The completion date for the world's tallest tower has been pushed back to 2019, a Saudi Arabian billionaire said yesterday, almost six years after launching the record-breaking project.

Jeddah Tower is to rise more than a kilometre (almost 3,300 feet), placing it above Dubai's Burj Khalifa.

'The project was delayed but it'll open in 2019,' Prince Alwaleed bin Talal told AFP during a visit to the site beside the Red Sea.









http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4497256/Worlds-tallest-building-delayed-2019-Saudi-prince.html

http://m.khaleejtimes.com/region/saudi-arabia/worlds-tallest-building-in-saudi-arabia-delayed-to-2019

Lalasticlala, Mynd44

The same $2B would be comfortably embezzled by some unfortunate greedy fellows among us. Incomplete senses if you ask me.

A HISTORY OF THE JEDDAH TOWER.


Once dubbed 'Kingdom Tower', the 170-storey building is to rise more than a kilometre (almost 3,300 feet), surpassing Dubai's Burj Khalifa as the world's highest building.

It will feature a hotel, apartments and offices.

Prince Alwaleed first announced plans for the tower in August 2011, saying it would take 36 months to build after the start of construction.

By November 2014, a four-storey foundation was in place and Prince Alwaleed said the building would be finished in 2018.

But that was before the kingdom felt the full force of a drop in oil revenues.

In November 2015, Kingdom Holding said Jeddah Economic Company had reached a financing deal with Saudi Arabia's Alinma Investment to finish theJeddah Tower, which then had 26 floors.

Now the project has been pushed back to the end of 2019.






The skyscraper is intended to be the centre piece of the Kingdom City development beside the Red Sea and will have 170 floors, most of which willbe habitable.

This is an image of what it might be like to look down on the structure.

Meanwhile we are still looking for the real owner of mysterious lost-but-found money

The tower will feature a stunning viewing deck allowing visitors to walk around an 'air park'.

they seem to mean business

This middle east countries knows how to use their oil money well.

Nigeria is really lost.

patiently waiting for Eko Atlantic City to see what it will offer.

But we will rather use our own money to subsidize religious tourism to the same regions.

Then the tourist will return and start religion-backed violent extremist groups.

Black man is cursed smh

Hmmmm.

Observing, who did this to us, Nigeria why?

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Sometimes I wonder if Nigerian leaders ever feel ashamed of themselves

naija which way....

I will blame our so called and celebrated national heros Awo, zik, tafa, nkoku, etc for our predicaments. Everything that normally happens to a baby that wanted to become a man overnight are happening to us. No improvement, no vision, no sense of purpose, backwardness, etc are now befallen us

Samhay is typing.........



What Position is COCOA HOUSE IN IBADAN?

These are the people who know what to do with OIL MONEY.

We really need expatriates to manage our senses.

Simply stunning

God punish All the Past and present politicians and their campaigners plus their defenders

both Omenkalive , sharki,tonybacanista,firefire and co on Nairaland and in any other forum and blogs


see wetin una turn Nigeria to!!

Thunder that will fire you all is still in sambisa doing press up.

But in my own country the people in power will embezzle the project fund .

Sets of people who love themseves, not our greedy leaders.

trustyshoess:
Sometimes I wonder if Nigerian leaders ever feel ashamed of themselves

Never Ashamed.

NIGERIA has never been Governed by a LEADER with Industrial/Economic and Social Acumen.
We always settle for BACK-BENCHERS as leaders and use the front-Benchers as deputies.....

Just a few came close, but because they were surrounded by back benchers... they failed.

Nigeria and Africa is cursed

trustyshoess:
Sometimes I wonder if Nigerian leaders ever feel ashamed of themselves

They'ld rather travel to other countries that others took time, wisdom and sweath to develop and lavish their loots senselessly their...

trustyshoess:
Sometimes I wonder if Nigerian leaders ever feel ashamed of themselves

my Brother you said SOMETIMES.. Omo na EVERYTIME I dey ask myself o

Money meant for this building isn't enough for one man to embezzle in Africa

and Nigeria can use that same $2B to open a hotel in 1 plot of land....

Beautiful idea, until some Kingdom terrorists decide to crash a 90,000 tons plane into it.