Designed by: N/A
Status: Underconstruction
Developers: BNP Group
Contractors: N/A
Building Type: Hotel & Service Apartments
Floors Above Ground: 45
Floors Under Ground: 5
Service Apartments: 200
Hotel Rooms: 360
Cost: $ 260 Million
To be Completed By: 2009 (Dec)
Location: Adjacent to Jinnah Convention Centre , Islamabad,

Renderings:
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/Pakistan/Hyatt-updated.jpg

http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x167/KhurramAK/grand_hayat_tower_large.jpg

http://www.bnp.com.pk/images/splash/images/areal_view_day_large.jpg

http://www.bnp.com.pk/images/splash/images/areal_view_night_large.jpg

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Islamabad to be made hub of international activities: PM
Performs ground breaking of a five-star hotel
By Muhammad Anis

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz Monday said the government has several plans to make Islamabad a hub of international activities for Central Asia, South Asia and the Middle East to hold conferences, conventions, seminars and other events and promote tourism.

The prime minister was addressing the ground breaking ceremony of a five-star hotel 'Grand Hyatt' here Monday. The hotel is being raised by local investors who hail from country's industrial city, Faisalabad.

The PM said Pakistan has ancient ruins of Gandhara and six top mountain peaks out of twelve are here, which have great attraction for tourists. He said that Islamabad was an ever expanding and most attractive city of the country saying the coming up five-star hotels and other high rise buildings would be impressive addition to it.

Shaukat Aziz said Pakistan's economy was growing and there was always need for world standard hospitality services. He pointed out that Islamabad was also an IT capital and many companies were opening offices here and IT parks coming up.

He said that the international activities in Islamabad and other parts of the country would take a boost with the construction of modern airport which would be connected with Motorway so that guests could come and go back with ease.

He observed that the construction of five-star hotel adjacent to Jinnah Convention Centre along with providing job opportunities to hundreds of people during its construction and on completion would also benefit a number of industries.

The prime minister expressed the hope that the project would be completed as soon as possible and would provide world-class facilities to the visitors. Interior Minister Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao expressed the hope that the Grand Hyatt would be a landmark for Islamabad's development.

He said a lot of high-rise buildings are being built in Islamabad including more five star hotels. Sherpao said that besides five-star hotels, a number of three-star and budget hotels would also be constructed in the federal capital.

Chief Executive of BNP Group, Abdul Hafeez Shaikh, said the hotel would provide all the necessary and expected amenities of world-class five-star hotel. He said the hotel would provide ample facilities to hold international conferences, conventions and other event and it would also be the first hotel of the Grant Hyatt chain of hotels in Pakistan.

He said Pakistan offers a very secure investment opportunities to the investors. The Grand Hyatt Hotel will be completed at a cost of $260 million and would be ready for opening at the end of 2009.

The project would be raised on a plot measuring 13.5 acres purchased from the Capital Development Authority for Rs4 billion and it would have 360 rooms and 200 service apartments.

Source: The NEWS

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http://www.bnp.com.pk/images/splash/images/areal_view_day_large.jpg

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COOL design :okay:

somehow remind me of San Francisco, CA Hyatt ;)

Excellent design! :okay:

That will be a great addition to Islamabad's skyline.

excellent, very nice design.
Congrats to Islamabad :cheers:

Are the two towers behind it also part of the GH?

nice & tall. excellent project.

Are the two towers behind it also part of the GH?

Yes! :yes:

Originally posted by kbboy

* A 20 story tower of 3 and 4 bedroom luxury apartments for sale – overlooking Rawal Lake to the south and the Margala Hill to the north. The interiors are to be finished out the highest standards.


* A 20 story tower of office buildings providing over 20,000sq m. of class A Office space for sale. The space will appeal to multinational corporations, and international agencies.

any updates

any updates

Its just been announced , you will have to wait a bit to get any updates.

Hyatt website says they will open the hotel by Dec 2009.

http://epaper.dawn.com/Web/Article/2007/07/30/012/30_07_2007_012_004.jpg

Hopefully physical construction would start within a 1-2 months.

Hopefully physical construction would start within a 1-2 months.
yeah that would be good:banana: :banana: :banana:

LATEST UPDATES by ABBASIA and p@akimuslim:

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i visited grand hyatt yesterday and here r some more pics...........
3 tower cranes have erected and work is in full swing......:banana:
http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/3310/dsc02482ye4.jpg
http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/8496/dsc02480go4.jpg
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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v717/Abbasia/IMG_1517.jpg

Looks like they have started construction on all the main tower and allied buildings simultaneously. The first pic i post seems to be main tower.

