Upscale diner Ketchup to open in Downtown Dubai
The UAE version of the US-based restaurant Ketchup will be opening in Downtown Dubai in September 2013 with an 'Eat One Kilo in Eight Minutes' competition to get into the restaurant's Hall of Fame.
UAE has world’s ‘vainest’ skyscrapers – study
The UAE has the "vainest" skyscrapers in the world, a report measuring the extent of spires and other height-boosting additions to the top of buildings has said.
Social media ‘launch’ of Downtown Dubai project has agents in off-plan frenzy
A post on a social networking site by an ‘unknown’ developer launching a new project in Downtown Dubai has led to over 40 real estate brokerage firms scrambling to get details.
Ramada Downtown Dubai launches new website
Ramada Downtown Dubai hotel has launched a new user-friendly website featuring a virtual tour and pictures of rooms and dining and recreation facilities.
Dubai exhibit celebrates the history and future of the ‘megatower’
Downtown, The Dubai Mall and The Address Hotel are all part of the Burj Khalifa's masterplan and are the real money makers.
In an interview on American television just after it was announced that Smith had won the contract for Kingdom Tower, he explained the thinking behind such structures.
More defaulters in Emmar’s Downtown Dubai get cancellation notices
Emaar Properties, Dubai’s largest developer, on Tuesday, August 7, 2013, issued a second list of property defaulters in its Claren T1 and 29 Boulevard T2 projects in Downtown Dubai, asking them to pay their pending installments within 30 days, or face termination of contract.
A JLT tower bigger than the Burj Khalifa?
A new commercial tower planned for Dubai's Jumeirah Lake Towers (JLT) community could end up taller than the city's famous Burj Khalifa .That's according to Ahmed bin Sulayem, a senior official from the authority that oversees the district.
China’s Sky City building to go 10 meter higher than Dubai’s Burj Khalifa
Source: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com
As recently as July 1, cattle apparently grazed in the fields intended for the world's tallest skyscraper in the rural outskirts of Changsha in China's Hunan province.
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New Technology May Double the Height of Skyscrapers
Finnish elevator manufacturer KONE has unveiled a new hoisting technology that will enable elevators to travel heights of one kilometer – twice the distance than currently possible.
Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum launches virtual tour of Burj Khalifa
Google has used the latest imaging systems to present 360-degree images of Burj Khalifa, which is the tallest building in the world. The virtual tour of Burj Khalifa can be experienced by visiting Google site maps at www.google.ae/streetview
