DUBAI | The Pentominium | 1,693 FT / 516 M | 120 FLOORS | ON HOLD - Page 17

Innsertnamehere · #**321** Posted **Jan 6, 2011, 9:03 PM**

seems to be speeding up.

BrandonJXN · #**322** Posted **Jan 6, 2011, 9:37 PM**

How walkable is the Dubai Marina?

towerpower123 · #**323** Posted **Jan 8, 2011, 3:48 AM**

Dubai doesn't seem like a pedestrian place. For being a city approaching 2 million, there are very few people on the the streets. How come they don't build any ground level retait in the buildings?

Aleks · #**324** Posted **Jan 8, 2011, 4:52 AM**

that's actually a common misconception, a city this large isn't based entirely on cars. old dubai seems like it has a pretty strong pedestrian population and other areas around as well.

as for the marina, it looks like it could be one of the better pedestrian friendly developments. not sure since i've never been, but the proximity of the buildings provide shade from the sun during summer days, and i imagine from the wind as well (unless there's a wind-tunnel effect between the towers). i think what the marina lacks is some grocery shops, and local retail that residents will frequently visit, rather than a mall.

whatever happened to the mall anyways? will it be another empty complex? they should've mandated retail space in every tower so they could use that lot for a plaza, park, or something besides more retail space (although i imagine it'd be a pretty popular place due to location).

Fabb · #**325** Posted **Jan 8, 2011, 5:23 PM**

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Originally Posted by Aleks

whatever happened to the mall anyways? will it be another empty complex? they should've mandated retail space in every tower so they could use that lot for a plaza, park, or something besides more retail space (although i imagine it'd be a pretty popular place due to location).

I remember seeing a shopping mall near the exit of the metro station. I didn't go inside, so, I have no idea if it's already busy.
Some completed towers include retail space. I've seen a Carrefour supermarket at the foot of a building.
I guess that more retail will come in the near future.

Infernal_Elf · #**326** Posted **Jan 23, 2011, 6:51 PM**

you have the rather large Marina mall very close to the metro station.

it has about 400 shops and u also got shops and restaurants here and there along the canal.

and some along Jumeirah beach in and around the 40+ post modern Highrises.

and u can rather easily walk around it all during cool days and the winter

N830MH · #**327** Posted **Jan 28, 2011, 2:32 AM**

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Originally Posted by Skyscrapers144

Here's my Pentominium Tower model:

Wow! Looks good! I can't wait to be completions. Is that in Dubai?

Infernal_Elf · #**328** Posted **Jan 28, 2011, 2:42 PM**

yes the pentominium is being built in Dubai or to be more spesific the Dubai marina

but in that collection of Models only the blue one at the far left wich is the pentominum is being built in Dubai

Fabb · #**329** Posted **Feb 5, 2011, 5:09 PM**

Update by Imre :

Infernal_Elf · #**330** Posted **Feb 5, 2011, 6:12 PM**

around 11 floors now

and rising

will be cool to see when it starts overtaking one after one

Fabb · #**331** Posted **Apr 22, 2011, 12:56 PM**

It's been a while since the last update...

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Originally Posted by Imre

22/April/2011

Pentominium

Dac150 · #**332** Posted **Apr 24, 2011, 9:21 PM**

Forgot all about this building; nice to see it gaining some height.

Kanto · #**333** Posted **Jun 23, 2011, 9:03 PM**

Another Dubai giant. It's nice to see this city rise even in these economically troubling times

Is there any recent progress? All pics here are kinda old

Illithid Dude · #**334** Posted **Aug 12, 2011, 10:03 PM**

According to Skyscraper City, as of last week, the workers have left. Sadly, Pentominium is now on hold.

kkhuynh · #**335** Posted **Aug 13, 2011, 3:58 AM**

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Originally Posted by Kanto

Another Dubai giant. It's nice to see this city rise even in these economically troubling times

Is there any recent progress? All pics here are kinda old

I dont think the picture is as nice as it's seem, it's quite a slow process considering the fact that this project has been proposed for over many years now and you'd think that it's almost surpassed the 40th floors or something by this time

Urbannizer · #**336** Posted **Aug 13, 2011, 10:26 PM**

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Originally Posted by Illithid Dude

According to Skyscraper City, as of last week, the workers have left. Sadly, Pentominium is now on hold.

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Originally Posted by Imre

12/August/2011

Pentominium, 12 days without workers , ON HOLD status seems confirmed now...

Link

OneWorldTradeCenter · #**337** Posted **Aug 21, 2011, 10:31 AM**

Yes, it's officially on-hold now; saw also reports on SSC. Maybe thy're going to resume later. I hope it!

steveve · #**338** Posted **Aug 22, 2011, 2:50 PM**

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Originally Posted by OneWorldTradeCenter

Yes, it's officially on-hold now; saw also reports on SSC. Maybe thy're going to resume later. I hope it!

wow.. that sucks.... This is already such a quiet/slow project, that i even forget is going to be super super tall! lets hope this lasts a short while...

steveve · #**339** Posted **Nov 15, 2011, 3:20 AM**

seriously? the last post was made by me back in august?.. cmon people!

ChicagoSpire2000 · #**340** Posted **Nov 15, 2011, 9:30 PM**

^It's on hold. What would anyone say?