Name: Novotel Barsha
Floors: 35
Height: ?
Use: Hotel

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Accor to manage new Novotel at Al Barsha

Directors from the Accor Group met with their counterparts from Al Ali Property Investments for Hotel & Resorts (API H&R) to sign an agreement for Accor to manage the new Novotel Hotel & Residence being built in Al Barsha, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
United Arab Emirates: 1 hour, 11 minutes ago

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An artists's impression of the Novotel.

API H&R is a privately owned company with Mr. Jassim Mohammed Abdul Rahim Al Ali as CEO and was launched by Al Ali Property Investments (API). The objective is for API H&R to invest in and own hotels and resort complexes throughout the UAE.

Strategically located on the front line of Sheikh Zayed Road in Al Barsha area, the contemporary styled Novotel hotel rises to 34 storey featuring 437 thoughtfully furnished and spacious rooms in addition to 90 serviced apartments.

This modern four-star property provides a full range of services including specialty restaurants, all day dining, bar, six meeting rooms, a business centre and a ballroom that can be divided into three smaller venues of 110m2 each. It boasts also a 300m2 fitness centre, swimming pool with deck and bar.

Christophe Landais, Managing Director for Accor Middle East stated, 'The objective behind the expansion of the Novotel brand throughout the Middle East is simply a matter of giving business and leisure customers what they want - an alternative to five-star hotels. There's a huge gap in this fast growing market.

'Novotel aims to take the lead to satisfy this valuable customer segment by offering comfort and convenience at a sensible rate for domestic and international travelers. Furthermore, Novotel being a family orientated hotel, children can stay free on bed & breakfast basis whilst sharing their parents' room.'

Novotel Barsha, which will be ready to welcome guests during 2008, will be in the same lineage as Dubai Novotel WTC (412 rooms). By 2009, there will be 23 new Novotel hotels throughout the Middle East, making a total of 6,681 rooms.

Mr. Al Ali commented, 'There is billion of dollars worth of construction, infrastructure and airport development currently taking place in the region, due mainly to the current boom. The hotel market should not only keep pace but also offer customers a varied choice of accommodation. With Novotel, Accor shows it has the right idea. In fact, we are proud to be associated with such a renowned and internationally respected brand.'

this one should be very close to mall of the emirates

The towers itself are great but the common podium sucks.

awesome!! but i agree with u altin.

nother novotel, face found one in deira if i am not wrong.

anyway, would be awesome if the whole strip from SZR to BB would be filled up one day.

three chelsea towers minus the needle anyone?

Just wondering, are there any skyscrapers around it?

No, only midrises, which started mushrooming on the last couple of years.

BTW malec, Barsha is the aerea where Mall Of The Emirates is.

three chelsea towers minus the needle anyone?


i don't see any similarity to chelsea except the white facade detail.

^^ the layout of the white balconies u mean.. that's what i was referring too.. identical to chelsea.. it's a shame because that's so unique about chelsea's design...

Yes I can that. Its what I though as soon I saw them too Krazy.

Well it was only a matter of time before the towers moved to the other size of the road. By the way what ever happend to the low Rotona Hotel that was going up down there ?

API H&R plans to develop Dh1b Al Barsha Complex
BY JAMILA QADIR

26 June 2006


DUBAI — Dubai-based API Hotels and Resorts (API H&R) is investing Dh1 billion to develop the Al Barsha Complex, which will include a hotel and furnished apartments, a residential block and a commercial tower.

Jassim Mohammed Abdul Rahim Al Ali, Chief Executive Officer of API H&R, told Khaleej Times yesterday that the company would also build a stand-alone hotel in Al Barsha area just half a kilometre away from the complex.

He said API H&R, which was launched earlier this year by Al Ali Property Investments (API), will invest in and own hotels and resort complexes throughout the UAE.

The Novotel Barsha, which is part of the complex, will be located on the front line of Shaikh Zayed Road. The four-star property will rise to 34 storeys featuring 437 rooms and 90 serviced apartments. It will be ready in 2008.

The Ibis Barsha, a stand-alone three-star hotel in the same area, will have six storeys with 480 rooms and will be ready around the same time.

