Al Oula Tower

http://www.travel4arab.com/photo/data/500/1_77.jpg

Owner: Al Oula & Amwal
Location: Khobar waterfront
Type: Office, Hotel and Shopping Mall
Height: 60 F
Completion Date: 2010

Thanks Riyadhi :angel1:



مشروع سعودي ـ كويتي مشترك لتشييد أول ناطحة سحاب في شرق السعودية بـ 266 مليون دولار

مع إنشاء شركة «أوال» لبناء الأبراج

الدمام: مساعد الزياني
أعلنت الشركة «الاولى للتطوير» السعودية وشركة «أموال الدولية للاستثمار» الكويتية عن انشاء اول ناطحة سحاب في مدينة الخبر شرق السعودية بتكلفة تصل الى مليار ريال (266 مليون دولار)، ستكون اول مشروع تنص عليه اتفاقية الشراكة، التي وقعت يوم أمس في مدينة الخبر شرق السعودية.
وتهدف الشراكة بين الشركة السعودية والكويتية لإنشاء شركة تجارية تعمل على الاستثمار وتختص بتطوير مشاريع الابراج في المنطقة تحت اسم شركة «أوال للتطوير». وجرت مراسم توقيع الاتفاقية في مقر الشركة «الاولى للتطوير» في الخبر. ووقع الاتفاقية كل من عايض بن فرحان القحطاني العضو المنتدب للشركة «الاولى للتطوير»، وبدر الرزيجان رئيس مجلس إدارة شركة «أموال الدولية للاستثمار».

ويقع «برج الاولى»، الذي تبلغ تكاليف إنشائه نحو مليار ريال (266 مليون دولار)، على ارض في مشروع ابراج الاولى الواقعة على ضفاف الخليج العربي، في قلب المركز التجاري لمدينة الخبر ، بمساحة تصل الى 40 ألف متر مربع. وسيشمل المشروع برجا بارتفاع 60 طابقا يخصص جزء منه كفندق 5 نجوم والجزء الآخر كمكاتب، في حين ستشمل بقية أركان المشروع مجمع تسوق تجاريا يستهدف أفخم ماركات المصممين العالميين لجمعها تحت سقف واحدة، بالاضافة الى تضمنه على مجمع للمطاعم الراقية والتي تتماشى مع روح المجمع التجاري ومقاه مطلة على المارينا التي ستكون هي الاخرى الأولى من نوعها في مدينة الخبر.

وبين عايض القحطاني، العضو المنتدب للشركة «الاولى» أن اختيار «اموال» للشراكة في هذا المشروع جاء نتيجة الخبرة التي تتمتع بها الشركة الكويتية في ادارة قنوات الاستثمار العقاري، ورغبة من الشركة «الاولى» في دمج خبرات شركة «اموال الدولية المالية» مع خبرات الشركة «الاولى العقارية»، والخروج بوليدة تتمتع بقواعد قوية، اساسها النجاح المنبثق من الخبرات التي تتمتع بها الشركتان. وأضاف القحطاني أن «برج الاولى» اول مشاريع الشركة التي ستستثمر في انشاء الابراج في المنطقة سيكون أحد المعالم المعمارية في السعودية بشكل عام وفي المنطقة الشرقية بشكل خاص، حيث عمدت الشركة الى تعيين أحد أكبر المكاتب الهندسية في العالم لتصميم المشروع وذلك للخروج بتصميم مبتكر وفريد يتماشى مع متطلبات المرحلة المقبلة في عالم الاعمال في المنطقة، لما تشهده منطقة الخليج والشرق الاوسط من طفرة في حجم الاعمال التجارية والاقتصادية، موضحاً أن البرج سيعمل على زيادة الحركة التجارية في منطقة الخليج لما يوفره من خدمات لوجستية وتجارية للكثير من المستثمرين في المنطقة، وأضاف ان الانتهاء من المشروع سيكون في نهاية 2010.

واشار القحطاني الى أن المشروع سيضيف قيمة حقيقة للسوق العقارية في البلاد، الذي يحظى بدعم من حكومة خادم الحرمين الشريفين الملك عبد الله بن عبد العزيز.

