The Pinnacle Tower, which was first proposed by the Dubai, United Arab Emirates property developer Nakheel Properties in 2003, was to have been a super tall skyscraper and serve as central landmark for The Jumeirah Palm, one of the largest man-made islands in the world and also another Nakheel project. This tower was to rise up out of the center of a canal which is located at the trunk of Jumeirah Island. Designed by the architectural firm of Pei Partnership Architects, the Pinnacle Tower was designed to be of 3 towers which clustered around one circular and hollow interior. Two of the towers were 750 meters ( or, 22,461 feet) capped with spires and the third one was slightly shorter at 700 meters, which included a roof terrace also with a swimming pool overlooking a glass circular penthouse. The towers were connected by six sky bridges and also were to function as the tower’s express elevators. At the very top of the sky bridges there were gardens with towering atriums that opened to the sky on three sides.
The Pinnacle Tower was originally conceived as an all-residential tower, consisting of an area of 6,800,00 square feet, with 180 floors of top of the line luxury apartments. There were 7,274 apartments that ranged in size from 3000 square feet single apartments to 6,000 square feet triplexes that included indoor swimming pools. The building also included a health club, restaurants with catering and full room service and observation deck on the top floor.
The Pinnacle Tower project was cancelled by Nakheel Properties in January 2005 and replaced with the Trump International Hotel. The Pinnacle was renamed Al Burj and moved to the Dubai Waterfront. The Al Burj project had a similar design to the Pinnacle, however the number of sky bridges increased to 10 and the building was to have been a mixed-used tower rather than entirely residential. The Al Burj project also did not get off the ground and was replaced by The Nakheel Tower, targeted for yet another location, at the intersection of the Arabian Canal and Sheikh Zayed Road, which would be in close proximity to another one of Nakheel’s projects, the Jumeirah Palm, as well as Jumeirah Island, and the Ibu Battuta Mall. The Nakheel Tower has also been put on hold due to the global financial crisis and worsening real estate market.
The state-owned developer Nakheel has been instrumental in bringing many innovative skyscrapers and construction projects to Dubai, United Arab Emirates including The Palm Jumeirah, Palm Jumeirah Islands and The World Islands, among others. The Pinnacle Tower, renamed Al Burj and then later transformed with a new design and location into Nakheel Tower, is a project that has not gotten off the ground yet. Local real estate conditions and tightening credit conditions affected by the recent global financial crisis are the major contributing factors to the changes and delays. The Nakheel Properties continues to be one leading property developer and it brings new innovative designs and construction projects to Dubai, United Emirates, and it is most likely to continue to do so for some time to come in future.
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