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.
‘Stylish’ new nightclub to open in Downtown Dubai
The space that once held Republique is to be reborn as a ‘stylish' new nightclub promising international DJs. Republique was known for its retro parties, ‘no house music policy', and laidback arty crowds. However the club rang out two years in its home at The Address Dubai Mall with a closing party in June.
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.
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.
Burj Khalifa resident lived with blue-collar workers, did odd-jobs
Stories about rags to riches are well-documented, and there exists a decent list of people who started with nothing, but with hard work, talent, grit, and of course a bit of luck, managed to rise to the very top ranks.
Joe McNally Photography- Climbing the Burj Khalifa (The World’s Tallest Building)
There are few things more satisfying to a photographer than taking a camera where few professionals have been before. But there aren’t many places like that left on Earth.
Refugee food task much taller than the Burj Khalifa
Building the Burj Khalifa was a feat that took five years, but Jordanian bakers catering to Syrian refugees that have flooded the region are reaching three times that height — every day.
