City of Arabia

[zhouguoyaogeorge]

hi i take new photo for arabian crowne from today.
but the photo not claer.

[chiquita]

Where did you get this picture and how it is reliable?
Does MED tell you something about it?

Originally Posted by zhouguoyaogeorge

hi i take new photo for arabian crowne from today.
but the photo not claer.

[pipper99]

is it bad that the 45 story tower could either be where the sand is or where the small sign is!Is there anh way of knowing what developements are on track and how far behind is any particular tower or developement for those of us who dont live in dubai?

[chiquita]

I kept asking MED about the progress of Arbian Crwone and windsor but no response for last couple of months. I can't believe this picture shows they are doing somthing now.

Originally Posted by pipper99

is it bad that the 45 story tower could either be where the sand is or where the small sign is!Is there anh way of knowing what developements are on track and how far behind is any particular tower or developement for those of us who dont live in dubai?

[jordandvdj]

3 or 4 years !!!! don't be silly. they built atlantis in 30 months from piling. 20 months.

[zhouguoyaogeorge]

i take this photo by myself.at 26-10-2008 about 16:30pm.

[georgihh]

Originally Posted by zhouguoyaogeorge

i take this photo by myself.at 26-10-2008 about 16:30pm.

Ooooh….. You live in the future!
Any way I have seen some cranes around the area 6 months ago.
Mall of Arabia will start construction if Dubai mall is success. For the time being the mall is on hold.

[albog]

Originally Posted by jordandvdj

3 or 4 years !!!! don't be silly. they built atlantis in 30 months from piling. 20 months.

Well the atlantis hotel is not 40 floors high first of all. Secondly it started in late 2005 and opened this month so not 30 months and definitely not 20!

Also now with the scarcity of materials, etc, you can expect stuff to be built slower than before.

Go to skyscrapercity and look at the progress of the average tower and you'll see I'm right. Of course there are some towers that are built very fast, am not saying it's not possible, just not probable.

If you're very lucky you'll see one year for ground work and maybe a basement level or two, one year and say 3 months for topping out, then 9 months for completion. This is in an ideal scenario where there are no delays, manpower and resource problems whatsoever, and that the contractor they hire is a good one like arabtec.

[jordandvdj]

20 months to build - without delays.

However, it will not be Arabtec. Too much work on and IMG will go for one of these 2 bit outfits, cancel the gym and the less said about the 'luxury bath' the better. It will be Discover gardens (chipboard, cheap tiles and dodgy plumbing).

If anyone thinks otherwise they can have my 2 bed for what i paid if they pay the fees. that is 100,000 us dollars under current IMG price. Any takers - thought not.

[jordandvdj]

just reading gulf news - predicts a slow down in mega projects, especially non government ones.

Why oh why did I not just get JLT or just keep the cash in the bank.

What happens if you cancel. do you lose all the deposit or just a % of it. Might walk away if can get 50% of it back and just chalk it up to a bad decision.