Towers overlooking Zabeel Park underway
dubai — Another Dubai landmark has begun to take shape as work has commenced on the construction of a new mixed-use development.
According to Ithra Dubai, the developer wholly owned by the Investment Corporation of Dubai, One Za’abeel is due to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2020.
Japanese architecture firm Nikken Sekkei firm has designed the new towers which are connected by the world’s largest cantilever.
The development — which features the address #1, Za’abeel — is positioned between the old and new business districts of Dubai. The first tower will consist of 67 floors and the second 57 floors. Both towers rise up from a structure consisting of three levels of podium and seven levels of basement.
With a total built-up area of 480,000 square meters, the two towers incorporate residences, hotels, serviced apartments, office space, a retail podium known as The Gallery, and a sky concourse, The Linx, that connects the two towers of One Za’abeel.
The project will have 37,000sqm of office space, 12,000sqm of retail, 90-key ultra luxury hotel, 314-key luxury hotel, 94 serviced apartments, 263 residential apartments and 2,500 parking spots.
Alec Engineering & Contracting was appointed as the main contractor.
Site excavation, preparatory works, shoring and piling were recently completed and the construction of a seven-floor basement is underway.
“The project has now entered an exciting phase of construction where One Za’abeel and its 210-meter sky concourse will in due course re-shape the Dubai skyline,” said Issam Galadari, director and CEO of Ithra Dubai.
— waheedabbas@khaleejtimes.com