Al Ali said: "There is billion of dollars worth of construction, infrastructure and airport development currently taking place in the region, due mainly to the current boom. The hotel market should not only keep pace, but also offer customers a varied choice of accommodation."

R

it looks really good and I found the other novotel in Deira thank you very much. but anywho they sed its going to be on the frontline of SZH...now does that mean its on the edge of the highway???

R

This could easily be 3 towers...:D

single tower just wide

Yes I can that. Its what I though as soon I saw them too Krazy.

Well it was only a matter of time before the towers moved to the other size of the road. By the way what ever happend to the low Rotona Hotel that was going up down there ?


Al Barsha is near the Mall Of the Emirates, and not oposite SZR from Falcon Tower where Villa Rotana stands.

Location for the tower?

Burj Dubai Complex or in sew i think.

The renders look fantastic, at most the facade :)

Yeah! Great render!

Accor joins mid-range battle


The 34-storey Novotel Hotel and Residences will be built in Al Barsha, Dubai.
Accor is the latest hospitality group to jump on the mid-range hotel bandwagon, after signing a management agreement for two new hotels in Dubai.

The group has signed a deal with Al Ali Property Investments for Hotels and Resorts, to manage the new Ibis Barsha, and the Novotel Hotel and Residences, both of which will be built in the Al Barsha area of Dubai.

“In Dubai, upscale five-star hotels are predominately being developed; we hope to fill the gap they have left behind in the mid-range section,” said Christophe Landais, managing director for Accor Middle East.

Both hotels will be strategically located on Sheikh Zayed Road, on the route from Jebel Ali, Dubai Media City and Dubai Internet City, towards Dubai World Trade Centre.

Landais said the 480-room Ibis Barsha would cater to the needs of both leisure and business travellers who sought a viable alternative to five-star accommodation.

Nearby, a 34-storey Novotel Hotel and Residences will consist of 437 hotel rooms, 90 serviced apartments, and space reserved for office use.

The four-star property will feature all day dining, a bar, six meeting rooms, business centre and a ballroom that can be divided into three smaller venues of 110m² each, a 300m² fitness centre, and a swimming pool with deck and bar.

The Ibis will open by the end of 2007, and the Novotel, in 2008.

By 2009, 23 new Nov-otel hotels offering 6681 rooms will have opened Middle East-wide.

Burj Dubai Complex or in sew i think.

This will be build near to Mall Of the Emirates (Ski Dubai), an aerea that is more then 15 kms distant from Burj Dubai.

This looks great. A small resemblence to the Al Fattan marine Towers.

as well as a little bit of chelsea tower at szr

API H&R plans to develop Dh1b Al Barsha Complex
BY JAMILA QADIR

26 June 2006


DUBAI — Dubai-based API Hotels and Resorts (API H&R) is investing Dh1 billion to develop the Al Barsha Complex, which will include a hotel and furnished apartments, a residential block and a commercial tower.

Jassim Mohammed Abdul Rahim Al Ali, Chief Executive Officer of API H&R, told Khaleej Times yesterday that the company would also build a stand-alone hotel in Al Barsha area just half a kilometre away from the complex.

He said API H&R, which was launched earlier this year by Al Ali Property Investments (API), will invest in and own hotels and resort complexes throughout the UAE.

The Novotel Barsha, which is part of the complex, will be located on the front line of Shaikh Zayed Road. The four-star property will rise to 34 storeys featuring 437 rooms and 90 serviced apartments. It will be ready in 2008.

The Ibis Barsha, a stand-alone three-star hotel in the same area, will have six storeys with 480 rooms and will be ready around the same time.
Al Ali said: "There is billion of dollars worth of construction, infrastructure and airport development currently taking place in the region, due mainly to the current boom. The hotel market should not only keep pace, but also offer customers a varied choice of accommodation."

R

The Ibis Barsha has started construction and the site is SZR-facing, just next to U-Bora Towers Sales Centre. If Novotel will be 500 meters distant, that means the location is further on toward Mall Of Emirates and possibly where Dubai Metro's Barsha station will be. If so, excellent location.

