Verdun Gardens

Verdun - Beirut, Lebanon


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Client: Horizon Development s.a.l.

Total Land Surface Area: 7,000 m2

Total Built-up Area: 66,000 m2

Total project cost: USD 40 million

Services provided: Master plan - Conceptual Design - Tender Documents - Supervision

Completion date: Dec. 2007





Description of Project

Located in Verdun Street, one of Lebanon's leading shopping destinations with its upmarket fashion shops, restaurants and cafés, and banks, this multi-functional residential complex meets the demand for quality new buildings and prestigious accommodation in this area.

The main tower is elegantly curved to offer its residents a range of views across the city; the building houses luxurious residences over 22 floors, with roof-top swimming pool and facilities. A smaller building, opposite the Bristol Hotel, offers high standard furnished apartments fitted with state-of-the-art equipment. The smaller tower is also 22 storey high. Ample car parking facilities are offered in two underground levels.

The frontage on the two adjoining main street is exploited by a two-floor shopping arcade, maintaining an exclusive image that is bound to reflect on the project itself.



LOCATION:

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PICS from Summer 2006:


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Construction (July 2006):

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(Alternate rendering found)


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Which is the final design?

If only they put a banner near the construction area showing the final design!!
anyway,i like both of them :)

The rendering posted by Hassoun is said to be the "winning entry" of the design competition.

How did that win???

^^Well,that one is not bad too,with that spire up there,it looks fantastic,maybe it's the quality of the renders that made the difference in favour for the one posted by AmeriLEB,i like his more BTW.
Does Winning entry means it's the Final one?i'm talking about the word "entry"

Well unfortunately I just realized that, according to Hassoun's post, that that render is the winning entry of the competition. How did that win???

Thanks to Rezam, we can confirm that the one that will be built is the one that looks like the vegas style (the curved one) and not the renders Hassoun posted :cheers:

thanks kristelle :) they have already started with the construction, the excevation is massive, i was talking to one of the engineers on the project. according to him it will have a shopping mall on the ground floor, the big curved tower will be a hotel, and the smaller curved tower attached to it will be residential...my pic coming soon...

Wow,Can't wait!!!!
Thanx for the info.
But only one floor mall???

yeah or max 3 floors, like other verdun shopping "malls", they wanna make it luxurious, and the real luxury brands can be counted on 2 hands...also they wanna emphasize more on the hotel and residential development...pic coming soon, happy new year!

thanks kristelle :) they have already started with the construction, the excevation is massive, i was talking to one of the engineers on the project. according to him it will have a shopping mall on the ground floor, the big curved tower will be a hotel, and the smaller curved tower attached to it will be residential...my pic coming soon...

We are still waiting for that pic!!! I'm sure so much has changed since the pics I took way back in 2006...

The Italian school for girls used to occupy that lot from the late 30's to the late 70's, the building got demolished in the early 80's...

here it is ladies and gents, enjoy!

http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/1286/jan08036md1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

^^Awesome!!!Thanks a lot for this pic rezam! :)
I'm so happy to see they started construction. And the plot! It's really big!!!
They MUST renovate thos old buildings and that area will look perfect!!!

Rezam,thanx for the pic,when was it taken?? and it seems that the Building will look like the rendering shown in the 1st post. Cool !!!

Thanks rezam, the progress looks like its faced-paced!

Were there any billboards/posters of any renderings, etc. around the walls of the site?

pic taken on 26 jan 2008, no renderings, plot of land is huge, inchallah we will have stability, Allah yehme lebnan!

I took this pic on Sunday, July 6, 2008:

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Were those Cranes working??Rotating and stuff????

someone needs to take a better closer pic, go stand v. close and take pics, they must have reached ground floor now for sure, if not 1st floor of the mall...

^^ I took some STUNNING pics the other day from the roof of the Bristol Hotel... I will post them within a couple of days.

Okay, here are the pics:

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one more:

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Wasn't this set to be finished in December? When do you guys think it will be done now? 2009?

this project should be completed by 2011/2012...

I really like how the exterior forms a pattern, this area of Beirut has always looked amazing. This is a really great project.

But this is an amazing project. I'm really curious though, with all these really nice and seemingly expensive apartments coming up, and most Lebanese people aren't loaded who is going to be occupying these apartments? something to wonder about I guess.

