A small city in height
The project consists of a large base, which occupies the surface of 64,000 m2 on which it develops, crowned by 12 towers between 30 and 48 floors that will be used for residential or hotel use , they explain on the website of the architecture studio in charge of the project, Dar Al-Handasah. Specifically, 10 will be for four-star hotels and the remaining two for five-star establishments and will be reserved for special clients , they report in the Expansión newspaper . Five floors will be for the exclusive use of the Saudi royal family.
Recreation of the Abraj Kudai entrance
The total built area will be 1.4 million m2 . In addition to the hotels mentioned, at the base of the construction there will be a bus station, a shopping center, restaurants, a conference center and a car park . It will also feature four helipads (at the top of four towers), and with a dance hall and a convention center which will be located in a dome located on top of the two central towers.
The Abraj Kudai, which is expected to be completed in 2018 (one year after the date initially set), It will cost 4,000 million euros, assumed by the Saudi Ministry of Finance, and which has risen by 1,000 million compared to the amount established at first.
Designed to house 10,000 rooms