#UNDER C: PRINCESS TOWER, 101F Res, 414m

[smussuw]

Name: Al Ameera
Location: Dubai Marina
Floors: 90F
Height: 340m, 380m to spire
Use: Residential

http://www.greatestcities.com/2138pic/150/CP38150.jpg/3.JPG

http://www.greatestcities.com/1736pic/149/CP38149.jpg/2.JPG



http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/11020Al_Amira_Tower.jpg

http://www.ayuplanet.com/smussuw/Picture 16.jpg
developer is Tameer, i dont have much info yet. I dont know if this was mentioned in any other thread.

"الأميرة" 90 طابقاً في "المرسى"


أطلقت مؤسسة “تعمير” العقارية مشروعاً لإقامة برج سكني جديد في “مرسى دبي” بارتفاع 340 متراً، مؤلف من 90 طابقاً تشمل 750 شقة سكنية تتوزع بين شقق تبدأ من غرفة وصالة وصولاً الى شقق تشمل 5 غرف وصالة، وكذلك مجموعة من شقق الدوبلكس والبنتهاوس.

name was edited.

[ahmedr]

Where did you get this info?

[SA BOY]

holy sh&t a new monster. Pics ? height? sourse? , Im excited and want more

[SA BOY]

OK found height sorry, I was so excited I dident look close enough. Any mention of a company involved?

[SA BOY]

please can someone translate. Is the 750 the number of units ??

[Bahraini Spirit]

ya 750 apratments. Now two things, the name is not that fancy for a 90 story tower. Also, it should atleast be 400m for a tower that high.

[smussuw]

SOURCE (http://www.alkhaleej.ae/eco/show_article.cfm?val=122679)

[smussuw]

The picture is being added

[Dubai-Lover]

holy ****
can someone hit me hard please to wake me up!!!
i must be dreaming!

a pity the pic is bad

it obviously is a pic from the newspaper?

hungry for more info!

[ahmedr]

smussuw, can you somehow get a better scan cuz the render is very low resolution?

[smussuw]

smussuw, can you somehow get a better scan cuz the render is very low resolution?

i took it by my webcam that why it has a low quality. i dont have a scanner. if some one can buy al khaleej newspaper and scan it anyone ?

[smussuw]

it looks similar to al marsa tower
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/503/11020Al_Marsa_Tower.jpg

[SA BOY]

Could someone do a direct translation of the arabic text please

[SA BOY]

went to Tameers website
http://www.tameer.com/home.aspx but found nothing mentioned about this tower

[SA BOY]

OK got the paper and have seen the article and render. Its BIGGGGGGGGGG and the inside article states a height of 380meters starting 2005 and complete 2009, 750 units but someone should translate the full article so we can understand the whole thing

[SA BOY]

added to Emporis now that I have seen the article

[Trances]

oh wow !
no longer tallest res in australia in the near future :(

[smussuw]

went to Tameers website
http://www.tameer.com/home.aspx but found nothing mentioned about this tower


i think that those two are different companies because the website is refering to Al Khaleej Development company.

[SA BOY]

same company, in the first line of their history they make reffernce to the two names

[Dubai-Lover]

seems like the al khaleej paper is faster than anything else
remember, they were the first to report about palm deira

[SA BOY]

on page 2 there is a bigger render but quality is poor

[Dubai-Lover]

giles - can you do us a favor please
if you have the newspaper with you, can you take a photo of the render and send it to me via email?
that would be fantastic!

[smussuw]

same company, in the first line of their history they make reffernce to the two names

yes i know; however both two have entirly different names in arabic.

[SA BOY]

I have sent dennis a photograph of the newsapaper article

[CULWULLA]

oh wow !
no longer tallest res in australia in the near future :(
2009 is a long way yet. q1 and Eureka can bask in sun for 5 more years.
So what does it looklike? has it a spire? dome?
damn!

[Trances]

render is on first page give a slight hint of what it may look like

[Dubai-Lover]

I have sent dennis a photograph of the newsapaper article

pic not yet arrived here
will upload and post it in the evening dubai time

so excited

[Trances]

oh i should be in bed now that i have packed but cant wait may have to stay up few mins to see

[Dubai-Lover]

oh i should be in bed now that i have packed but cant wait may have to stay up few mins to see

if you can wait for another 3 hours?
if not, good night and nice fligth :D ;)

[Trances]

no i cant wait that long only have 6 hours and i need my sleep
so take care hope to this full developed and info when i get back
I think there will be a few people talking about this
despite the tower looks nothing special in its desgin beyond the quality we have already seen. The status and size in its self is a land mark event. Sure it will be huge in that respect. Looking forward to seeing that at least. Laters

[Dubai-Lover]

giles has sent me the photo of the advert! :) great you made it mate :happy:

http://www.ayuplanet.com/dxblover/New%20Towers/Al%20Amira%20Tower.jpg

[Michiel]

Unbelievable. When something like that was published elsewhere it's probably a joke.

[Bahraini Spirit]

wouldn't you guys think this should be topping 400 m. I mean it would be great considering the floor count. and if they called it somethin like "Royal Sky" or anythin like that, it'll be better than al amira tower, i mean it's not bad but for such a building, you need a gripping name.

[Dubai-Lover]

yes, name is strange and hard to remember!
i'm convinved it will change when tenderings and contracts have been signed

i would like to know if it has a spire!!! someone who has the newspaper please tell us
giles said there was 380 mentionned in one article. in another it was 340! :dunno:

i'm really excited about the location in dubai marina!