As for who is buying these apartments, it is mostly Lebanese ex-pats and Gulf Arabs. Real Estate prices are rising rapidly due to the high demand.

How come in the photos there's no place that's reserved for landscaping?...
The renderings show a lot of landscaping..

they're most likely building a parking structure underneath the landscape. i have no clue, i'm doubting they'll build on all of that land although i wouldnt be surprised

any new pics??

^^ There is not really that much noticeable change since the pics I posted in July.

This project's name is "Verdun Gardens"..... yeah i know :ohno:

^^ Where did you hear this? What is with this trend?

^^ I didnt hear it, i saw it on the plot with the renderings which are similar to the ones here but a little different

More renders:

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk7/mohamadm/verdungardens.jpg

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Specifications:
2 residential towers of 44 luxury apartments
Suites hotel of 22 floors
3000 m2 of commercial space

I like these new renders! It kinda looks like a Vegas hotel in the middle of Lebanon! Hope the construction hurries up.

its really nice, bravo!

As much as I prefer the original renderings, these are more realistic including the surroundings.

I am very excited about this project, it appears to be one of the only tastefully designed ones in this part of Beirut.

Has construction reached above ground yet?

Guys according to the IDAL this is the "Staybridge Suites Hotel" (the smaller building-22 stories)

http://idal.com.lb/uploadedfiles/english+IDAL_NewsLetter.pdf

I took this on July 6, 2009:

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^^ This is now officially Sky bridge hotel :)

nothing above ground level yet ???

^^ The billboard says "Verdun Gardens" - the hotel is a part of it but not the whole project.

They reached the 2nd or 3rd floor now..

I took these pics last week:

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Taken Tuesday Aug 4
courtersy of Myself

(Sorry for the quality, took it with my phone)

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http://www.horizon-dev.com/en/

By the way, they reached the 4th floor already

Update from the website !

http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/6/22/1200585/Photod%20for%20SSC/VERD_.jpg

i passed by it like 2 weeks ago and the building reached the 7th or 8th floor !!!

^^ It has almost been two months since that pic was taken. So they are averaging about 1-2 floors per month. Should be topped out by summer!

There is a newer update picture from this month on there site..the left building is at 7 stories

^^ Thanks.

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^^ oh,from this angle,it's going to look HUGE once its T/O :eek:

the design is unique,nice addition to Beirut's skyline.

http://i889.photobucket.com/albums/ac95/boudi_70/th_Horizon2.jpg (http://s889.photobucket.com/albums/ac95/boudi_70/?action=view&current=Horizon2.flv)

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So at this rate, it should get topped out by december 2010 i guess...

I like the design.. Massive too.. Will give that part of Verdun a bit of a face-lift =)

Any new updates on this project?

working on the 13th floor (i think)

what happened here people????please take some pictures so i dont have to wait till next ear to see how it looks like

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Photos courtesy of Horizon Development

This is the most recent pic. Not sure when it was taken, but it looks like it has reached the 19th/20th floor.

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what happened here??any pictures?

^^

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Courtesy of Horizon Development

I love this project.. its going to look so beautiful in that area.

i passed by the project today... they were pouring in the 22nd floor

November 3

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Taken by me on 4 May 2011

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Taken by me yesterday on 28 May 2011

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Is it topped out yet?

The buildings next to this are desperately in need of a paint-job...!

^^ Looks like it reached 22 floors.

Forget the paint job, the surrounding buildings should be demolished (several in that neighborhood already have been).

i agree with beiruti.. a lot of buildings around beirut need demolishing..
and i forgot, but is there a hotel scheduled to open in there or no?

^^ Yes,i believe it's called Staybridge suites,Beirut.

15-6-2011

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^^ Yaaaaaay!!! Cladding works already begun :banana:

27-6-2011

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Taken by me last month

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Taken today

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By me October 5, 2011

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slow progress,but it's ok , they will be ready by next summer i believe.

shame, view is not wow, exterior is boring, not even mirror glass...

^^ Not done yet. i guess we'll have to wait and see. i think it's going to look good actually once done.

well u can already have an idea of the finishing look,,,its not that impressive for a project this scale..its quite boring and deja vus!

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Nov 2011, progress is too slow / topped out? :dunno:

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December 2011

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close up

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