DUBAI | Meydan One: 2,333 FT /711 M | ? stories

[toxteth o'grady]

885 residences and a 350-room five-star hotel, per the news article. Part of a 39 msf development. This one may have been reported previously.

Meydan One project will also include a shopping mall, residential tower and five-star hotel

[M II A II R II K]

Record-breaking Dubai complex has indoor ski slope and 711-meter tower


August 5, 2015

By Maureen O'Hare

Read More: http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/05/travel...lex/index.html

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Meydan One, the Dubai-based Meydan Group's extravagant new leisure, retail, residential and hotel complex unveiled on Monday, plans to break not one but five world records by the time construction is finished in 2020.

- There's the world's tallest residential tower and highest 360-degree observation deck (711 meters), highest restaurant (675 meters), largest dancing fountain (420 meters) and longest indoor ski slope (1.2 kilometers long and 180 meters high). Dubai's ski enthusiasts should be happy, as snow is in short supply in the Gulf emirate where summer temperatures can reach 45 C (113 F).

- Visitors and residents can also cool off at the Crystal Lagoon water park, a 100-berth marina and 300 meters of sandy beach. Meydan One Mall -- because of course there's a mall -- will be home to 652 stores. Walking through its many aisles should offer the site's planned 78,300 residents entertainment and exercise enough, but there's also a 25,000-square-meter indoor sports facility and 8,000-capacity venue.

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[tayser]

I remember 10 years ago many lambasting Dubai and it's apparent Real Estate extravagance. But eh, look at the place now, continually diversifying itself away from the oil industry all the while neighbouring countries are up shit creek without a paddle re: OPEC and falling oil prices.

Good luck to Dubai.

[bobdreamz]

How many ski slopes does a desert nation need?

[James Bond Agent 007]

They could hold the Winter Olympics there.

[sentinel]

Perhaps relocate this to the Supertall proposals thread?

[Beedok]

Originally Posted by tayser

I remember 10 years ago many lambasting Dubai and it's apparent Real Estate extravagance. But eh, look at the place now, continually diversifying itself away from the oil industry all the while neighbouring countries are up shit creek without a paddle re: OPEC and falling oil prices.

Good luck to Dubai.

How many bail outs have they had now? Dubai has not been a success. I'd like them to succeed and move towards a more balanced and healthy economy, but from everything I've heard they've decided that building extravagant towers is more fun.

[M II A II R II K]

If they had indoor Winter Olympics there it would at least be more legitimate than some of the outdoor Winter Olympics locations that have been picked.

[chris08876]

There's a thread for this here: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=218224

[Urbannizer]

dup topics merged.

[hotwheels]

Meydan One Mega Development Begins in Dubai

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates and Ruler of Dubai, was on hand to lay the foundation stone for the new Meydan One Mall development, the first phase of the multi-faceted Meydan One mega development slated for the visionary desert city. Leading the delegation at the evening event, Sheikh Mohammed broke ground on a project that will include 620 retail shops, including two major department stores and a 131,150-square-foot hypermarket.

[McBane]

Seems analogous to suddenly wealthy rap stars and athletes buying gold plated toilet seats....

[N830MH]

Originally Posted by James Bond Agent 007

They could hold the Winter Olympics there.

I don't think so. Way too hot out there. It won't be Dubai. Sorry, man!

[Urbannizer]

Mall well underway..

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpo...&postcount=247

Originally Posted by Whisky Peak

found some pictures here: http://sanraks.com/project/meydan-one-phase1a/