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BinLaden group to build world's tallest skysraper
paktribune.com ^
| Monday May 10, 2004 (0120 PST)
| Worldnetdaily
Posted on 05/10/2004 8:11:11 PM PDT by Destro
BinLaden group to build world's tallest skysraper
Monday May 10, 2004 (0120 PST)
Osama bin Laden's family business is on the short list of contractors bidding to build the world's tallest skyscraper.
It may seem tragically ironic that the name most closely associated with the destruction of New York's World Trade Center may soon be associated with the construction of the world's tallest building.
But, nevertheless, according to officials in Dubai – the site of the Burj Dubai, scheduled for completion in 2008 – that is more than a distinct possibility.
The Saudi Binladen Group, the biggest developer in the kingdom, begun by Osama bin Laden's father, is in the running for the project.
The skyscraper will be nearly half a mile and about one-third taller than the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur. It will include a hotel wing, apartments, offices, entertainment centers and restaurants.
The project also includes one of the world's largest malls – the Dubai Mall with over 2 million square feet of retail space – and a mock "old town," making it "a city within a city."
Record-obsessed Dubai is already home to the world's largest man-made island, the Palm Jumeirah, and the world's first seven-star hotel, the Burj Al-Arab.
The Binladen group built its considerable fortune by carrying out many projects for the royal family in Saudi Arabia – including the the expansion of the two holy mosques in Mecca and Medina.
Construction of the Burj Dubai project has already started, with excavation of the site completed recently.
Sales of residential units in the tower will start soon, said an official with Emaar Properties.
Courtesy : Worldnetdaily
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: binladen; skyscrapers; skysrapers
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posted on
05/10/2004 8:11:11 PM PDT
by
Destro
To: Destro
Build it, fill it, and kill it.
2
posted on
05/10/2004 8:15:50 PM PDT
by
ditto h
To: Destro
You know what they say... "What goes up, must come down."
3
posted on
05/10/2004 8:18:06 PM PDT
by
IncPen
(Proud member of the Half Vast Right Wing Conspiracy)
To: Destro
Words fail me.......
4
posted on
05/10/2004 8:20:29 PM PDT
by
mtbopfuyn
To: Destro
Well, as much as it irks me, I guess the bin Ladens are just doing what real-estate developers do.
To: Destro
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posted on
05/10/2004 8:26:27 PM PDT
by
doug from upland
(Don't wait until it is too late to stop Hillary -- do something today!)
To: Destro
Pride cometh before a fall.
To: doug from upland
Is that a model of the bin Laden's new sky scraper? That's actually quite amazing looking. I'd love to see it in completed form.
To: Destro
Hmmm. Why do my thoughts gravitate to tall buildings and airplanes? If it was the world's tallest mosque....well....Allah quack-fart.
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posted on
05/10/2004 8:30:08 PM PDT
by
stboz
To: Destro
Ready...Aim...
10
posted on
05/10/2004 8:31:18 PM PDT
by
Ol' Sox
To: dayton law dude
It does look amazing. Here is the website:
CLICK.
11
posted on
05/10/2004 8:35:33 PM PDT
by
doug from upland
(Don't wait until it is too late to stop Hillary -- do something today!)
To: Destro
In the history of sky-scrapers, first, there was the Flatiron Building, and now we have the Flatout Ironic Building.
12
posted on
05/10/2004 8:36:16 PM PDT
by
headsonpikes
(Spirit of '76 bttt!)
To: Destro
We must remember that there is a distinction between OBL and his family. The family would build with steel, concrete, glass, etc.
OBL would build with human skulls. Thus, his skyscraper would indeed be the tallest.
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posted on
05/10/2004 8:36:59 PM PDT
by
walford
(http://utopia-unmasked.us)
To: Destro
Sounds like the building will be a 747 target range!
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posted on
05/10/2004 8:41:15 PM PDT
by
Smartass
( BUSH & CHENEY IN 2004 - THE BEST GET BETTER)
To: Destro
Why not? They have nothing to do with their brother. It does looks grand.
My dad helped build the Sears Tower and I hope it stays the tallest building, but that's just me.
To: dayton law dude
Is that a model of the bin Laden's new sky scraper? That's actually quite amazing looking. I'd love to see it in completed form. I heard a rumor that they might be redesigning it to make it "Osama proof".... more like the "Kingdom Tower" in Riyadh with holes in the upper floors...
J/K
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posted on
05/10/2004 8:51:46 PM PDT
by
USF
To: GottaLuvAkitas1
Too late. There are already at least
three buildings taller than the Sears Tower.
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posted on
05/10/2004 8:57:10 PM PDT
by
AZLiberty
(Of course, you realize this means war! -- Bugs Bunny, borrowing from Groucho Marx)
To: ditto h
Just put a McDonald's franchise into it, staffed completely with locals, and watch what happens.
To: AZLiberty
"Too late. There are already at least three buildings taller than the Sears Tower."
I was a little girl when the S.Tower was built and a little girls hero dreams of her daddy might be crushed so I'm going to pretend I did not see this post of yours AZLiberty. LOL
To: GottaLuvAkitas1
My Dad worked on the Sears Tower as well.
The Sears Tower has 110 stories, the Petrona 88. The only thing taller about Petronas Towers are their antennas. (They do get tallest building status because of them, however)
I don't think the Taipei 101 is complete yet, but it will only have 101 stories, & large antennas. (& tallest building status)
In my very biased opinion our Dads still helped build the tallest builing in the world. *grin*
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