[Dubai_Boy]

i envy you guys :) you still have it in your hearts to feel happy when buildings shorter than the Burj Dubai are announced :/ personally , anything shorter than the BD doesnt interest me a lot

Hahahahhahaha YEAH RIGHT

did you guys even believe me for a sec

this is gooooooooood news

==============================

Martha if your reading this thread by some chance , IN YOUR FACE

when i was over in the gold coast , this old lady called martha came up to me and asked me " You there , why are you taking photos of this building , your not planning anything bad now are you ? " i smiled at here and laughed , well actually i was like f#### you ya old cow, however i kept it to myself ;) anyhow , we had a long talk and she said she doesnt think dubai will build a res building taller than the one u/c in the gold coast :)

[CULWULLA]

quick diagram of top 3 resi in 2009
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v158/culwulla/alamiratallestresi3.jpg

[BulldozerGirl]

Bahraini Spirit - Why do you hate the name? Al Amira means "The Princess".. I know it doesn't suit the building but I think it sounds fine.

I will translate the full article when I'm too bored to do anything else.. which should be about 5 or 10 minutes from now :p

[BulldozerGirl]

Hmm.. the full report is only a three lined paragraph.

"Ta'meer properties has launched a new residential tower project in Dubai Marina, with a height of 340 m. It consists of 90 storeys and has 750 apartments which range from one bedroom apartments to five bedroom apartments, there are also duplex apartments and penthouses."

Sorry for the literal bad translation, but that's all it says.

[Dubai-Lover]

thanks
but the number 380 giles has brought up still confuses me

anyway, he has just sent me another photo, is he still at work at 3am??? :weird:



at least we now can clearly see there's a spire. if it's gonna be 40m?

http://www.ayuplanet.com/dxblover/New Towers - more pics/Al Amira Tower2.jpg

[Bahraini Spirit]

well bulldozer girl, it's not that i hate the name "al amira", it's a nice word, but for such a huge project, which would be the world's tallest residential, I personally think that a more unique name should be used, you know what i mean. When this is completed, you want to say we have the world's tallest residential tower and its called "something interesting" and not "al amira".

[SA BOY]

I see an article on the 2nd page which is longer and more involved than the one posted here and it makes refference to a total height of 380. So im assuming its 340 roof and a 40m spire???. Ill try to scan the article and send to someone can translate the longer more detailed article

[BulldozerGirl]

well bulldozer girl, it's not that i hate the name "al amira", it's a nice word, but for such a huge project, which would be the world's tallest residential, I personally think that a more unique name should be used, you know what i mean. When this is completed, you want to say we have the world's tallest residential tower and its called "something interesting" and not "al amira".

You said that this huge project should have a fetching name like "Royal Sky" or something similar. I think that's a horrible suggestion. I hate these English names of a lot of the new towers that are coming up, and it's senseless to be giving them names like these and then translate them in Arabic. The same tower will have two names this way, and there is nothing worse than having the English name transliterated in Arabic (like the boarding for Mall of the Emirates which actually write the word mall in Arabic M-O-L even though such a word doesn't exist and the word should be markaz).

I mean look at the name Bright Start for God's sake. What a load of crap. I prefer Anbar and those names. It's really sad how New Dubai has addresses that sounds like "Park Place" when there is even no letter P in Arabic, or areas called Emirates Hills or whatever. It makes the city look like an English colony.

SA BOY - Scan and post the article here and we'll see what it says.

[BinDubai]

BG i agree with what u said :)

[Bahraini Spirit]

that was an example, and when i wrote that, that name should've been in arabic, I never mentioned what language the name should be written in. "Royal sky" was just one example i thought of in a split second without even being creative, but just to demonstrate my point that such a tower needs a gripping name. Dubai should do what bahrain does for it's projects, take the arabic and translate it like Amwaj islands. Bulldozergirl, hope you get my point.

[BulldozerGirl]

that was an example, and when i wrote that, that name should've been in arabic, I never mentioned what language the name should be written in. "Royal sky" was just one example i thought of in a split second without even being creative, but just to demonstrate my point that such a tower needs a gripping name. Dubai should do what bahrain does for it's projects, take the arabic and translate it like Amwaj islands. Bulldozergirl, hope you get my point.

Yes, I agree that an Arabic name should be given and the Arabic should be transliterated in English. Like Burj Dubai which is "Dubai Tower".

I think maybe you dislike the name Al Amira because it's very feminine and it's not that suitable to be calling a monstrous project such as this "princess". But I think the paradox makes it interesting.. especially with that design that looks like something out of a horror film.

Perhaps they should change the name to Al Emir?

[Bahraini Spirit]

nah, not even al emir or al amir will do, it's nothin to do with feminism. It's just that for such a huge project, you need a name that will instantly grip people to the project without even knowin how it looks like or it's specs.

[ahmedr]

IMO, Al Ameera is a really cool name, and like BulldozerGirl, a huge project called "The Princess" makes it very interesting.

[BulldozerGirl]

Is it just me or does this tower look like it belongs in Sharjah or Abu Dhabi?

Should be moved there along with Sheikh Isa on Sheikh Zayed Rd. Are those stripes going down the sides pink?

[Dubai-Lover]

as the resolution of the pics is bad i'd say it's a light brown

i really would like to have an official render

[Bahraini Spirit]

well if your considering the name being ironic for such a project, am with you on this, hehe imagine "Amirat al Marsa" is the name and the tower has a huge artificial wig on top lol. Well, it can't be that bad can it.

