Nakheel Tower

Nakheel Tower
برج نخيل
Artist's rendering of Nakheel Tower at night.
Former names	Al Burj
General information
Status	Never built
Type	Mixed
Location	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Coordinates	25°03′16″N 55°07′53″E / 25.05444°N 55.13139°E / 25.05444; 55.13139Coordinates: 25°03′16″N 55°07′53″E / 25.05444°N 55.13139°E / 25.05444; 55.13139
Construction started	2008
Completed	estimated 2020
Cost	over $38 billion
Height
Antenna spire	over 1km
Technical details
Floor count	200+
Lifts/elevators	150
Design and construction
Architect	Woods Bagot
Developer	Nakheel Properties
Structural engineer	WSP Cantor Seinuk
References

Nakheel Tower (Arabic: برج نخيل‎‎) was a proposed skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates by developer Nakheel. The project was previously called Al Burj (Arabic: البرج‎‎ "The Tower").

In January 2009, it was announced that the project was put on hold due to financial problems. As a result of the Dubai World 2009 debt standstill, Nakheel Group's financial problems increased considerably and the tower was consequently cancelled in December 2009.

Nakheel was in talks with several potential contractors, including South Korea's Samsung C&T (who also built Burj Khalifa), Japanese Shimizu Corporation and Australian Grocon. WSP was Lead Consultant for the structure, heading a consortium that included LERA of New York and VDM of Australia, and working with architects Woods Bagot.

The tower was proposed in 2003 as the centrepiece of Palm Jumeirah, one of the world's largest man-made islands. It was to be named "The Pinnacle" and rise from the centre of a canal on the trunk of the island. The height was to be 750 m (2,460 ft) and the building was to consist of 120 floors of luxury apartments. It was replaced by the Trump International Hotel and Tower and moved to the Dubai Waterfront. Although ground leveling and land reclamation had begun on the Dubai Waterfront, construction of the tower never started because of the proximity to the Al Maktoum International Airport.