Category: TOP 10 in MENA

SKYLINE : World’s Largest Residential Building Project – on Track in Egypt – The Morshedy Group – Cairo, Egypt

Memaar Al Morshedy . One of the Egypt’s biggest Development and Real Estate Companies .

Founder : Mohamed Morshedy / CEO: Hasan Morshedy / Head of Sales: Rami Morshedy / Chairman of the Group: Hassan Sedky

The Morshedy group has begun construction on ‘SKLINE’ with a goal and vision to be the World’s Biggest Residential Project.

Memaar Al Morshedy in currently working on 14 different projects.

SKYLINE is based in the upcoming central area of Kattameya, Cairo.The development extends over 200,000 sq meters with parks and recreation facilities. It is planned to have about 13,500 apartments of various sizes.

Architect: One of the leading global archictects Mohamed Hadid / Local Designer: Raef Rahmy / International Design – Spanish Design Studio VDP Barcelona.

Guinness World Record Attempt Granted.

Plans for WORLD’s :

  • World’s Biggest Residential Project
  • World’s Biggest Rooftop Park in a building
  • World’s Biggest Infinity Swimming Pool
  • Egypt’s Biggest IMAX cinema-

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Hassan Morshedy with his father and the company’s founder Mohamed Morshedy
pix : forbesmiddleeast.com

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Egypt

The 2nd Tallest Residential Building in the World – Princess Tower – Dubai (U.A.E) : September 2012

Princess Tower, Marina District, Dubai, U.A.E.

Record: The second tallest residential building in the world.

Previous Record: When it was inaugrated , the Princess Tower Dubai was the World’s tallest residental building in the world. It held the record from 2012 to 2015. This record was broken by 432, Park Avenue, New York City subsequently.

When the Princess Tower was inaugurated it broke the previous record holder of yet another Dubai record of 23 Marina which stood at 392.8m (1,289 feet).

Princess Tower: Features.

-The building comprises of 763 units, 957 underground parking bays spread over 6 floors and 8 retail outlets. The building development stands at 107 stories including basement floor and 100 levels above ground.

Developer : Tameer Holdings Investments

Architect : Eng. Adnan Saffarini Office

The Princess Towers engineering were by Syed Majid Hashmi – Chief Structural Engineer and Deputy Manager – Mohammad Ali Alogaily.

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pix: thetowerinfo.com

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DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

World Record. Longest Handmade Gold Chain – Dubai (UAE) : 2015

Known as the ‘Dubai Celebration Chain’ – the World’s longest hand-made gold chain was unveiled at the Deira Gold Souk Bus station to commemorate the 20th Anniversary of the Dubai Shopping Festival‘s 20th Anniversary.

The 22-carat chain is 5Km long, weighs 240 Kg, took over 45 days and 100 craftsmen working 10 hours a day to produce the 4 million individual segments.

Its estimated value is Aed. 22 million . The event was organised by the Dubai Gold and Jewellery Group.

Certified by Guinness World Records.

Pre-booking: Shoppers got to pre-book sections of the chain between 8 to 26 grams.

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pix : bhatkallys.com

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Dubai, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES