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Originally Posted by Stratosphere
Too bad. The surrounding buildings are so ugly.
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The surrounding buildings are beautiful, detailed, pre-WWII buildings. You see the backs of them which were never intended to be visible to anyone and won't be visible again when the new tower rises.
I wonder if the height has been increased to 80 floors.
http://www.aabar.com/index.php?optio...n&limitstart=3
Monday, 03 May 2010
Aabar Properties
International Ventures
As for the most important projects outside UAE, whose development tasks shall be handed over to “Aabar Properties”, Eskiocak confirmed that the company had recently successfully finalized discussions to erect a hotel and resort project on the “Dead Sea” in Jordan, in addition to conducting discussions on developing another huge project in the same area, indicating that both projects shall be developed in synergy with King Abdulla II Fund, and he also indicated that the company had already a project under construction; an 80-storey building, which is situated in the heart of Manhattan in New York city, near the Fifth Avenue and Central Park junction. This building contains a luxurious hotel and apartments for sale that vary in size from one-bedroom to four-bedroom apartments in addition to two penthouse units.
55% of the apartments directly overlook the Central Part while 26% of the apartments have partial views of the Central Park.
He declared that the company shall adopt gradual expansion policies in line with achievements assessment.