Tenders due for Al-Barsha
CONSTRUCTION UAE
18 May 2007

Tenders are expected to be issued soon for a new tower development in the Al-Barsha area alongside Shaikh Zayed road. The 45-storey hotel building has been designed to resemble a sailing ship and will be alongside Al-Sufouh interchange, which is under construction, between Mall of the Emirates and interchange 4.5. The consultant is Lebanon’s Khatib & Alami. New Zealand’s Beca is the project manager. The local Al-Ali Property Investments is the client.

R

this is either novotel or ibis barsha

well it cant be the ibis because thats supposedly only 6F high...the novotel...hmm...they sed it was only 34F as per your thread:
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=366402&page=2


R

Is it the same??

you're right, but...

1) the novotel looks like a design from K&A
2) 35F hotel plus 10 storey podium or so makes it 45F
3) the novotel design also looks like a ship

So what's now?? Is it the same or not. If yes, close this thread!

Compare!!

Yes, this is NOVOTEL Barsha. Same developer (Al Ali Group)

Please merge threads.

done

THX

The design sucks.......well it would have been great if the 3 buildings were separate!!! :bash:

The project board is up and I think the piling was completed by ZETAS. This is in one of the sites I was "monitoring" as candidates for this. It is located on a SZR facing plot, just next to the Al Sufouh overhead bridge crossing the SZR, that is not far from the Toll Gates.

Owner was API Hotels LLC, where obviously API = (Al) Ahli Property Investment

This will be build near to Mall Of the Emirates (Ski Dubai), an aerea that is more then 15 kms distant from Burj Dubai.

So it will kind of be in a skyline of its own by itself out there. Unless other tower s are planned for that area.

^^ It is not on it's own, but there will be (already are) only midrises around ... a dense area I might add.

The piling/shoring contractor was actually ZUBLIN and not ZETAS.

The spires are hideous :mad2:

Other than that, they look good, gulf style.

The piling/shoring contractor was actually ZUBLIN and not ZETAS.

Can you take pics from the parking building of the mall of the Emirates please?

^^ Is very far and not visible from there.

You are good on finding places in Google earth so check for Mall of Emirates and the 3rd Interchange, go some 1 - 2 km or so alongside SZR toward Abu Dhabi and there's a road that crosses SZR via a bridge. The site of the Hotel is just on the corner created by SZR and that overpass bridge.

Ok, ok ... more or less the location:

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Germans start work on foundations of Barsha towers
Published: 22 January 2008 13:38 GMT Author: Colin Foreman More by this Author Last Updated: 22 January 2008 17:07

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Germany's Ed Zueblin has started work on the foundations of a tower planned by the local Al-Ali Property Investments in the Al-Barsha area of Dubai, on Sheikh Zayed road.
The 45-storey hotel building has been designed to resemble a sailing ship.

It will sit alongside the Al-Sufouh interchange, which is under construction, between Mall of the Emirates and interchange 4.5.

The consultant is Lebanon's Khatib & Alami. New Zealand's Beca is the project manager (MEED 18:5:07).


R

It's NOT a interchange, just a OVERPASS. :bash:

The 45-storey hotel building has been designed to resemble a sailing ship.

Is it a typo or not?

Dutco Balfour Beatty awarded hotel tower on Sheikh Zayed road
Published: 25 March 2008 11:16 GMT Author: Colin Foreman More by this Author Last Updated: 26 March 2008 15:50
The local/UK Dutco Balfour Beatty has been awarded the AED840m ($229m) contract to build a hotel tower in the Al-Barsha area of Dubai, on Sheikh Zayed road.
The 45-storey hotel is designed to resemble a sailing ship, and will sit alongside the Al-Sufouh interchange, between Mall of the Emirates and interchange 4.5. Construction of the superstructure is expected to start in May.

Germany's Ed Zueblin has completed the foundations.

The consultant is Lebanon's Khatib & Alami. New Zealand's Beca is the project manager. The local Al-Ali Property Investments is the client (MEED 22:1:08).

R

45 floors??!! :hm:

Dutco Balfour Beatty are already on site working

Do we have a source for the 45 floors??

Need a link for emporis?!!

