu Govt change hogye hai tu shayd zaida chance hogye hain bane k hmm

So... 31 floors or 42??? and how many are completed by now?

So... 31 floors or 42??? and how many are completed by now?

:rofl:

they havnt started yet

:rofl:

they havnt started yet

they have already packed up...

they have already packed up...

Disappointment.:ohno:

i wonder what country they ran too

Dubai where else

maybe he bought an apartment in the goldcrest tower then to make his dreams look true.

It is disapointing to see it not even start but I am not surprised that this happened because so many projects end up not being built :ohno:

it did start, there was a big hold in the ground last time

i think there is still a high rise case in the lahore high court may be they had ordered to stopped the construction :dunno:

i think there is still a high rise case in the lahore high court may be they had ordered to stopped the construction :dunno:

What do you mean by 'MAY BE' have you got a news from somewhere... news papaer... TV or internet????

coz we all know there is case on high rises in high court

who knows with iftikar choudary back theres bad news everywhere, there was a report posted last montht hat he has order all plazas in lahore built during last 5 years to be demolited,

the basements of alamgir have also been filled with sand now.

this building ran into a lot of trouble... lots of legal issues n stuff and ultimately roll back of the project...

coz we all know there is case on high rises in high court

So you think there's still hope???

^^Yep

I hope that this project gets terminated and somebody else builds a better tower with an original design.

I guess i was wrong on this.... the picture below shows that there is some sign of work on the site...

i see some big blocks i guess used for pile testing n stuff... so might see full construction on this soon....

http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee151/Jsultan/Photo_081709_001.jpg?t=1250598765

^^ Thank you for the update! :happy:

Great news... 'J' Jee, you're the man...

yeah

i was right i was in high hopes for this project

Insha Allah This project will soon gonna start with full pace

Why did the refill the ground?

They refilled the ground???

^^ They Didn't!

Edit:

yes they filled the ground it was reported in daily times.

This is a real bad news. Can anyone in Lahore take some pics and confirm please if that is true...

ground filling companies could be rich soon...they gotta fill hyatt in isb soon also as well as the big hole by the abu dhabi group in lahore

ground filling companies could be rich soon...they gotta fill hyatt in isb soon also as well as the big hole by the abu dhabi group in lahore

:lol: that was funny. shows a bit of disappointment too....which I share with you!

yeh the "too good to be true" i s really playing out with all the projects in PAK... esp all the grand hotels that were planned...

the should pass some sort of law that if a company cant afford something they should destroy the landscape only to runaway...only bahria town Sheraton , Centaurus minus hotel and Emaar will come close to finishing their projects

They have started installing the CRANE at the site... I have seen this scene yesterday....

yeh the "too good to be true" i s really playing out with all the projects in PAK... esp all the grand hotels that were planned...

the should pass some sort of law that if a company cant afford something they should destroy the landscape only to runaway...only bahria town Sheraton , Centaurus minus hotel and Emaar will come close to finishing their projects

Why minus Hotel of Centaurus, hopefully they will build it......

They have started installing the CRANE at the site... I have seen this scene yesterday....

ap kay moun main ghee or sugar :colgate:

kafi arsay bad koi achi khabar milli hai

if now they will built this tower with more than 15 floors it would be grat

Great news.... Any Pics?

Is it Stuck again???

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2631/4109459459_dfd7d3c157_o.jpg

^^ wait! they changed it back to the old render!

i have noticed some movement at their site aswell... maybe they are back in business...

i also remember someone of their ppl saying that it will be a steel structure and will be completed in a short span of time..!!

i have noticed some movement at their site aswell... maybe they are back in business...

i also remember someone of their ppl saying that it will be a steel structure and will be completed in a short span of time..!!

on that note i was jst wondering why in pakistan are we still building concrete structures....steel is so much faster and i guess cheaper too...then why?

on that note i was jst wondering why in pakistan are we still building concrete structures....steel is so much faster and i guess cheaper too...then why?

That my friend is a good question...!!

That my friend is a good question...!!


:lol: sultan bhai answer b kar dena tha....

Steel structures require more technology(equipment + trained manpower) that our builders are not ready to invest in.

And I am not sure if it is cheaper.

Is some work started? or only crane is lying there idle?

Is some work started? or only crane is lying there idle?

Structure of tower crane is lying there from 2-3 weeks at site.However, from last 2 weeks a pilling crane is also reached on site.Which is doing work continously there when i passed 4-5 times during last week..

^^akhir update kar hi di

thanks

Rana Sb.............

^^ jee bhai :?

^^ Kabi update he kar diya karan :)

^^ Kabi update he kar diya karan :)

I think he is not in Pakistan.........

^^ Kabi update he kar diya karan :)

ap nay mujhe baat lagai hai ab main is thread main tabhi post karun jab mujhe koi site ki latest pics milay gi done :)

Machinery was at the site but I saw no workers there........

It seems so nothing is going on..........

Machinery & Material were at the site.....

Not much workers.....

I think piling is going on......

yeah i also saw sum steel structure on the site

yeah i also saw sum steel structure on the site

steel structure & piling is going on.........

Not much speed.....

The work is going on but i could not understand wht actually they are trying to do..:dunno:

http://i1007.photobucket.com/albums/af197/stronghearted87/Lahore%20buildings%20updates/03032010065.jpg

http://i1007.photobucket.com/albums/af197/stronghearted87/Lahore%20buildings%20updates/03032010063.jpg

^^Rightly said.......


What's going on???? :bash:

may be working on water tank?

Any progress or news on this one?

Update as of today..

they have gone up to second floor.. dont know though if it is part of the main building..????

http://img2.pict.com/7d/19/40/3843108/0/800/img00116201007261656.jpg

^^I have passed couple of times infront of it, I don't know what they are trying to do??? Its just a 2 floor structure at the moment, its not a part of the building....

i guess a sales center...???

i guess a sales center...???

Yep, somthing like that...

ok ppl.... the details abt this building...

the structure u see below is going to be 11 stories tall... its going to be a mix use thing with offices and shops..!! the ground floor is their sales center..

the main building is still in limbo as they have been facing some legal and monetary issues.. their previous digging got them in real trouble as adjecent houses were affected by foundation work on the building..!! so they had to just fill up the hole..

now if they start work on main building, they will have to start digging from the point they dug before cause of the soil condition and soft compaction of the this whole site...

ok pics now..!! ;o)

http://a.imageshack.us/img820/2880/img00297201008271410.jpg

http://a.imageshack.us/img836/5883/img00299201008271440.jpg

http://a.imageshack.us/img715/4492/img00296201008271410.jpg

http://a.imageshack.us/img716/5333/img00302201008271452.jpg

sales center..

http://a.imageshack.us/img405/4633/img00301201008271451.jpg

site for main building...

http://a.imageshack.us/img838/8800/img00300201008271451.jpg

Thanks for the update JS....:okay:

This doesn't make sense. How can this building be 200 feet? That's only 69 meters.

^^its was 33 floors before than 20 floors now what is this :( just a 6 floors building

they were saying before that they sold almost 80% of the shops n offices now what ? big question mark :/

Today i passed by this building but didnt see any activity over there not even the machinery, may be i could notice but its very obvious that they just have a "Tarkhao" policy.

Is there still no activity here?

^^There is a 3 floor Sales Office like structure there....

No one was present there...

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This video has been around for a very long time... But there has there been NO progress on the project at all... May be my grand children will be able to see the completion of this building...