From this (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=387496) thread. Other info is that it will be 217 metres tall. MODS please add that to the thread title.

Nice updates ABBASSIA and thanks traPPed for updating the thread.


With all those yellow frames, it looks like another crane would be up soon :banana:

This one is gonna stand out in Islamabad!

^ Unless Centaurus isn't built. But yeah it's away from the main commercial area so it will be noticeable from Dam-n-Koh even if Centaurus is built.

Reardonsmiths (http://www.reardonsmith.com/projects/ghyis.html#)are the consultant architects of this hotel.

An iconic new tower, some 200 metres tall, was chosen by Hyatt to accommodate its first hotel in Islamabad and ReardonSmith was appointed as Hotel Operational Consultants to work with the developer, the local architect, Arcop, and Hyatt. In this capacity, ReardonSmith was responsible for guiding the internal planning of the hotel element within the tower to meet Hyatt’s requirements as well as for the further development of some elements of the façade. The scheme for the Grand Hyatt Islamabad included ballrooms, restaurants and spa together with 360 guestrooms and several floors of serviced apartments. Arrival was to be via an express lift to the Sky Lobby at level 42 with bedroom floors below and public areas and apartments above.

http://www.reardonsmith.com/projects/imgs/ghyis2.jpg
http://www.reardonsmith.com/projects/imgs/ghyis1.jpg

bnp have much better renders than these. why are reardonsmith hosting such horrible renders?

Some U/C pics by fellow forumer ABBASIA
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v717/Abbasia/IMG_1862.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v717/Abbasia/IMG_1863.jpg

great , Islamabad going to be Pakistan`s Manhattan :D

we`ll jus call it : Pakhattan :D

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Pic taken from Constitution Avenue

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Pic Taken From Convention Center

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http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc63/AFFI666/2008/ISLAMABAD/06%2016%20TO%2018%202008/GRANDHYATTISLAMABAD5.jpg

Site office is almost completed.

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go go go

:) nice updates

^^Thanks

What is the building behind the worksite (in the last pic)? Seems pretty modern.

^^It is the site office of the project

Awesome updates Rana :applause:

very detailed and from all angles. Can you label which one is the hotel tower and which ones are the other ones?

^^the structure which had risen a bit is the other tower wid this project.but i cannot identified the main tower exacte location

ISLAMABAD: Water and energy conservation should be given top priority while undertaking a developmental project, said Asif Shujah Khan, the Director General Pakistan Environment Protection Agency (Pak-EPA).

He said this Saturday during the hearing on the EIA report on the Grand Hyatt Development project in Islamabad.

He said the hearing aimed at eliciting views of the public, academia and environmental organisations about the project and its impact on the environment.

He said a public meeting was held in compliance with Section 12 of Pakistan Environment Protection Act, 1997 and IEE/EIA regulations-2000.

The EPA DG highlighted the significance of the public hearing and conducted the EIA review. He said water and energy requirements, traffic management, reflection and shadow problems should be considered while undertaking the mega project. The representative of Grand Hyatt Development project introduced the team of consultants and contractors involved in design and execution of the project. In his presentation of the project, he highlighted that the project proponents were conscious of the energy and water requirements which would be met through adoption of most efficient technologies so that the project could be marked as "Green project". To achieve this, he said, a number of studies were undertaken before going into the design phase the subjects of which included traffic management, security, wind effects, reflection and shadow impacts.

Salient features of the project include, recycling of 40 percent of its wastewater, a parking space with a capacity of around 1,500 vehicles. Around 40 percent of the area will remain under green cover, there will be no impact on Rawal Lake View Park.

check out the latest construction pics (flash 7 required) on the website.

http://www.oneconstitutionave.com/

latest (aug 2008) construction pics are available under the "Evolution->Site Development". Also check its render from various angles under "Evolution->model"

:)

thanks for the link

I love the Hyatt Hotels.
Can't wait to see it done !!!
http://www.bnp.com.pk/images/splash/images/areal_view_night_large.jpg

yeah it is on very ideal location and very much ahead of The Centaurus and may others projects it is going to be the tallest in Islamabad

nice design ,but I think it would look better if its higher

DUDE its already 45 floors high

One more pic of the Render:

http://www.appinternational.com/Assets/Images/ResizedImages/Grand%20Hyatt%20Islamabad.jpg_240x598.jpg

^^
Intoxi this render looks much taller then the above one and different in design too. which one is the final?

