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This was posted today by a new member...



Apparently it's going to be the world's most expensive and biggest hotel.. 10 stars, and it's going to cost around $3 billion. Supposed to be built facing the new marina in Beirut, and it's going to be officially announced in August of 2008. Construction beginning in 2009, taking 3 years.


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http://i26.tinypic.com/1zfhfkk.jpg

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! More details!!!!!!! How tall is that ?I love it!

:eek: :eek: holly c*ap ........thats what i call kicking burj l 3arab's ass
i counted 23 floors ???

^^ So is this a new thing or this is old news ???

Here's some more info i got in an email about the 10 star hotel

The biggest and most expensive hotel on planet - 10 STARS premium

This is so real, this concept Hotel is turning for reality,
Location: Beirut Lebanon
Area: Facing Marina & Saint Georges Beach , middle of the sea - Beirut
Starting date of construction: June 2009 Estimation time: 3 years
Cost of project: 3.6 Billion US Dollars
Official announcement of project August 2008 in Beirut ( If no war declared and the American warship “Cole” left that area as the Hotel supposed to be build where it anchors right now)

^^ I strongly doubt the U.S. warship is that close! It is in international waters, whereas this proposed hotel is just facing the marina.

Anyway, what was the source of this e-mail?

woah, a 10 star hotel in Lebanon..... what ever to that "7 star" hotel that was planed 4 years ago.....

It dose look amazing.

^^ I strongly doubt the U.S. warship is that close! It is in international waters, whereas this proposed hotel is just facing the marina.


i guess it was just sarcasm

That's the 7 star Apeiron island hotel designed for Dubai. Here is the link http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=525031

^^ that's just sad
i knew it was too good to be true :ohno:
:badnews:

meh... I doubt it would have been built anyways.

yeah it looks just too fake to be truw i mean a hotel thats littrily in the water and not on an island is just to much....

I guess we have to wait till August 2008.

That's the 7 star Apeiron island hotel designed for Dubai. Here is the link http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=525031


Maybe it wasnt approved for Dubai, so they are re-designing it for Beirut? It seems they have upgraded it to a 10-star hotel and increased the cost to over $3 Billion from just $350 Million. We will just have to wait and see...

Although I highly doubt this project will get approved - nevermind be built! - according to the original poster, it appears that this info came from an inside source and is therefore worth speculating about...



Actually, it was apparently leaked by one of the people working with the architects, and was sent to my cousin, who forwarded it to me and other ppl. Heh, I don't know about the name, but I think they're going for something called the Hotel Beirut. Not very original, but I like it.

hmm this project seems to be bogus. A massive 3 billion dollar hotel on an island off the marina in Beirut that someone mistook for the site of the USS Cole seems a bit far-fetched. Kinda sad thou...it looks amazing. Imagine looking at that strolling down the corniche

this project seems too good to be true !!

I cant picture this building off the Lebanese Coast.

...then comes me (who's naturally negative about everything) and says: thank god it wont be built. it wouldn't have "fit" in with the rest of the city. i mean, it looks nice in the render, but it doesn't match the Beirut style...at all. i knew the second i saw it that they had mistaken Dubai with Beirut. besides, its probably a self-claimed 10 star, just like the other self-claimed 8 star hotel in Dubai, whats it called again?

this hotel was proposed for Dubai , check the UAE proposed section

^^ Yes, but has it been approved? If not, there is a chance it could now be proposed for Beirut...

^^ thats exremely wishfull thinking

i dunno i don't think anyone would be planning that big a project when tourists are decling, nationals are told not come, and we don;t even know if the country will exist next month...who would risk that kind of money and announce it at this time???

^^ Well it says that it wont be announced until August 2008. I am very doubtful about this but I am still interested in knowing the full story behind it and what the plans really are...

Here's some more info i got in an email about the 10 star hotel

The biggest and most expensive hotel on planet - 10 STARS premium

This is so real, this concept Hotel is turning for reality,
Location: Beirut Lebanon
Area: Facing Marina & Saint Georges Beach , middle of the sea - Beirut
Starting date of construction: June 2009 Estimation time: 3 years
Cost of project: 3.6 Billion US Dollars
Official announcement of project August 2008 in Beirut ( If no war declared and the American warship “Cole” left that area as the Hotel supposed to be build where it anchors right now)




well who sent you this email Lebgurl?? Maybe they would have more information about it, because it seems that this hotel was proposed in Dubai according to the threads, but where did this information come from?:nuts:

^^ Random forward .. sorry im not sure what the source is and i can't even find the e-mail :S

besides, this thing wouldn't stand up to winter surges and earthquakes that lebanon has ... although if it were in the shape of a cedar tree it would be cooler ... but as it is, its not going to work

http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/index.php?fuseaction=wanappln.projectview&upload_id=1389

^^ thanks

10 stars, ROFL!!!

amazing one!

should we delete this thread ?? i guess it is sure now that it is planned for Dubai

Yes because its just depressing lol, id really like to kno where the person who first posted this got his information from

I know , get rid of this thread ITS STUPID !

should we delete this thread ?? i guess it is sure now that it is planned for Dubai

We cannot be 100% sure. Maybe it was planned for Dubai but it wasn't approved and now is proposed for Beirut (or will be in August).

Remember, this isnt an official project thread -- this subforum is for general discussion about projects and development (whether it is just speculation or not).

ah come on, its obviously a spoof-thread. i mean, the original poster isnt known! i'd say delete it and put it back up once you have proper info.

because some people think this project will be for Lebanon.....

John is right...This project is really nice but does not fit well in Beirut...

