Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Chairman of “Kingdom Holding Company”, headed a board meeting with the Board of Directors of “Economic Jeddah Company” in his office in Riyadh. During the meeting, Prince Al-Waleed expressed his satisfaction because of continuing the implementation of Kingdom Tower project plans on schedule, and praised the efforts of the working group of contractors in order to complete the implementation on schedule.
Master Plan has been designed to Kingdom city project to provide multi-use integrated environment replete with contemporary life style that will be built on the land of 5.3 million square meters, supported by advanced and comprehensive infrastructure and superstructure. The first phase is being implemented on an area of 1.5 million square metres, it will be established by the 3.3 million square meters of versatile modern buildings, the centre will be the hub of the northern city of Jeddah.
“Economic Jeddah” CEO Munib Hammoud explained, that «the tower will include 8-storey double height and fire-resistant distributed along the evacuation of the building, and the superiority of this equipment required rates available globally or in any other building. And it will include a tower 58 high-speed elevators, as well as the fastest dual elevators in the world (made up of two vehicles connected vertically) and fast-moving 12 m / s, and is characterized by its ability to generate power during movement, so that they contribute to energy saving and environmental protection, to non- That of features and services that will make the Kingdom Tower globally distinctive landmark that will be added to Saudi Arabia unique cultural landmarks. Kingdom Tower will contain 170 used stores, seven of them will be allocated to the five star hotel “Four Seasons” (200 rooms), the other seven to offices, and the rest will be 121 luxurious apartments, 61-storey include 318 housing units that are equipped with services, sports facilities and centres, sport and health club, cafés and restaurants in addition to the highest viewing platform in the world at an altitude of 644 metres, the tower allows visitors a unique view of the city.
