Posted on 01/26/2024 1:14:34 PM PST by aquila48
Mercedes-Benz debuted a $1 billion residential luxury tower in Dubai, where apartments are expected to cost as much as $10 million each.
Dubbed “Mercedes-Benz Places,” the upscale auto company announced its venture into the real-estate world on Instagram on Thursday, which it’s doing with the help of Emirati developer Binghatti.
The 65-story building is expected to rise approximately 1,118 feet above downtown Dubai’s bustling metro when it’s complete in the fourth quarter of 2026, according to United Arab Emirates-based business news site ZAWYA.
For reference, New York City’s Chrysler Building stands 1,048 tall.
It’s home to 150 apartments, starting at $2.7 million, with the promise of “unobstructed views of the world’s tallest tower,” the nearly 3,000-foot-tall Burj Khalifa, according to Mercedes’ website.
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Yeah, that’s not phallic.
Pass on living in a building that looks like a vibrator.
Do they break down and cost an arm and a leg to fix?
And in other news, Bill Gates will move in with his new $25 million dollar car...and still can't get a date.
1. 80 companies: Mercedes wants to sell all car dealerships in Germany, January 19, 2024
2. Mercedes debuts $1B luxury tower in Dubai, apartments will cost up to $10M each, January 26, 2024
What will be next? Exits F1? Builds permanent Mexican invader housing at US Airports?
Dildai
It looks like the tip of a hypodermic needle. Perfect for trust fund junkies.
It is hideous.
Who wants an unobstructed view of a building bigger than yours?
I hope the apartments have a “losers” discount.
Realistically, those prices aren't out of line with similar apartments in Manhattan, Hong Kong, or Cleveland.
(Well, OK, maybe not Hong Kong...)
Bill Gates doesnt want a date. He just pays for it because after its over they go away.
A few years ago I saw...up close...a Bugatti Veyron Vitess in the valet parking area of the Mall of Dubai. It had Saudi plates (rich Saudis go to Dubai to “unwind”) and it’s the only time I’ve ever seen a $2 million car.
That’s not true. There were a series of stories about how he tried to get dates but was unable to do so. He actually wanted a girlfriend but even being a billionaire can’t solve that problem for him.
Dubai is a failed nation.
Hopefully they will provide access to sewers for the toilets (some buildings in Dubai have to truck their sewage out to a waste disposal station).
Probably.
Not to mention it looks like it could collapse at any moment.
Is it plane proof?.
American petro dollars and blood built and maintains these sand culture people. America can have cities as shiny and clean with the oil and gas we have and a strict maintenance of our border and culture but America is in cultural rot mode.
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