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Nakheel Tower () was a proposed skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates by developer Nakheel. The project was previously called Al Burj ( "The Tower").〔(Xpress - Nakheel Tower to eclipse Burj Dubai )〕 In January 2009, it was announced that the project was put on hold due to financial problems.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=£53 billion on hold )〕〔(Work on Nakheel Tower Stopped for 12 months )〕 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. ==Location== 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 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.〔 The location was changed to a plot near Jumeirah Lake Towers and Dubai Marina, and soil testing began.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=TALL TOWER (aka Al Burj), 228F Res+Com+Hotel, 1050m )〕 The tower would have been the focal point of Nakheel's plans for the Ibn Battuta Mall development next to Jumeirah Islands and Jumeirah Lake Towers. It would have been the center of the Nakheel Harbour and Tower complex, which would have included about 20 smaller towers of up to 90 stories, a marina, and part of the Arabian Canal. The development would have been next to the revamped shopping mall.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=MEED - Nakheel increases height of Tall Tower to 1.4 kilometres ) (subscripton required)〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nakheel Tower」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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