[BulldozerGirl]

well if your considering the name being ironic for such a project, am with you on this, hehe imagine "Amirat al Marsa" is the name and the tower has a huge artificial wig on top lol. Well, it can't be that bad can it.

I think the problem is that you're imagining the tower to be a real life woman, who's a princess.

Lay off the site for a while.

[Dubai_Boy]

I seriously could careless about the name of a building really

However , i think this tower should be named " Mariana Maro"

[Bahraini Spirit]

so now you could read my mind, can i understand how you came up with the conclusion that i have a problem? Am quite interested since it was a joke.

[BulldozerGirl]

so now you could read my mind, can i understand how you came up with the conclusion that i have a problem? Am quite interested since it was a joke.

Eh. No, I really believed that you were serious about imagining the Al Amira tower in a big wig, and being called 'princess of the marina'. Those pink stripes make a nice dress for this monstrosity.

It's your imagination, Bahraini Spirit. Yours.

:fiddle:

[Bahraini Spirit]

:weirdo: u must be kiddin me are you, my thinkin. It's probably since yoru studyin to be a doctor that you analyse things a lot. Not good, take a break and chill :jk:. Haha you know, you made it sound like am gettin excited over concrete structures.

[smussuw]

http://www.aawsat.com/2004/11/27/images/economy.267796.jpg

[Bahraini Spirit]

what i think they did, is that for the sharjah one, they mad it wider, but for dubai, they made it taller, and it's kinda the same name with the same design. But in that pic, it only says, "Al Amira residential tower in Sharjah".

[ahmedr]

That last pic just confused everything!

[Dubai-Lover]

great!

at least we have the lower part in high resolution

it's not confusing! the left tower is the dubai one, the right the sharjah one ;)

[Dubai-Lover]

can someone please translate it or give us the important info?


مؤسسة «تعمير» العقارية في الشارقة تستثمر 560 مليون درهم لبناء برج في المرسى

لندن: «الشرق الأوسط»
أطلقت مؤسسة «تعمير» العقارية التي تتخذ من إمارة الشارقة مقرا لها مشروعاً لإقامة برج سكني جديد في «مرسى دبي» يحمل اسم «أميرة» بارتفاع يصل إلى 340 متراً، و يتألف البرج من 90 طابقاً تشمل 750 شقة سكنية تتوزع بين شقق تبدأ من غرفة وصالة وصولاً إلى شقق تشمل 5 غرف وصالة، وكذلك مجموعة من شقق الدوبلكس والبنتهاوس. وتبلغ قيمة استثمارات «تعمير» في هذا المشروع حوالي 560 مليون درهم إماراتي منها 380 مليون درهم لإنشاء البرج و 180 مليون درهم كلفة الأرض التي سيقام عليها ضمن مشروع مرسى دبي حيث سيكون مطلا على البحر وبحيرة المرسى وثلاثة شوارع رئيسية، وسوف يبدأ العمل على إنشاء المشروع في شهر يونيو من العام 2005 على أن يتم الانتهاء منه خلال أربع سنوات على أبعد تقدير.
واورد التقرير الاسبوعي لبنك دبي بانه سوف تطرح الشقق التي يتكون منها برج «أميرة دبي» للتمليك الحر من خلال أقساط شهرية لمدة 50 شهرا من دون فوائد، و تبدأ أسعار هذه الشقق من 590 ألف درهم إلى 3 ملايين درهم للشقق العادية، ومن 1.2 مليون درهم إلى 12 مليون درهم للشقق الدوبلكس والبنت هاوس.
* دبي تشهد نشاطا في إبرام الصفقات العقارية
* وفي دبي شهدت السوق العقارية في إمارة دبي نشاطاً كبيراً في حركة تداول الأراضي و ذلك خلال اليومين الأوليين منه لاستئناف النشاط بعد توقف طويل، وقد بلغ حجم الصفقات والمبايعات خلال هذين اليومين حوالي 220 مليون درهم.
واورد التقرير بان السوقين التقليدي والحديث بالإمارة شهدتا حركة تداول بتوقيع تحت عدد من الصفقات والمبايعات، هذا و بلغت أرقام حركة تداول الأراضي في إمارة دبي خلال الفترة من 20 إلى 24 نوفمبر الجاري حوالي 405 ملايين درهم، وشملت حركة البيع والشراء 34 منطقة مختلفة مناطق دبي.
وبالرغم من وجود عطلة طويلة دامت قرابة الأسبوعين إلا أن حركة الطلب على الشقق السكنية لم تتوقف في إمارة دبي وانتهز البعض هذه العطلة للبحث عن سكن مناسب في ضوء تقلص العروض مقابل الطلبات المتزايدة. وتشير مصادر عقارية إلى أن الطلب على الشقق السكنية والمكاتب التجارية ارتفع منذ بداية العام الجاري وبنسبة تتراوح بين 15 ـ 20% وذلك نتيجة لزيادة الحركة التجارية والاقتصادية بالإمارة وإقبال المزيد من المستثمرين على اتخاذ دبي مركزاً لأعمالهم أو التوسع في المشروعات القائمة داخل الإمارة. ورغم دخول بنايات جديدة إلى السوق إلى أن تزايد أعداد المقيمين في دبي واستمرار التدفق من أبناء الجاليات العربية بالإضافة إلى النشاط المتزايد لشركات المقاولات وتوافد أعداد كبيرة من العمالة الفنية المستقدمة للعمل في المشروعات الكبيرة زاد من زخم الطلب على الشقق السكنية في دبي رغم ارتفاع القيمة الايجارية فيها مقارنة بالإمارات المجاورة والتي تعاني أيضا من زيادة الطلب على السكن وعدم وجود أماكن خالية.

[BulldozerGirl]

Ta'meer property developer of Sharjah, invests 560 million dirhams for a tower in the marina

London - Asharq al-Awsat

Sharjah-based Ta'meer properties has launched a project to build a new residential tower in Dubai Marina, called "Amira". It has a heigh of 340 m, and has 90 storeys with 750 apartments, ranging from one-bedroom apartments to five bedroom apartments. There are also duplex apartments and penthouses. The total investment of Ta'meer in this project is abour 560 million dirhams, of which 380 million is for the tower, and 180 million for the cost of the land on which it will be built, as part of the Dubai Marina project, in which it will overly the beach and the marina as well as three main roads. Construction will start at the end of June 2005 and will be finished over the course of 4 years maximum.

The weekly report of Dubai Bank mentioned that the "Amirat Dubai" apartments will be available for freehold by monthly payments for a period of 50 months without interest. The prices start at 590 thousand dirhams up to 3 million dirhams for regular apartments, and from 1.2 million dirhams up to 12 million dirhams for duplex and penthouses.

And in Dubai, the property market has had increased activity in the first two days after a long stop. The amount of transactions in these two days was around 220 million dirhams....

Demand for residential apartments and offices has increased since the start of this year by 15-20%, because of increased trading and commercial activity in the emirate....

Well that's generally what the article says, I skipped over a lot of stuff.. in the end it just talks about increased demand and a large number of Arab expats coming to live in Dubai and setting up businesses.

[BulldozerGirl]

I knew there was something that was so Sharjah about this tower. From its design and its name.

Damn them coming into Dubai with their projects and their unqualified engineering consultants. This building will fall on all the other buildings in the marina and they'll all go like dominoes.

[Dubai_Boy]

Nahh , Both the Void ratio and Bulk density of the soil its being built on are perfect according to international measures

[Dubai-Lover]

thanks for the translation bulldozergirl:)

start of construction in june 2005? wow, it will be in the end of 2008 this one will be completed!

[smussuw]

There is a full page advertizing in Al Khaleej newspaper or AL Bayan one of the them if someone can scan it. there is also a small one also in Asharq al awsat newspaper.

[Dubai-Lover]

why do only the arabic newspapers report about it? :weird:

would be great if we would get a full size render

the one by aawsat homepage is nice but doesn't include the roof :(

please have a look for it guys

[SA BOY]

Ill change the height from 380 to 340. I saw the 380 and thought it was height not cost, Its still the tallest though

[Dubai-Lover]

pics by dubai boy (hey, why didn't you put them here?)

was there any company/companies mentioned in this ad???

http://www.greatestcities.com/2138pic/150/CP38150.jpg/3.JPG

http://www.greatestcities.com/1736pic/149/CP38149.jpg/2.JPG

[SA BOY]

I got the paper and there is nothing except tamweel and I went to their site but nothing. We will have to wait a bit longer.
they are avertising at city scape the biggest developer exhibishion which Im going to tonight so hopefully they will have a model for me to photoigraph

[Trances]

great new photos of this project !
Knew it was real but now
no one can deny that this will be the world tallest res tower
( bar of course the others that will come and start in next few months over 300 meters and the Palm tower as well as course )

[SA BOY]

I have better pics of the model and advert, Ill send to dennis today

[Dubai-Lover]

this is #1
the full size render as an ad

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/11020Al_Amira_Tower.jpg

[Dubai-Lover]

here the pics of the model
wow

all the credit goes out to giles :)

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/11020Al_Amira_Tower2.jpg

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/11020Al_Amira_Tower3.jpg

[Dubai-Lover]

giles - may i update these two the ssc dubai portal, credited with your name?

[SA BOY]

of course
What do you think of the tower?

[Dubai-Lover]

incredible!
when i first saw the paper ads i honestly had my doubts

but now :eek2:

[smussuw]

Check the website
http://www.tameer.net

[smussuw]

they mentioned Amerat Dubai Tower 70f. i was wondering if it is the same tower.

[Dubai-Lover]

yes, and the pics are not the same
maybe another super-tall? :D

[ahmedr]

I really like the oriental crown but crowns dont look good on dull box-designs.

[Trances]

Yep i agree with that crown it need to tapper out hald way down little wider with a feature crowns again.
Model is huge hope the sales go well

[CULWULLA]

so this is now 340m NOT 380m? if so what height to roof? 320m?

[Dubai-Lover]

we first thought 380 with spire, but we can be sure that it's 340 with spire
so it might be 310 to roof?

[Trances]

still taller than than Q1
spire is so minior dont think even that
more like what cul said 320 or so to roof

[CULWULLA]

thanks guys. ive let Sunland Group know about it in Gc and they said- oh well atleast Q1 will be tallest for a few years.puts its name in records books for 4 -5years or so.

[CULWULLA]

more accurate height comparison. at 340m
http://img70.exs.cx/img70/6885/alamiratallestresi.jpg

[SA BOY]

Big E is still the best of the lot

[Trances]

agree with that cul
you have the spire about how i see it

[SA BOY]

its plot 190 in the marina

[SA BOY]

ok some developers info
www.tameer.net
and info@tameer.net

could someone get a render for the site from them

[Dubai-Lover]

contacted
also asked for the status of the 70f amerat dubai tower

[Dubai-Lover]

great
another bunch of freaks
the email adress is wrong
came back as undeliverable :ohno:

[SA BOY]

sorry, its from the brochure I got on the tower

[SA BOY]

this is off their site
Tel: +971 6 5560404
Fax: +971 6 5560880
POBox: 23936
E-mail: info@tameer.net
Sharjah - UAE
www.tameer.net

[SA BOY]

however how do they say 90F when the description of the towers is as follows:

Residential tower with 3 basement (parking), ground floor, 4 parking floors, Service floor, 70 Typical floors. The 10 upper floors are penthouses.

so actually it 3B+G+85

[Dubai-Lover]

contacted them and their email doesn't work :ohno:

[Trances]

happens all the time when i was trying

[CULWULLA]

big news today in melbourne is that Grollo have put an application in for a 53m spire atop Eureka which would bring total height to 351m, thus clearly becoming worlds tallest apartment tower. The spire will be quite large and will be an enclosed structure with an observation deck.
check it out>>
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=166117

[Dubai-Lover]

you aussies are driving me mad :D :jk:

honestly, eureka looked like it was cut off at the top
this will make the tower look nicer

but i don't think they did it because of al amira
i guess there's a competition between q1 and eureka

how will dubai react now?? :lol:

[AlMillion]

Where is this tower going to be?

[Trances]

no way !
Oh well Dubai will still win in the end

[ahmedr]

Al Amira is 380m to spire but I dont know if it counts or not. I think The Pinnacle will surpass Eureka by far since its most probably going to be all-residential according to the architects' website.

[Trances]

was it really 380 to sprire thought that was revised

[Dubai-Lover]

where did you get this from ahmedr?

[ahmedr]

first page of this thread :).

[AlMillion]

Sorry for the crap quality of this ... had to take a picture with my mobile (it wasn't the best print quality either!)

http://www.stratus2.net/Almeeramap.jpg

This clearly shows they are putting the tower right next to Al Marsa and Emirates Crown.

The penthouse is on the 83rd floor.

Today I spoke to the guy in charge of running tests on the ground to see if it can take a building this tall. He said they are having to drill to 70m! I have a feeling that the height of this could change ...

[Michiel]

Crazy :eek:

[Dubai_Boy]

Woaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

[ahmedr]

Yeah, woah!!

Is it me or does the crown now have pathces of black on it? Would be really cool anyway.

[Trances]

Oh yes !

[Dubai-Lover]

http://www.tameer.net/tameer/eng/alameerafinal/alameeratower.jpg

homepage
http://www.tameer.net/tameer/eng/alameerafinal/montage.htm

[SA BOY]

great site for the tallest residential tower in the world

[Krazy]

Project: Princess Tower
Location: Dubai Marina
Floor Count: ?? (Supposed to be one of the higher ones in Dubai Marina)
Height: ??
Construction Start: ??
Construction End: ??
Status: Approved

[Krazy]

Princess Tower revealed today

The Princess Tower at the Dubai Marina will be unveiled today by developer Tameer at the Dubai Property Investment Show in the Dubai World Trade Centre. The latest tower soars higher than surrounding projects, and is to boast easy instalments and attractive prices.

[Dubai-Lover]

will have to search for this one i guess
such launches are getting on my nerves!

at least "sours higher than surrounding projects" sounds promising. so it has to be at least 250m. not sure if they know about the other supertall projects in the marina.
remember marina pinnacle!

[Dubai-Lover]

what's coming into my mind is that this tower is the 340m al amira tower, which is also developed by tameer

would be strange if they'd just release another even taller tower, so it might be the same tower

but who knows

[SA BOY]

dident someone tell us al amira means princess???

[ahmedr]

lol, ameera = princess. You guys should learn some Arabic :)

[Trances]

so its the same then ?
its hardly ground breaking news
i was excited there for a moment

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=3093164&highlight=amira#post3093164

[SA BOY]

insharla!!!!

[Trances]

if only

[SA BOY]

so you still remember what it means?

[Dubai-Lover]

damn, i knew it´

threads merged

goo to have a name though, but shall we keep the former name al amira or rename it to princess tower?

[Trances]

it already is
i would rather keep the arab name but then most might find it hard
as it will be marketed under princess i guess, shame

[Krazy]

http://www.tameer.net/tameer/eng/alameerafinal/photo6.jpg

http://www.tameer.net/tameer/eng/alameerafinal/photo5.jpg

http://www.tameer.net/tameer/eng/alameerafinal/photo4.jpg

http://www.tameer.net/tameer/eng/alameerafinal/photo3.jpg

http://www.tameer.net/tameer/eng/alameerafinal/photo2.jpg

http://www.tameer.net/tameer/eng/alameerafinal/photo1.jpg

[Ruminative]

damn krazy you're on a roll!

[Dubai-Lover]

this is the section on the website i was waiting for, the views

amazing renders

[SA BOY]

some one went a bit mad with green paint, looks almost normal instaead of acres of sand with the towers around.
This has to be the tallest block on the planet?

[Trances]

that huge
yes the green seems little odd
so much free space infront as well
when is that going to be developed ?

[Chad]

oh god.

[beiklopa]

here is the pic of today's condition of the construction side.
http://img2.imagevenue.com/img.php?loc=loc206&image=da3_DSC03518.JPG

[beiklopa]

http://img2.imagevenue.com/loc206/th_da3_DSC03518.JPG (http://img2.imagevenue.com/img.php?loc=loc206&image=da3_DSC03518.JPG)

[beiklopa]

http://img1.imagevenue.com/loc184/th_787_DSC03521.JPG (http://img1.imagevenue.com/img.php?loc=loc184&image=787_DSC03521.JPG)
here is the view of the whole marina canal

[Dubai-Lover]

http://img2.imagevenue.com/loc206/th_da3_DSC03518.JPG (http://img2.imagevenue.com/img.php?loc=loc206&image=da3_DSC03518.JPG)

great view
but still nothing going on
just the machines and stuff they need to build emirates crown on the site

[AltinD]

beiklopa's photo should be better visible now:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v705/altind/f50376d6.jpg

[AlMillion]

Looks like absolutely nothing has changed sice i was there in Jan ... to either Al Ameera or the Emirate's Crown

[beiklopa]

yeah, they r not moving, i think they r having some issues with the money (about emirates crown) . about al ameera(or princess) , i have no clue when they r gonna build it. Looks dead at the moment

[Dubai-Lover]

no need to worry
i'm sure they can't start to build both at the same time

did you recognize between the towers there always is a free plot at early stages of construction?! it makes the current skyline look like this l_l_l l_l_l

[tritown]

The location for Al Amira is beautiful! But how much of the grass in that area has actually been sown?

[dubaiflo]

almost nothing and there will not be much more until al ameera is finished and i would say that there never will be that much green areas as in the render...

[beiklopa]

hmm Dubai -Lover, so which one will be the first to build? Emirates Crown? Well and it will take hm till 2007 or a bit more, i think they will start building Al Ameera in early 2006 or late 2005. what do u think?

[AltinD]

The location for Al Amira is beautiful! But how much of the grass in that area has actually been sown?

The green colour is just for demostration purpouses, almost all of the empty spaces are plots designated for costruction.

The aerea around towers and around roads and intersections will be landscaped, like it is done elswhere in Dubai, but we have to wait until towers are compleated.

I'm not saying it will be done when ALL the towers will be compleated, but every constructer will landscape the aerea around his tower, within the plot he purchased, while EMAAR or Municipality will landscape the rest.

[beiklopa]

Good good, then we will have a nice green, marina:)

[dubaiflo]

but it will never look like as in those renders. but you will have a nice area when walking there, it can already be seen when walking right of Phase 1 Towers ,there are some landscaped areas.

[beiklopa]

yeah i guess so, well i think it will be amazing, though this beast will completely close the view from the side of the Marina Phase 1

[Dubai-Lover]

interesting fact:

the tower has its own mosque! you may guess 3 times where it's located :D

:eek: now we know what the roof is for! WOW

[dubaiflo]

wow not bad at all.
very near to the sky indeed!

[ahmedr]

That would be the best place to pray ever! But from the time I hear the first call to prayer and reaching the 90th floor I would probably have missed the prayer!

[dubaiflo]

yeah they need faaaaast elevators...

[AlMillion]

Not true DL, they're selling the top as the penthouse - I even have the floor plans!

[Dubai-Lover]

but where will the mosque be then?
somewhere at the bottom near the main entrance?

[dubaiflo]

should be like that, usually that is the location.
but perhaps the "top" penthouse might be in the uppest floor, and not in the roof feature...!
are you sure about that almillion?
btw are you going to buy another penthouse ...!? :) ;)

[LeCom]

Dubai is a tale from a Thousand and One Nights coming to life.

[dubaiflo]

Dubai is a tale from a Thousand and One Nights coming to life.

and even more is to come.
but it is for sure, and i always wonder about the ignorant people who cannot believe that, or even don't know about what is going on here... :)

[AlMillion]

The agent said the penthouse was the whole of the top dome and the balconies around it (one of which is a swimming pool).

I did think about trying to stretch to buy it but at 13.5million Dhs its a 'little' bit steep after buying one already! ;)

[AltinD]

This tower have separate facilities for man and woman, including pools and gymns.

[dubaiflo]

not bad, 13.5.... what was the one in le reve, 15 i guess...1000 sqm...but not even an own pool ... no no, that would be nothing for me ... :nuts: :D

[AlMillion]

13.5mil isn't bad ... i think it was 1400metres square ... although what on earth would you do with all that space?!

[dubaiflo]

13.5 well.. it is...reasonable!
but i really ask me what the hell you do with 8 bedrooms, except you might have a huuuge family but that is the only reason...
but i prefer the smaller penthouses, such as the waves or timeplace or marinascape have they are awesome!
marinaheights is nice too but i would love to have an own pool and a kind of leisure deck...

[AlMillion]

The developers of the Marina Heights said i could have a swimming pool in (or out of) the apartment if I wanted ...

[Dubai-Lover]

new render

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/11020Princess_Tower.jpg

[city of the future]

Its very nice although the one in Sharjah is way better

[dubaiflo]

looks better in that render, and actually i prefer this one , but might be cause of the height too...

[beiklopa]

D-L , what do u think about putting this pic on Emporis as the render? i think its perfect for the first page:)

[Dubai-Lover]

already done yesterday
should be there today

[beiklopa]

already done yesterday
should be there today
wonderful:) wonderful:)!