^^ yeah but it's too bad really ............
other than that it doesnt fit in beirut , when projects r being halted and foreigners r fleeing the country (the situation isnt that bad but it's like that in the media) a mega mega project like that is kind of an impossible fantasy
and besides 3.5 billion ?? this could end world hunger
DELETE IT ..............

3.5 billion for a hotel is not worth it, Houssam said it could end world hunger ... maybe
but there is alot more better things it go can towards.

The people have spoken... for now I will close the thread and will consult Nadini to see if it should be deleted.

:lock:

P.S. The reason this topic was pulled out of the Project Gossip thread was because it had enough responses and drew enough attention that it could stand alone as its own thread.

According to AmeriLEB, this project is a reality!


-- therefore this thread is re-opened!

AmeriLEB - please post the original article as well as an English translation (if possible). Thanks!

I'm really confused...how come there's a real project, and we don't know for what city is it planned???

^^ It will be in Beirut.

^^Are you 100% sure?? Then what about Apeiron Island Hotel in Dubai??

^^ Please translate:

فندق البحر... مجرد احلام!



أي طبقة تريد أن تحجز؟ وفي أي شهر من سنة 2012؟

أكبر فندق 10 نجوم على الكرة الارضية والاغلى ثمناً.

هذه حقيقة... والفندق سيصبح حقيقة.

المكان: بيروت - لبنان.

الموقع: في مقابل المارينا والسان جورج - وسط البحر.

البدء بالانشاءات في حزيران 2009، وانتهاء العمل بعد 3 سنوات.

كلفة المشروع: 3,6 مليارات دولار.

الاعلان عن المشروع: آب 2008.

هذا هو مضمون البريد الالكتروني الذي وصل الى معظم اللبنانيين، فأثلج القلوب معززاً الأمل بأن لبنان لا يزال جاذباً للاستثمارات حتى في عزّ الازمة السياسية التي يمر فيها. لكن يبدو ان الفرحة لن تتم، وخصوصاً بعدما تبين عدم صحة هذا الخبر بدليل ان أي رجل اعمال أو مستثمر لم يتقدم بطلب رخصة لبناء هذا الفندق وفق ما ذكرته مصادر في المؤسسة العامة لتشجيع الاستثمارات "ايدال". وفي المعلومات التي استقاها "نهار الشباب" من مصادر عدة، كان يفترض انجاز هذا المشروع في دبي، لكن عدم جدواه الاقتصادية حملته مع الامواج الى بحر بيروت حيث تكثر الشائعات في زمن بات اللبنانيون يأملون في ما يحمل منها نسيم امل أو بارقة مستقبل مشع.

^^It means:

The Sea Hotel...just a dream!

What floor do you want to book? And for which month of 2012?

World's biggest 10 stars hotel

This is reality...and the hotel will become reality!

Location : Beirut, Lebanon

Location (#2) : Facing the Saint Georges Marina, in the midle of the sea.

Works will start in june 2009 and will be done 3 years later.

Project annoucement : August 2008

This is the e-mail that was sent to the majority of Lebanon. (bla bla bla :D)
This project is planned for Dubai (bla bla bla) There are many gossips for new projects in Lebanon in a time lebanese need hope..etc

See!! This project is for Dubai, not Beiut!!

Actually, the rticle says "this project was proposed to dubai but "3adam woujoud jadwaho al éktisadiyya" (what does it mean) brought it to beirut"

*confused*

^^ Hmm... so maybe this really is a hoax

That was in todays Nahar

its impossible to build such project off the coast of Beirut, the sea is too rough for such projects and it will sink in a matter of years so i'm not to excited about it bcuz I know it will not happen

Heres the link:
http://annahar.com/content.php?priority=2&table=nahar_ashabab&type=khabriat&day=Thu

render:

http://annahar.com/naharashabab_content.php?type=khabriat&table=nahar_ashabab&day=Thu

As far as the waves...the design shows a lagoon which would act as a natural wave breaker. It is possible to engineer this....Guess we have to wait until August....These investors must have major Faith that Lebanon will overcome its problems...I hope it happens...they still need aproval etc...so lets see

Ok after writing this i just translated the bottom part.....Will see if its a hoax i guess...

Im a Realist... and I think This project will never see the light of day ... in Lebanon

Well,If the Political crisis ends,I say this is definitely gonna be in Beirut.

I emailed the architects if i get a reply i wioll post it

Well,If the Political crisis ends,I say this is definitely gonna be in Beirut.


You are far to Optimistic, thats not allways a good thing.

i really dream this would happen but the annahar article didnt add any thing, we know it was emailed to everyone ............... enno come on we "live" on gossip here .............i donnu we shall wait and see

^^ it won't ... we don't have the sea conditions for it .. it's impossible!!!
besides ...
http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/index.php?fuseaction=wanappln.projectview&upload_id=1389
http://www.sybarite-uk.com/131.htm
http://www.impactlab.com/2008/03/15/dubais-18-projects-destined-to-change-the-face-of-global-architecture/

http://sharkride.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/Aperion-island-hotel.jpg

Remember back a couple months ago the Aperion Hotel which was going to be built off the coast of Beirut? It was the said it was a hoax and it was actually a project for Dubai.

Well I guess they were wrong. The project is real, and this time for Beirut!

Check it out here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyDCk0nY3oI&feature=channel

^^ that means absolutely nothing

no at the end of the video it shows something how it was converted over to beirut

Whoever made this video is clearly a forumer/lurker here at SSC.

As Rabih said, it means absolutely nothing because it has no official source confirming anything. There is no new information either. This is basically a continuation of the hoax. Just because some anonymous person says something in an amature youtube video doesn't mean it's true.

I saw that..who knows..until we see something more concrete...i think it would be cool if placed right..but now with the current world economy who has 3 billion?

I think this project is definitly a hoax! and I hope it stays that way!