Projects Gossip: Proposals for the UAE

[THE DUBAI GUYS]

this was an interesting concept...for Zaabeel. :P



Office and Hotel Towers
No. of Floors: G + 50

Facts
Services rendered

Architectural Design (Concept)

Period

2008

Client

NOOR Islamic Bank, Dubai (U.A.E.)

Cost estimate

85 Million USD (312 Million DHS)

http://www.klingconsult.com/portfoli...il.aspx?ID=500

R

[gerald.d]

Why have one Gherkin when you can have three?

[Face81]

Originally Posted by THE DUBAI GUYS

this was an interesting concept...for Zaabeel. :P



Office and Hotel Towers
No. of Floors: G + 50

Facts
Services rendered

Architectural Design (Concept)

Period

2008

Client

NOOR Islamic Bank, Dubai (U.A.E.)

Cost estimate

85 Million USD (312 Million DHS)

http://www.klingconsult.com/portfoli...il.aspx?ID=500

R

ha ha! Those would have looked so ugly! ESPECIALLY as they would end up being called Gherkin 2.0 or Swiss RE 2.0!!

[Imre]

Soil testing just begun between the Eden Blue plot and KG Tower in Dubai Marina, thats a big plot , good for 2-3 towers.

[I Know]

This would look great around Dubai, in places like Business Bay maybe.

Also in the Marina area would be a good option.






http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/fi...photos/72040/1

[Imre]

Originally Posted by Imre

Soil testing just begun between the Eden Blue plot and KG Tower in Dubai Marina, thats a big plot , good for 2-3 towers.

Something new

10/February/2012

Between KG Tower and Eden Blue plot , soil testing

[I Know]

Should be good when its finished

Dubai Municipality plans new zoo in emirate
Project aims to transfer animals from the old Dubai zoo to the new one

By Shveta Pathak, Staff Reporter Published: 12:55 February 12, 2012

http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/ge...irate-1.979408

[Dubai_Steve]

The world’s first rotating tower will not be coming up in Dubai, but in London, construction on which will commence this year, Emirates 24|7 can reveal.

London-based Dynamic Group is, however, optimistic that the Dubai project will commence as and when the market conditions allow it.

“We will announce the start of the construction in London in due time. Most probably within the year,” the developer said in an emailed statement.

Whilst in an email sent to investors worldwide, it said: “We are now close to starting construction on the first building in motion in London, which will become a world landmark.

“This building will be a ‘Centre of Excellence’ and an icon of future lifestyles and sustainability.”

The company website lists the London Dynamic Project as of profound relevance to a city reclaiming its role of ‘Center of the World’.

“As the city prepares to host for the third time the Summer Olympics in 2012, it wishes to bring this icon of future life to London, receiving its own rotating tower to serve as the landmark for the event, and an inspiration for generations to come,” it adds

Asked about its Dubai plan, the company said: “As far as Dubai - we will love to know... and we hope as soon as the conditions will allow it.

In March 2011, Emirates 24|7 reported that the developers of Dubai's Dynamic Tower, where each of the 80 floors will be able to rotate independently, are keen to put the project back on track.

“The Dynamic Tower in Dubai is on hold due to the current situation. Of course, Dr David Fisher and our team would be delighted to have the tower in Dubai on track,” Simona Casati, Press Office & Communication Manager, Dynamic Architecture Group, had said

The latest market insight report from Kay and Co, a London-based property market research specialist, shows that Middle Eastern applicants are up 50 per cent compared to the same time last year, accounting for 30 per cent of all sales applicants in the first three months of 2011

The report adds that the number of buyers originating from the Middle East has significantly increased in the wake of the Egyptian crisis and the wider unrest in the region.

Buyers are predominantly interested in properties with asking prices of over £5 million (Dh29 million).

http://www.emirates247.com/property/...02-11-1.442343

[AltinD]

Bllah, bllah, bllah

[THE DUBAI GUYS]

where culd this be:

Jebel Ali hotelier buys $100m Dubai beach property
By Louise Oakley
Thursday, 16 February 2012 2:06 PM

Dubai company Jebel Ali International Hotels (JAIH) has acquired a beach-facing property in Dubai Marina’s Jumeirah Beach Residence (JBR) for more than $100 million.

The purpose-built 341-room hotel, bought from Abu Dhabi-based Das Holdings just three weeks ago, is expected to open in October 2012.

Yet to be named, it will be a four-star hotel owned and operated by JAIH, which manages a portfolio of hotels including Jebel Ali Golf Resort and Spa, Hatta Fort Hotel and Oasis Beach Tower, also in JBR.

JAIH regional general manager David Thomson told Hotelier Middle East magazine yesterday: “We are delighted to announce that really the first acquisition for the company since we originally opened [Jebel Ali Hotel] 30 years ago is a property which is about half a kilometre from [Oasis Beach Tower] on the JBR next to Amwaj Rotana.

“It’s a brand new hotel. We’re going to open it as the first four-star hotel on the beach, or in a beach location, which Dubai doesn’t have since the Oasis Beach Hotel, which we used to run [was demolished in 2009].”

Thomson said the hotel was complete but that JAIH would be investing more than $20 million in architectural upgrades and fit-out.

“It was over $100 million in terms of the purchase price and we would expect to be investing probably another certainly $20 million plus in terms of the development of what’s there now, the FF&E (Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment), the cosmetics changes we want to make,” revealed Thomson.

He said the hotel would predominately be targeting leisure guest and families, who will also have access to the beach facilities at Jebel Ali Golf Resort and Spa.