^^
Intoxi this render looks much taller then the above one and different in design too. which one is the final?

:dunno: They look pretty much the same to me.

A picture labeled by me, showing the Blue Area/Jinnah Avenue Skyline, with the Grand Hyatt in the far right. The U/C Centaurus is missing from this pic, which will be even further south of the U/C Stock Exchange & Telecom Towers.

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii109/traPPed_2008/JinnahAvenue-BlueAreaSkylineGrandHy.jpg?t=1224752359

The Cranes in the background are for Grand Hyatt:

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii109/traPPed_2008/GrandHyattOct31st2008.jpg?t=1245509374

wow amazing!!!

Looks dangerous, a calling lady on a highway:o Is she still alive?

^^ I don't know why Intoxication posted that embarrassing picture here. We have a stupid jaywalking culture in Pakistan.

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Location of Grand Hyatt and nearby buildings, done by kbboy:

http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm34/fawadsyed/Islamabad/isloo.jpg

1. Construction site of Grand Hyatt hotel
2. Convention center
3. Serena Hotel
4. MNA hostels
5. Construction site of Intercontinental hotel
6. Marriot Hotel

good work :)

The Cranes in the background are for Grand Hyatt:


and v r really luking the cranes and ignoring the news :lol:

and v r really luking the cranes and ignoring the news :lol:

You always bitch. Nothing unusual here.

Trappy! are they working on all 3 towers or will it be in phases? like 1 tower in first phase and rest in the second?

Trappy! are they working on all 3 towers or will it be in phases? like 1 tower in first phase and rest in the second?

They must be working on all 3 towers I guess.

Looks very beautiful. They should place tons of security around this one. Hope Islamabad and Pakistan can weather their current struggles and prosper. :)

:) Stunning!

Looks very beautiful. They should place tons of security around this one. Hope Islamabad and Pakistan can weather their current struggles and prosper. :)

yeah they are already having tons of security there coz this project is very much near to the Diplomatic Enclave where all the Consulates and Embassies of the different countries are.

at this work on the project is going very slow hopefully will get some pix of the site soon

http://i487.photobucket.com/albums/rr234/fahadkhanmfk/23.jpg

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http://i487.photobucket.com/albums/rr234/fahadkhanmfk/GrandHyatt.jpg

Whats going on there??
Is it still on hold???

any progress, nice project

^^Its on hold for the moment....

Where is the town, a tower in the jungle?

Where is the town, a tower in the jungle?

Thats only in the render, it is closely located to Diplomatic Enclave & thats also the reason why it is on hold because American Embassy has some shit problem with that....

As per Wikipedia construction has restarted on the hotel towers in December 2010.

any news on this project? i read somewhere as well (not wikipedia) that construction has resumed....

^^Not confirmed yet...

anybody in islamabad knows about this?? still alive project?

I heard that the project has kicked off again but not confirmed though

Construction was suspended due to a court case, it has however started again as of December 2010.

I Dont Know If These Pics Are New I Found The On The Wep

http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/9396/205853xcitefungrandhyat.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/155/205853xcitefungrandhyat.jpg/)

http://img849.imageshack.us/img849/4421/205854xcitefungrandhyat.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/849/205854xcitefungrandhyat.jpg/)

old pictures its on hold.

Grand Hyatt project has changed to: One Constitution Avenue | Retail + Residential Apartment | G + 24 Fl with 3 parking basements


It's Now 2 towers of G + 24fl


new website here
http://oneconave.com/gallery.html

something is better than nothing. :)

One Constitution Avenue (previously Grand Hyatt) is now Under construction :)

I just managed to capture this from fast moving car.
Some 6 or 7 workers were on the top of Residential tower. A new advertisement board with new render was at the gate. :cheers:
Many people were at the site. And at night Lights of sales office were On..

25 Floors twin Towers


http://www.oneconstitutionave.com/


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http://i1250.photobucket.com/albums/hh527/smfarazm1/IMG_4816.jpg

Last picture on previous page is of Stock Exchange towers, Not of One const Ave.

Since these buildings are not 200m or higher, this project no longer belongs in this subforum. It needs to be moved to the high rises section.