[Krazy]

http://www.gowealthy.com/realestate/dubai/princesstower/images/overview_01.jpghttp://www.gowealthy.com/realestate/dubai/princesstower/images/overview_02.jpghttp://www.gowealthy.com/realestate/dubai/princesstower/images/overview_03.jpg

[Krazy]

Gowealthy.com says this tower is 100 floors !

[Krazy]

http://www.gowealthy.com/realestate/dubai/princesstower/images/location-big.jpg

[Dubai-Lover]

as you can see construction has started
plot in the background

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v651/AltTabDXB/100_0579.jpg

[dubaiflo]

finally.
looks like they construct all the towers at the same time...
little bit closely..

[markmywords]

A high resolution render.. I know it took a little too long to get hold of it. Its not that bad looking, is it?
http://img150.exs.cx/img150/8849/princesstower5mt.jpg

[Dubai-Lover]

nice
well, i like this one

[dubaiflo]

it looks soo tall..
you have to scroll for 3 seconds ;)

[Trances]

LOL looks like a looping back ground in cheap cartoons

[tritown]

:laugh:

[Dubai-Lover]

there still is no signboard and construction going on? :(
at least a few things on the site, as we can see in the last update

[Krazy]

ad in gulf news claims this is going to be the tallest residnetial bldg in the world.... maybe they havent heard of a tower named 23 marina?

[dubaiflo]

lol.
for construction, no no board and only machines from emirates crown on the site so far.

[Trances]

well it was the tallest when it was lauched they cant be expected to update their media all the time

[arfie]

Apparently the Torch Tower is going to be taller than the Princess Tower. Which Tower do you all prefer out there as these as they are next to each other.

[Dubai-Lover]

world's tallest :hilarious

they're not able to catch up with a taller building being built 200m away :D
and 23 marina was launched 2 months ago :ohno:

[dubaiflo]

Apparently the Torch Tower is going to be taller than the Princess Tower. Which Tower do you all prefer out there as these as they are next to each other.

princess villa in princess tower :D


btw concerning seaview.
actually, it isn't that great if you have only seaview i suppose, with nothing in front of you , because at night you will look into a dark wall , except maybe the palm jumeirah of course.

it might be better to have a partial seaview, once more, like in the marinascape.

[Trances]

well it was the tallest when it was lauched they cant be expected to update their media all the time

[AltinD]

well it was the tallest when it was lauched they cant be expected to update their media all the time

You said that twice, mate. Check post 180 and 184.

[dubaiflo]

lol, trances, everything alright mate?

[DUBAI]

Massive free poster for this tower in today's paper. 4 sheets of A4 tall!

now if only all the copanys did this!
also has an awesome render of the marina and palm on the back

[dubaiflo]

scanscanscanscanscanscanscanscanscanscanscanscanscanscanscanscanscanscanscanscanscanscanscanscanscanscanscanscanscanscanscanscanscanscanscanscan

[Trances]

awesome render of the marina and palm on the back
with what in it ?

[AltinD]

Ok for the poster, now just start building it god damn it :bash: :D

[AltinD]

Another thing, now that 23 Marina is laonched, could they please makes this tower shorter, by some 100 meters. It will look WAY better.

[DUBAI]

awesome render of the marina and palm on the back
with what in it ?

its just like 4 a4 sheets, like this [][][][] all 1 sheet o paper, with the poster on one side, and the leflet cover on the the other bragging about their company and what no, then a picture of the marina, tower and palm all in one shot on another page, and contact details on another.

sorry i cant post the picture. cant upload anything at the moment.

[DUBAI]

It also brags about being the tallest residential tower in the world, for good measure.

[AltinD]

^ That's not new but do they say how many floors it has? Some property insterts advertise is as having 100 floors.

[dubaiflo]

i have seen that too.
maybe they include basement etc.
that was the case with marina pinnacle too.

[DUBAI]

ok, i will count them from my poster.... fun for 10 mins!

*still better than the US GP was :(

[DUBAI]

well its a little hard to tell with the dome, but up to it its 89

then id estimate mabe 6 floors in the dome, or maybe two big ones

[Tractor]

US F1 was a total joke - I'm a big fan, but that really annoyed me.

Has work started yet on this one?

[Dubai-Lover]

still nothing going on on the site :(

i'm convinced they can't start at the moment
this plot is needed to put all the machines for the construction of emirates crown on it

[Tractor]

Its going to get crowded with this tower, the Crown and Torch all trying to build

[dubaiflo]

i think there is enough space around.
though it might be though all 4 towers U/C at the same time.

[AltinD]

June 25

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v705/altind/P1000293-1.jpg


Finally work started :cheers:

[Dubai-Lover]

wow
that was fast
they put all the stuff away within a few days
and now we witness the first action :D

[malec]

Great to see work on this supertall has started. Hopefully the others will follow soon.

[dubaiflo]

so mag, princess and maybe marina pinnacle will rise at the same time...great!!

[AltinD]

Marina Pinnacle is months ahead of the other two ;)

[Krazy]

Expect more than a year's of ground work before we see anything.

[dubaiflo]

well only the hole , there is no piling or am i wrong??

[Tractor]

Don't they have to dig down 4/5 floors first before they can start consutrcting the foundations? Isn't that a test-rig in the picture?

[AltinD]

Whatever the case, important is that work started.

[Tractor]

The test-rig has been there for months...

[dubaiflo]

but the site was dirty and full of stuff and the rig wasn't put up...

