Princess Tower

Intro:


This tower makes claims of being the tallest residential tower in the world. (Of course, this is a projected claim as construction is only just getting underway.) The signboard at the site indicates a height of 380 meters but there appear to be other claims of over 400 meters. There are, as well, conflicting reports about the number of floors. The developer's site indicates 100. Interestingly, the 90th floor of the tower (the highest floor perhaps if counting residential floors only) is being called a villa, occupying the entire floor. Expected date of completion is sometime in 2009. --30 Dec. 2005

The tower will be quite impressive if built to specs. The developer indicates that in addition to a variety of residential units, the tower will provide...

offices, sales outlets, car parking spaces, sports and recreational clubs and hotel suites... (also) swimming pools, a gymnasium, a children’s day care nursery, a sauna club, a prayers area... in addition to a luxurious reception area.

With Reference to MAG 218:

The Princess tower will be in view of MAG 218 units facing the SW or marina side of the tower and those facing NW or the sea side of the tower. As a result it will partially obstruct sea views. The Princess, however, will be a considerable landmark, less than 50 meters away. Reaching at least the height of New York City's Empire State building it will be not only the tallest tower on the block, but perhaps the tallest in all of the Marina and among the 10 tallest buildings in the world.

Resources:

• Developer's website 1 and website 2 with impressive Flash illustrations.
  
• Skyscrapercity.com's forum.
  
• Construction status of the tower ala Emporis.

Floor Plan:

   The 90th floor Villa penthouse. Additional plans at developer's site.

Commentary:

The expression "tallest residential tower in the world" seems to come up often in discussions about this tower, therefore questions about its height may remain unresolved for some time as the developer attempts to defend this claim.

Although equipment has been on site for several months little work has been done. Like many of the towers in the Marina, includling also the MAG 218, the start of construction is often delayed without much explanation. An uneducated guess would be that with so many towers going up at the same time in Dubai, it is hard to secure builders and contractors. Lest one is to settle for just whoever is available, delays are probably inevitable. --30 Dec. 2005


  28-Dec-2005, the building site, courtesy Beiklopa at Skyscrapercity.com.

Purchasing Estimates:

Prices (AED) starting from: 1-bed 744,187; 2-bed 1,180,777; 3-bed 2,272,252; 4-bed 2,950,000 and 5-bed penthouses 7,245,000

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