في حين بين بدر الرزيحان رئيس مجلس إدارة شركة «أموال الدولية للاستثمار» أن الشركة تعمل على الاستثمار في السوق السعودي عملاق اسواق منطقة الشرق الاوسط، نظراً لما يتمتع فيه السوق السعودي الاستثماري من طفرة غير مسبوقة في حجم الاعمال بمختلف اشكالها، مشيراً الى أن الشركة اختارت الشركة الاولى للتطوير لما تتمتع فيه من ريادة في القطاع العقاري، الأمر الذي يفتح لـ«اموال» فرص الشراكة للاستثمار في القطاع العقاري السعودي، الذي يعيش انتعاشاَ نوعيا جديدا في استثماراته، وذلك عطفاً لما توليه الحكومة السعودية من اهتمام كبير في المشاريع التنموية في البلاد.

وإكد أن ذلك الاستثمار سيكون بداية لدخول شركة «أموال الدولية للاستثمار» الى السوق السعودي، حيث ستكون شركة «ابراج الاولى» واحدة من المشاريع التي ستستثمر فيها شركة «أموال الدولية للاستثمار».

وأشار الرزيحان الى إن المنطقة باتت بحاجة الى مشاريع بمثل مشروع برج الحقيقة الذي سيوفر حلول عقارية مختلفة وجديدة في منطقة الخليج العربي، وذلك لما يتمتع به من موقع استراتيجي في قلب الخليج، وفكر حديث وريادي لما تهدف اليه الشركة الجديدة في تغير مفاهيم الابراج في منطقة الخليج العربي، عبر تطويره بشكل عالمي وغير مسبوق في عالم الابراج، مؤكداً أن الاستثمار العقاري يظل الاستثمار الاقل خطورة والاكثر أماناً، بالاضافة الى تعزيزه من قبل المنافسة التي تشهدها منطقة الخليج العربي في قطاع تطوير العقارات.

http://www.asharqalawsat.com/details.asp?section=6&issue=10428&article=424024

I'm thinking we should invite that guys "sultan" to join us here..

nice Nice very elegant and stylish

oh no not al Oula agine i sure these project will be on hold or cancelled as usually:ohno:
I'm thinking we should invite that guys "sultan" to join us here..
whos that sultan?

^^ I think there's a Kuwaiti investment firm behnd the project also. I might e wrong, but I think Al-Oula is only the plot developer.

I know that a lot of the Al-Oula projects have take a long time to launch, but there are a couple around khobar that have been just completed and they are pretty nice developments.

hmmmm as i know it about these company it's the development of Nkhel Project in jeddah & Al Shamyah in Makkah but nothing happening untle that:(

Greetings all,
I've attended the ESTATEX (5th International Real Estate & Housing Exhibition) event currently held in Dhahran Expo, and have seen the presentation and the model display and rendering for Al Oula Tower and it does NOT look even remotely close to this one. The actual design is even more spectacular!!

Its still going to be 60F with a height of approximately 300m.

P.S. I'll post a rendering of the actual project once I get my hand on a good one.

Thanks and welcome to SSC....
did you find out when are they going to build it?

Thanks Riyadhi.
They say the plan is for the project to be completed by 2010.

Here's the approved design from Al Oula's publication.
I know its not much, but something until the full design is out. ;)

Al Oula Tower - 60 Floors - 300m
Location: Prince Turki St., Corniche Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia
Type: Hotel, Offices, Residential, Shopping Mall and Retail
Estimated Completion Date: 2010
Developer: Al Oula & Amwal

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2360/2032190360_edba004093_o.jpg

Estimated Completion Date: 2010


:lol:

It looks nice, but we need more renders...

the render is nice but dosent the tower look to big for the tiny mall ?

The Architect is SOM, Right?

aha i see it now,not bad But it Al Oula after all!

The Architect is SOM, Right?

Yeah, looks like it is SOM.

http://www.som.com/content.cfm/www_george_j_efstathiou

unfortunately no further details!

A small gift to SSC, I hope you like it.