“Essentially it is leisure that we’re looking towards. One of the things we do really well is we offer as very friendly kind of relaxed service in all our properties and that’s something we want to emulate in this particular hotel as well.

“We want guests to enjoy themselves — they’re in a four-star beach resort which is all about going on holiday and kicking back,” said Thomson.

“We will pitch ourselves slightly below the competitive set on The Walk but not too far below; we believe what we’ve got there is a fabulous product so we believe it will command a reasonable price. The star rating really isn’t part of a our rate strategy, it’s more in terms of the look and feel of the hotel, we want people to feel comfortable when they come in there, we don’t want them to feel like they’re walking into a high end five-star environment which sort of carries whole behaviour issues around it,” he explained.

Thomson is confident the JBR hotel will be successful, expecting average occupancies of around 80 percent year round.

“We really believe it’s going to do extremely well; we imagine occupancies in the 80s pretty much year-round. We see Dubai going from strength to strength on the leisure side. Leisure arrivals are keeping pace with the available inventory that’s on the beach and we see that going up and we’re very well placed for that.

“This is a property that we wanted to own for sure,” said Thomson.

JAIH was established in 1981 as a branch of Dutco.

http://www.arabianbusiness.com/jebel...ty-445725.html

R

[Imre]

Originally Posted by THE DUBAI GUYS

where culd this be:



on the JBR next to Amwaj Rotana.

Exactly this

Originally Crowne Plaza but was empty for years..
I found an old pic for it:

[Imre]

More updated here from Benji:

Originally Posted by BenjiDXB

image hosted on flickr

[Face81]

Originally Posted by THE DUBAI GUYS

where culd this be:

Jebel Ali hotelier buys $100m Dubai beach property
By Louise Oakley
Thursday, 16 February 2012 2:06 PM

Dubai company Jebel Ali International Hotels (JAIH) has acquired a beach-facing property in Dubai Marina’s Jumeirah Beach Residence (JBR) for more than $100 million.

The purpose-built 341-room hotel, bought from Abu Dhabi-based Das Holdings just three weeks ago, is expected to open in October 2012.

Yet to be named, it will be a four-star hotel owned and operated by JAIH, which manages a portfolio of hotels including Jebel Ali Golf Resort and Spa, Hatta Fort Hotel and Oasis Beach Tower, also in JBR.

JAIH regional general manager David Thomson told Hotelier Middle East magazine yesterday: “We are delighted to announce that really the first acquisition for the company since we originally opened [Jebel Ali Hotel] 30 years ago is a property which is about half a kilometre from [Oasis Beach Tower] on the JBR next to Amwaj Rotana.

“It’s a brand new hotel. We’re going to open it as the first four-star hotel on the beach, or in a beach location, which Dubai doesn’t have since the Oasis Beach Hotel, which we used to run [was demolished in 2009].”

Thomson said the hotel was complete but that JAIH would be investing more than $20 million in architectural upgrades and fit-out.

“It was over $100 million in terms of the purchase price and we would expect to be investing probably another certainly $20 million plus in terms of the development of what’s there now, the FF&E (Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment), the cosmetics changes we want to make,” revealed Thomson.

He said the hotel would predominately be targeting leisure guest and families, who will also have access to the beach facilities at Jebel Ali Golf Resort and Spa.

“Essentially it is leisure that we’re looking towards. One of the things we do really well is we offer as very friendly kind of relaxed service in all our properties and that’s something we want to emulate in this particular hotel as well.

“We want guests to enjoy themselves — they’re in a four-star beach resort which is all about going on holiday and kicking back,” said Thomson.

“We will pitch ourselves slightly below the competitive set on The Walk but not too far below; we believe what we’ve got there is a fabulous product so we believe it will command a reasonable price. The star rating really isn’t part of a our rate strategy, it’s more in terms of the look and feel of the hotel, we want people to feel comfortable when they come in there, we don’t want them to feel like they’re walking into a high end five-star environment which sort of carries whole behaviour issues around it,” he explained.

Thomson is confident the JBR hotel will be successful, expecting average occupancies of around 80 percent year round.

“We really believe it’s going to do extremely well; we imagine occupancies in the 80s pretty much year-round. We see Dubai going from strength to strength on the leisure side. Leisure arrivals are keeping pace with the available inventory that’s on the beach and we see that going up and we’re very well placed for that.

“This is a property that we wanted to own for sure,” said Thomson.

JAIH was established in 1981 as a branch of Dutco.

http://www.arabianbusiness.com/jebel...ty-445725.html

R

Originally Posted by Imre

More updated here from Benji:

Good find. Do we have a thread for this?

[Imre]

Originally Posted by Face81

Good find. Do we have a thread for this?

Same thread as JBR , all hotels all there .

[bizzybonita]

Zabeel Master plan City



By http://www.klingmann.com

[bizzybonita]

(Non)-Winners Announced for ThyssenKrupp Elevator Architecture Award 2008-2009

http://www.bustler.net/index.php/art...i_competition/

[THE DUBAI GUYS]

i hope the zaabeel city master lan goes ahead...it wuld make good use of that barren space...

as for the the Tall Emblem Structure for Zaabeel park..i liked the fan one and the one which was a cresent.

R

[Face81]

It will come back some day. If Daubi gets to host the World Expo, we can be almost certain the pace of development will pick up once more

I like the crecent tower thing as well. Probably the most sensible one of the lot!

[firoz bharmal]

Video link.............Dubai means Business.....

http://vision.ae/business/numbers?ut...mpaign=numbers
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[Imre]

08/March/2012

Plot next to Infinity Tower, any idea whats going on , Al Futtaim Carillion already there..