The Dubai Mall

The Dubai Mall 

The dubai mall is the world's largest shopping mall based on total area and sixth largest by gross leasable area , located in Dubai United Arab Emirates , it is part of the- 20-billion-dollar Downtown Dubai complex and includes 1200 shops, Access to the mall is provided via Doha street , rebuilt as a double- decker road in April 2009

Twice delayed Dubai Mall opened on 4 November 2008 , with about 635 retailers marking the world largest-ever mall opening inretail history , However it is not the largest ingross leasable space , and is supassed in that category by several malls includin the south china mall .                                               which is the worl's largest Golden Resources mall SM City North Edsa and SM mall of asia 

 

The Dubai Mall recorded 60,000 tickets sold for the Dubai Aquarium and Discovery Centre in the first five days, following its opening. The Dubai Mall hosted over 37 million visitors in 2009, and attracts more than 750,000 visitors every week. while in 2010 it hosted 47 million, and saw footfall increase by around 27 percent over 2009, despite the economic crisis. In 2012, Dubai Mall continued to hold title of world's most-visited shopping and leisure destination, and attracted more than 65 million visitors, an increase of more than 20 percent compared to the 54 million recorded in 2011. It attracted more visitors than New York City with over 52 million tourists in 2012, and Los Angeles with 41 million. The numbers also surpass visitor arrivals to all landmark leisure destinations and theme parks in the world including Times Square (39.2 million), Central Park (38 million), and Niagara Falls (22.5 million).

  

Burj Khalifa in dubai

.Burj Khalifa , known as Burj Dubai prior to its inauguration, is a skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and is the tallest man-made structure in the world, at 829.8 m (2,722) ft). 

Construction began on 21 September 2004, with the exterior of the structure completed on 1 October 2009. The building officially opened on 4 January 2010,and is part of the new 2 km² (490 acres) development called Downtown Dubai at the 'First Interchange' along Sheikh Zayed Road, near Dubai's main business district. The tower's architecture and engineering were performed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill of Chicago, with Adrian Smith as chief architect, and Bill Baker as chief structural engineer.The primary contractor was Samsung C&T of South Korea.

In March 2009, Mohamed Ali Alabbar, chairman of the project's developer, Emaar Properties, said office space pricing at Burj Khalifa reached US$4,000 per sq ft (over US$43,000 per m²) and the Armani Residences, also in Burj Khalifa, sold for US$3,500 per sq ft (over US$37,500 per m²).He estimated the total cost for the project to be about US$1.5 billion.

The project's completion coincided with the global financial crisis of 2007–2012, and with vast overbuilding in the country; this led to high vacancies and foreclosures. With Dubai mired in debt from its huge ambitions, the government was forced to seek multibillion dollar bailouts from its oil-rich neighbor Abu Dhabi. Subsequently, in a surprise move at its opening ceremony, the tower was renamed Burj Khalifa, said to honour the UAE President Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan for his crucial support.

Because of the slumping demand in Dubai's property market, the rents in the Burj Khalifa plummeted 40% some ten months after its opening. Out of 900 apartments in the tower, 825 were still empty at that time. However, over the next two and a half years, overseas investors steadily began to purchase the available apartments and office space in Burj Khalifa. By October 2012, Emaar reported that around 80% of the apartments were occupied

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Top 10 Burj Khaliffa Facts

• 31,400 – the amount of steel rebar in metric tonnes used in the structure of Burj Dubai
• 28,261– the number of glass cladding panels making up the exterior of tower and its two annexes
• 15,000 – the amount of water in litres collected from the tower’s cooling equipment that will be used for landscaping irrigation
• 12,000 – the numbers of workers on site during peak of construction
• 5,500 – the capacity in kilograms of the tower’s service lift
• 3,000 – the number of underground parking spaces
• 1,044 – the total number of residential apartments inside Burj Dubai
• 900 – the length in the feet of the world’s tallest performing fountain, The Dubai Fountain, that lies at the foot of the tower
• 605 – the vertical height in metres to which concrete was pumped in the construction of Burj Dubai, a world record for concrete pumping
• 504 – the distance traveled, or ‘rise’ in metres of Burj Dubai’s main service lift, the most of any elevator

Jumeirah beach hotel

Jumeirah Beach Hotel    

1.          Jumeirah Beach Hotel is a hotel in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The hotel, which opened in 1997, is operated by the Dubai-based hotelier Jumeirah. The hotel contains 598 rooms and suites, 19 beachfront villas, and 20 restaurants and bars.

                                                                                     

Vibrant and luxurious, Jumeirah Beach Hotel is Dubai's premier lifestyle destination, and has given itself completely to the pleasures of the life, and the senses of every guest who stays in the resort. Set on the shores of the Arabian Gulf and built in a startling shape that mirrors a breaking wave, this award winning hotel has its own private beach. With an excellent array of facilities, including a gym, fitness classes, spa, squash, ping, swimming, golf, sightseeing, water sports, children's activities and excellent dining facilities including a number of restaurants and bars offering unique culinary experiences whilst you overlook the sparkling shoreline of the Arabian Coast