Al Oula Tower
http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/1052/aloulatowertk6.png

:cheers:

where did you get it from

like the mall, but not sure about the busy tower, so much stuff going on!!


here is another one i found
http://www.screenshots.cc/upload/3bc80456.jpg

I think this is the approved one as i found it on an Alola official report

http://www.screenshots.cc/upload/e04549ea.jpg

http://www.screenshots.cc/upload/8591c36a.jpg

^^ this one is good, the other one is horrible

i can't understand what the exterior design reffrens to wind or wave?plus that what the hell the ball are doing on the top? :(

Hello all,
Regarding the design with the ball, I believe that it is history. Thank god!
That was a potential design by Arabian Architecture (Abolnour).

so how high is the building? i mean by meters

so how high is the building? i mean by meters

The official figure is 300m.

there are two design of this building in this thread which one is ther real one

there are two design of this building in this thread which one is ther real one

Actually there are 4 renders shown on this thread.
Wish I could confirm which one was the final design.

The only thing I know, is that the one I've posted earlier, which was taken from Al Oula's brochoure during an event in Dhahran International Exhibitions Center, in which they also presented the same design as a model. Thus it is the only "official" conceptual design.

so it is still not confirmed haan

That photo at the top of the page, is that built? cos it look just like the SWFC in Shanghai. But unchanged, I guess Saudi and Japan have no hatred between. (*no link even)

Here's the approved design from Al Oula's publication.
I know its not much, but something until the full design is out. ;)

Al Oula Tower - 60 Floors - 300m
Location: Prince Turki St., Corniche Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia
Type: Hotel, Offices, Residential, Shopping Mall and Retail
Estimated Completion Date: 2010
Developer: Al Oula & Amwal

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2360/2032190360_edba004093_o.jpg


http://www.s3oody.net/uploads/up_IcgtC3Hxm.jpg

Any updates on this project

Any updates on this project

Nothing to date..

Full Size (http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/6022/p1080380v.jpg)
http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/4366/p1080380.jpg

i prefer the second pic.

i just find this render it had wrote down 100 storeys!

http://www.civilup.com/yahoo_site_admin/assets/images/Building11a.288135100_large.jpg

http://www.civilup.com/yahoo_site_admin/assets/images/Buildingtower.288140419_large.jpg

Source (http://www.civilup.com/)

Any updates.

Any updates.


They DiD NOT Start Working yet . :ohno:

http://www.cityscapeintelligence.com/content/cmsimages/a/aloula-image5-1913.jpg


WORST TOWER EVER !!

OFFICIAL SITE

http://www.aloula.com/content/al-oula-towers.html

they used this pic

http://www.aloula.com/wp-content/files/Image/abraj.jpg

Al Oula Towers

Al-Oula Towers…Perfect Investment Opportunity in the Eastern Province
The main idea upon which Al-Oula Towers’ Project was based derived from Al-Oula’s strong desire to make the Project an ideal opportunity for those interested in tourist and commercial investments in Al-Khobar city, the pearl of the Eastern Province, where the various investments are estimated at billions of riyals.
Therefore, the Company has provided all the methods that serve the investment in the Project, which has enabled Al-Oula Towers’ participation to be one of the best participations launched in the Eastern Province so far.
• Location’s Specifications:
The Project’s special location in the heart of Al-Khobar city, on Prince Turki main street and along the southern extension of the city’s Cornish seafront that is more than 300 meter long on the Arabian Gulf waters and in the middle of the city’s central region characterized with the huge investments it hosts annually in addition to its location close to the markets, restaurants and major services centers in the city has provided it with the perfect and ideal conditions for the potential investors in business and tourism sectors in the Eastern Province.
• Flexible Usages:
The flexibility that Al-Oula Development Company has provided to the Project whose total area is around 98 thousand square meters as to the commercial, residential and investment usages in addition to the multiple heights that start from 16 storey and above, the availability of all the infrastructure requirements, asphalted internal roads network services, tree-planting, green areas, developed electricity network, sewerage network, phone and water networks… has made Al-Oula Towers Project the center of attraction and a unique opportunity everybody is looking for.
• Project’s Characteristics:
When we talk about the characteristics of Al-Oula Development Project, we are bound to mention that it is the only site of Al-Khobar cornish characterized with plots of land overlooking the Arabian Gulf waters in the southern part of the seafront along 300 meters, whereas the Project gives the opportunity to own plots of land for investment in the different types of towers and with heights starting from 16 storey in addition to the few numbers of plots of land despite the wide areas.
Moreover, Al-Oula is keen to make the Project’s design compatible with the surrounding business and investment environment, in addition to the availability of green areas and water surfaces in harmony with the Project’s overall design which has added other characteristics to Al-Oula Towers increasing its.
• Highest Price per Meter:
Al-Oula Towers’ auction is a continuation of Al-Oula’s series of successful projects. In fact, the auction has witnessed a big increase in the meter’s price and a great attendance of businessmen and real estate persons to the different regions of the Kingdom and the Arabian Gulf countries whereas the attendance has exceeded 1500 persons. This has yet again proved that the investment opportunities in this site are extremely rare.
The Project has achieved sales reaching more than 350 million riyals, whereas the auction was opened with 4,000 riyals per meter and has reached around 9050 riyals per meter in some plots of land. This price is considered the first of its kind on the different auctions in the Kingdom, which proves once again that the investment opportunities are ideal and rare in Al-Oula Towers