[AltinD]

Floor plans: http://www.gowealthy.com/realestate/dubai/princesstower/plans.asp

[dubaiflo]

is this your new way to add posts or what :D

[AltinD]

No, this is my new way to contribute to this forum.

[dubaiflo]

and to reach your 2700th post ;)
but nice idea actually.
maybe we should include a gowealthy link in the first post of every thread.

[AltinD]

I read on Property Weekly that ZETAS is starting work for the foundation and the hole will be 22 meters deep. :eek:

They insist on 100 floors and so do other property agents, so meybe we should change it to 100f.

[Dubai-Lover]

22m :eek:
man, they gotta be careful with the oil down there

there once was an ad in gulf news as well, saying 100 storeys
maybe the 90 is only referred to residential floors + 10 floors as service levels, ground floor, mezzanine,... and things like these

does the tower have basement parking? i don't think so

[Krazy]

23 Marina competition perhaps?

[Krazy]

If it's really 100 floors then a height of 340m is pathetic. Dennis you better not walk around in the tower when its done.

[Krazy]

Altind how do you subscribe to Property Weekly? I have not seen this publication on the stands ?

[Dubai-Lover]

because somebody came up with 380m for the princess at the beginning
and i still haven't seen any evidence

[dubaiflo]

i guess it will be 100 F and 90 Res. pretty sure.
but the height was already published at 340m but it seems veeery less then.
maybe there will be underground parking if the hole is 22m, and 10 floors of parking,
so 90F =340m. still not much...maybe 340 to top floor, 380 to spire?

[AltinD]

Altind how do you subscribe to Property Weekly? I have not seen this publication on the stands ?

I don't really know, but it seams that is tied up with Gulf News, becouse I see that on the door steps of people also receiving GN. Even GN has every thursday an ad for the publication.

[Gorilla]

I bought a copy from the shop in Marina last month when I was there, next to other publications.

You could try propertyweekly@alnisrmedia.com and the circulation tel is 800 4585

[kazpmk]

is this tower approved or under construction?

[AltinD]

^ Ground work at the moment.

[dubaiflo]

are they already digging the hole?

[SA BOY]

hoile is dug, piling rigs were on site when I went to spinnys on friday

[Dubai-Lover]

sand blown away from the site doesn't necessarily mean it's under c :sly:

nothing has happened yet!!!!

NOTHING!!!!!

want proof?
http://tinypic.com/ama8ug.jpg

[malec]

Just wondering, out of all these supertalls approved how many are actually under construction?

[Tractor]

I don't think there's anything over 60 floors that has actually been started yet!

[malec]

Well the only 300m+ tower I know is definitely under construction is the Rotana hotel. Emirates crown has 64 floors too.

(Oh yeah, don't forget burj dubai :))

And what about that gold one on SZR?

[Dubai-Lover]

rose rotana
almas
bd
bd lake hotel
more or less najd and ocean heights

i think this one here can't start because emirates crown has not yet come out of the ground

they simply can't dig a hole for princess right now, other wise there would be complications with pouring the concrete foundation for emirates crown

emirates crown could start when al marsa was out of the ground

hence princess will start when emirates crown's podium comes up

maybe 1 month, max 2

[Tom_Green]

Khalid al Attar has 61 floors.

[SA BOY]

Park Place has 56 or 61 floors , depends how you look at the plans

[Tractor]

Was talking about the 'downtown' area of the Marina - nevermind!!!!

[freakwave]

Looks like works on the fondation started, lot's of concrete trucks there since yesterday!

[Dubai-Lover]

that's definitely for emirates crown next door

excavations for princess have not yet started and it's technically impossible to start work yet!

[SA BOY]

maybe some news at cityscape

[Trances]

Mention today but at 107 floors ?

Al Ameera bids soon
Tameer Holding will soon invite contract bids for the $327m Al Ameera Village project, a senior official told Gulf News. The development will have a cluster of residential units, set for completion in 2007. The company is also building the 107-storey Princess Tower, which it says will be the world's tallest residential tower, at Dubai Marina.
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http://www.ameinfo.com/68007.html

[Trances]

so its gone friom 90 to 100 to ?

[Dubai-Lover]

confusing
first they said 90 storeys
then on gowealthy.com real estate brokers said 100 storeys
now it's 107

hopefully it's the last one :D

last time i've been there they have set up the stand for the sign boards

[Trances]

would like to know the true height
but would be good to have another tower over 100 floors in Dubai

[Chad]

...and it will be tallet residential Tower in the world?

Why there are so many tallest residential towers in the world, in Dubai? :dizzy:

[Trances]

if each one with the claim was complete now today it would be the tallest :)
But it kinda hard when there are like 4 of the that will be very close the title come the end of 2007

[Chad]

So, means each would hold the title for much like a month or so?...:D

[Trances]

some might never

[AltinD]

Tameer ... is also building the 107-storey Princess Tower, the world's tallest residential tower with 771 residential units in Dubai Marina.

"Shoring works are in progress. Its tender will be out in three to six months. The project is in the detailed design stage, with projected completion in 2008," he said.

The tower, costing Dh700 million, is nearly sold out. It will cover 37,410 square feet with apartments, duplex villas, high-end penthouses, offices, sales outlets and hotel suites.

http://www.gulf-news.com/Articles/BusinessNF.asp?ArticleID=182683

[dubaiflo]

107 storey now? this cannot be basement etc can it? and still wtrt?