Al Hamra Tower

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Al Hamra Tower
[link] Artist's rendition.
Technical Data
Structural height 412 m (1,352 ft)
Height to tip 412 m
Height to roof Unknown
Height to top floor Unknown
Floors (Overground) 77
Floors (Underground) 3
Groundbreaking 2004
Topout 2008
Opening 2009
Gross floor area 98,000 square meters (1,067,220 square feet)
Companies
Designer Skidmore, Owings and Merrill

The Al Hamra Tower is a skyscraper currently under construction in downtown Kuwait City, Kuwait. Designed by award-winning Chicago-based architects Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, the tower will be a signature and spectacular landmark on the skyline, with its elegant curvilinear design and all-glass exterior. At 412 meters high, it will be the tallest building in Kuwait, overtaking the nearby Liberation Tower, as well as one of the tallest in the region.

Named after a popular movie theater that once stood on the site, the tower will include 98,000 square meters of commercial and office space. The building will connect to a five-story retail mall which totals 23,000 square meters of retail space and will include an integrated theater complex, and an 11-story parking garage. The Al Hamra Tower will be built on an 18,000-square meter construction site in the East Maqwa district of Kuwait City. The developer is Al Hamra Real Estate with Ajial Real Estate representing the owner.

The tower will contain 77 floors of prime office space, along with an attached lifestyle shopping center. The shopping center will include a 10-screen cineplex which will also have IMAX theaters.

The tower's construction progress (as of July 15, 2006) has advanced, with the tower's foundations now complete and the tower beginning to construct its basement levels. The eleven-story car parking is currently five-and-a-half floors overground, while three floors of the shopping center have also risen overgound. Topping-out is scheduled for late 2008, with the tower opening in early 2009.

Turner Construction is in charge of the tower's construction.

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Technical Data
[link] Artist's rendition.
Structural height	412 m (1,352 ft)
Height to tip	412 m
Height to roof	Unknown
Height to top floor	Unknown
Floors (Overground)	77
Floors (Underground)	3
Groundbreaking	2004
Topout	2008
Opening	2009
Gross floor area	98,000 square meters (1,067,220 square feet)
Companies
Designer	Skidmore, Owings and Merrill

Al Hamra Tower

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