Three towers or one tower !!! add to title please ...

^^ One wide tower that is shapped to look like three. ;)

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wide like this ! :lol: ok

Three tower cranes are working on site.

Can you take a board picture with the 45 floors??

^^ I have to see first if it mention the floor numbers at all.

Ok, thx

Is Construction still going on for this hotel. Till what floors its completed.

^^ The pouring of the foundations seams to have happened in stages, over the last couple of weekends.

Thanks.. Any pics of the site available

^^ No, unfortunatelly.

^^ The pouring of the foundations seams to have happened in stages, over the last couple of weekends.

correct, finished last weekend

All three central cores have risen over the ground level

any pics of progress?

^^Yes, Imre, maybe you could also take a picture of the board - thx !

There are actually 5 cores rising: 3 big one for the main towers and two small ones in between them, probably for serving the multi-storey podium.

^^Wow !!

^^ OMFG!!!! :crazy:

There are actually 5 cores rising: 3 big one for the main towers and two small ones in between them, probably for serving the multi-storey podium.

CORRECTION: 2 biggies at the sides and 3 smaller ones in between

05/February/2009

Novotel Barsha

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any new pics?

03/November/2009

Novotel Barsha

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The massive podium has been completed and all thre towers/sections are already 3 - 4 floors above it, with the respective cores several floors up.

Shall check if the three are sections or separate towers.

28.03.
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^^nice!

17/April/2010

Novotel Barsha

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so whats that got to do with the Novotel Barsha?

from today:

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R

thanks a lot for the update!

?One crane was removed some weeks back, anf another one was removed yesterday.

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http://dubaiwalla.livejournal.com/313357.html#cutid1

The two cranes visible on the front are the ones thar are gone. First the one on the right, and then the one on the left.

from today:

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R

three ugly monsters on SZR. Don't like these at all :ohno:

from yest:

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R

Very obtrusive in the otherwise low rise area!

2011-12-29 by me

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All 3 musts are in place now, so they have prety much topped to their final height. However the roof features are not completed yet.

Eli Greenblat
April 18, 2012



IF SECRETIVE, opulent Monaco can be considered a sunny place for shady people, what does that make the oil-rich state of Dubai in the Middle East?

For investors and entrepreneurs it has proved a dicey place to do business, where contracts and courts have a mind of their own and the cycle of boom and bust is supercharged by barrels upon barrels of petroleum.

Australia's Hastie Group has discovered just how dangerous to your wealth Dubai can be as its $6.2 million construction dispute with Dutco Balfour Beatty grinds through the courts and it stands to lose that sum of money plus another $8 million to $10 million in unpaid bills that the ASX-listed company has already written off.


Yesterday Hastie shares, which have already fallen more than 70 per cent this year, were placed in a trading halt as the group prepares for the latest court battle with its former client Dutco. The potential loss arising from the contract dispute is so big that it is now a material issue for the company's earnings outlook.

In any other court in Australia, North America or Europe there would be certain protections in place. Not in Dubai. It seems that Dutco failed to turn up to the last court appearance and is now racing to the bank to claim more than $6 million in construction bonds put up by Hastie years ago when it originally won the $50 million contract fitting out the near-complete Novotel complex in Dubai.

The problem for Hastie is that just before a religious holiday last week Dutco turned up at the bank demanding payment of the bond, and with the judge and court officers away there was no authority to stop them.

The bank, Ulster Bank, which is fronted by Standard Chartered in Dubai, is potentially under legal obligation to pay out the bond to the holder of the proper documents, in this case Dutco, and it may be already too late to stop the money changing hands.

Hastie says as yet the bond has not been handed over and it is awaiting a new court appearance tomorrow. But will Dutco even bother turning up? The loss of the bond could blow a big hole in Hastie's budget and its share price.

http://www.smh.com.au/business/paying-dearly-to-do-business-in-dicey-dubai-20120417-1x5jk.html

^^ The only interesting thing here is the AU$ 50 million fit out contract :nuts:

The 3rd and last crane is comming down. Still work on the facade and the top part remains

very nice post more pics guys

01/01/2013
loks nice, completed! :cheers:
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