9 world records: Dubai's new challenge for global developers
Real estate projects, worth billions of dollars, will be displayed under one roof in Dubai on Tuesday at Cityscape Global property event, but UAE developers will take the limelight, revealing details of their mega projects that will set up new challenges for global developers.
Meydan, a Dubai-based developer, will showcase Meydan One – a mega development, with a gross floor area of 5,500,000 square metres that will create six new world records.
The project will include 711-metre Dubai One Tower, the world’s tallest residential tower; world’s highest restaurant at 675 metres; the world’s longest indoor ski slope at 1.2 kilometres; the world’s largest indoor gymnasium at 25,000 square metres; the world’s highest 360° observation deck at 655 metres and the world’s largest dancing fountain at 420 metres in length.
Burj 2020
Dubai Multi Commodities Centre, developer of Jumeirah Lakes Towers, will for the first time unveil the details of the Burj 2020 district - home to Burj 2020 tower, billed to be the world’s tallest commercial tower.
The company has got Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture (AS+GG) to design the tower, while WATG, a destination creation consultancy, is working on the master plan of the district. Construction is expected to begin this year with plans to complete the tower before 2020.
Dubai is the host city for Expo 2020, which will run from October 20, 2020 to April 10, 2021.
Twin tower in Dubai Creek
Dubai Eye
Sharjah Waterfront City
The three-day Cityscape Global, held at the Dubai World Trade Centre, will bring together over 300 exhibitors from 30 different countries, with the largest participation coming from UAE companies.