the thing is ugly, no real tower here: http://www.aloula.com/gallery/al-oula-towers?project=99

http://www.aloula.com/wp-content/files/Image/Part_01-0975.jpg

Amazing design......

what is the status of the tower .. did they begin construction? since their plan was to complete the project in 2010.

Thanks

what is the status of the tower .. did they begin construction? since their plan was to complete the project in 2010.

Thanks

This Project seems to be on-hold for the time being. :|
In fact, last time I passed by, they had replaced the sign boards for the Tower with Advertisements about other AlOula projects kingdom-wide, so they might be planning to cancel it. :(
Having said that though, it is still on their website: http://www.aloula.com/content/aloula-tawer.html

what a unique design .. love it :)

what happened to this project
can u up date please and where is it in alKhobar

^^ it is suppose to be built on Alcornich... I am not sure if they will ever build it.. I actually have little faith on this company.... Talk alot and do so little... No wonder EMAR left their joint venture..

I feel really bad to inform you that this project is CANCELLED due to lack of funding... I have always had little trust on Aloula projects..
http://www.alanba.com.kw/AbsoluteNMNEW/templates/economy2010.aspx?articleid=202846&zoneid=17&m=0

I feel really bad to inform you that this project is CANCELLED due to lack of funding... I have always had little trust on Aloula projects..
http://www.alanba.com.kw/AbsoluteNMNEW/templates/economy2010.aspx?articleid=202846&zoneid=17&m=0

As much as I am personally sorry this project has been cancelled, as I have been following it since 2007.. I think it is not that bad since the tower was probably not placed in a good location to begin with.. in Khobar/Dammam we seem to lack good building zoning plans.. I also think towers above 100m should be authorized only on King Fahad Road (el Kabari) or nearby and not randomly approved.. Also, as you might be aware, all other buildings on the Prince Turki Road (Corniche) are limited to 16F-20F maximum, and this tower would have ended up seeming rather awkward in its current location.. This might turn-out to be a good opportunity to re-asses our zoning philosophy and hopefully if they bring it back they'll move the location.. :)

As much as I am personally sorry this project has been cancelled, as I have been following it since 2007.. I think it is not that bad since the tower was probably not placed in a good location to begin with.. in Khobar/Dammam we seem to lack good building zoning plans.. I also think towers above 100m should be authorized only on King Fahad Road (el Kabari) or nearby and not randomly approved.. Also, as you might be aware, all other buildings on the Prince Turki Road (Corniche) are limited to 16F-20F maximum, and this tower would have ended up seeming rather awkward in its current location.. This might turn-out to be a good opportunity to re-asses our zoning philosophy and hopefully if they bring it back they'll move the location.. :)

I actually agree with you ... and I never liked the tower design either..