Emirates Park Towers Hotel & Spa

The Emirates Park Towers is a twin-tower complex currently under construction in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Once completed, at the cost of 1.8 billion dirhams, the twin tower will become a 1,612 room hotel run by Marriott International, with some residential apartments.^[4][7] At 77 storeys and 376 m (1,234 ft) tall^[7] the Emirates Park Towers will become the second tallest building in Dubai, surpassing Almas Tower, and the twin towers will become the world's tallest hotel, surpassing the Rose Rayhaan by Rotana, also in Dubai.

Each tower comprises two basement levels, a ground floor, six podium parking levels and seventy additional floors with cantilevered suspended room balconies, sky terraces, 18 food and beverage outlets, rooftop bars, a business center, conference halls and meeting rooms, an extensive banquet hall, a 3,700 square meter spa and health club, as well as retail outlets, a swimming pool, and a gymnasium.^[5][3][7]

History

This project, owned by The Emirates Group, was originally conceived as a single, 350-metre tall, 77-storey tower which was supposed to be completed in 2008 and built alongside the Sheikh Zayed Road. However, its design and location had to be changed because of the construction of a creek extension belonging to the Business Bay megaproject. The new twin-tower design was launched at the Arabian Travel Market in Dubai in 2006. This design had the towers stand at 395 m (1,296 ft) high.^[8] However, the shape of the towers was modified and the height decreased to 365 m (1,198 ft) in a later redesign. The concrete structural frames of both towers topped out in April 2010. As of April, 2011 the spires on both towers has been added while the outer structure of the both towers has almost been completed. The twin towers are expected to be handed over in 2011.^[1][2]

See also

• List of tallest buildings in Dubai

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