# JEDDAH | Jeddah Tower | 1007m | 3304 ft | 167 fl **URL:** \ **Category:** ASIA\ **Created:** [May 9, 2022, 4:07pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/jeddah-jeddah-tower-1007m-3304-ft-167-fl/21266 "2022-05-09T16:07:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![007](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/007/32/119215_2.png) [@007](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/007)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2022, 4:07pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/jeddah-jeddah-tower-1007m-3304-ft-167-fl/21266/1 "2022-05-09T16:07:28Z")
![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/d/0/d00ff86898a1461dfbfa74c2698d7a10f2536f1c.jpeg) > **[Jeddah Tower - The Skyscraper Center](https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/jeddah-tower/2)** ---
**Author:** ![bmosborne](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/bmosborne/32/78906_2.png) [@bmosborne](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/bmosborne)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2022, 11:38am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/jeddah-jeddah-tower-1007m-3304-ft-167-fl/21266/2 "2022-05-11T11:38:37Z")
Is this project real? ---
**Author:** ![mcart](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/mcart/32/84718_2.png) [@mcart](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/mcart)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2022, 11:54am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/jeddah-jeddah-tower-1007m-3304-ft-167-fl/21266/3 "2022-05-11T11:54:13Z")
Yes. It was under construction for a while, but then their was a corruption purge and the benefactor was arrested. Who knows when or if it will be completed. ---
**Author:** ![Skyalign](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/skyalign/32/128133_2.png) [@Skyalign](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Skyalign)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2022, 12:32pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/jeddah-jeddah-tower-1007m-3304-ft-167-fl/21266/4 "2022-05-11T12:32:57Z")
It’s like 826ft up. ---
**Author:** ![TK2000](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/tk2000/32/114212_2.png) [@TK2000](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/TK2000)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2022, 6:35pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/jeddah-jeddah-tower-1007m-3304-ft-167-fl/21266/5 "2022-05-11T18:35:20Z")
Hasn’t this thing been stalled since 2018? It’s crazy how projects can be left unfinished, but like this, One Seaport, and 45 Park they will soon be finished like the Ryugyong Hotel in North Korea ---
**Author:** ![bpc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/edb3f5/32.png) [@bpc](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/bpc)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2022, 6:36pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/jeddah-jeddah-tower-1007m-3304-ft-167-fl/21266/6 "2022-05-11T18:36:50Z")
That’s the benefit of building skyscrapers in the middle of nowhere, no problem if you run out of cash just abandon it I suppose. I believe it’s politically off the table right now ---
**Author:** ![YIMHudson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/yimhudson/32/2304_2.png) [@YIMHudson](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/YIMHudson)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2022, 9:02pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/jeddah-jeddah-tower-1007m-3304-ft-167-fl/21266/7 "2022-05-11T21:02:01Z")
they actually never stopped working on the infrastructure around this thing, so presumably the plan is to finish it in some capacity eventually. ---
**Author:** ![mcart](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/mcart/32/84718_2.png) [@mcart](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/mcart)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2022, 9:12pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/jeddah-jeddah-tower-1007m-3304-ft-167-fl/21266/8 "2022-05-11T21:12:19Z")
Would be cool. It’s overall shape takes inspiration from the Illinois ---
**Author:** ![007](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/007/32/119215_2.png) [@007](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/007)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2022, 11:24am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/jeddah-jeddah-tower-1007m-3304-ft-167-fl/21266/9 "2022-05-15T11:24:15Z")
![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/f/b/fb0fe6da73bf3e23802b0aa1a928262c223ae89b.jpeg) ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/b/5/b56887ffd8f0f7163d3c008d0b450b53c03011f6.jpeg) > **[Jeddah Tower](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeddah_Tower)** > > Jeddah Tower (Arabic: برج جدة), previously known as Kingdom Tower (برج المملكة), is a skyscraper construction project currently on hold. Located on the north side of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, it is planned to be the first 1 km (3,281 ft) high building in human history, and the centrepiece and first phase of a development and tourist attraction known as Jeddah Economic City. > There was steady progress, but in January 2018, building owner JEC halted structural concrete work with the tower about one-... ---
**Author:** ![NewYorkCity76](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/newyorkcity76/32/190647_2.png) [@NewYorkCity76](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/NewYorkCity76)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2022, 3:19am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/jeddah-jeddah-tower-1007m-3304-ft-167-fl/21266/10 "2022-08-21T03:19:45Z")
Per MICHAELG3000 on SSC: A Saudi Arabian newspaper article is saying that according to Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Al Saud work will resume soon on Jeddah Tower and a new main contractor will likely be awarded soon. [شاهد… الأمير الوليد بن طلال يؤكد قرب العمل بمشروع برج جدة](https://slaati.com/2022/08/20/p2095603.html) > **[JEDDAH | Jeddah Tower | 1000m+ | 3281ft+ | 167 fl | On Hold](https://www.skyscrapercity.com/threads/jeddah-jeddah-tower-1000m-3281ft-167-fl-on-hold.525819/page-934#post-179985207)** > > Since I'm probably not gonna get the mods permission to unlock the Jeddah Tower forum for a plug, here's my Sketchup model of Jeddah Economic City! I still have extra work I need to do on it but please come check it out! :)... ---
**Author:** ![mcart](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/mcart/32/84718_2.png) [@mcart](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/mcart)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2022, 2:55pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/jeddah-jeddah-tower-1007m-3304-ft-167-fl/21266/11 "2022-08-21T14:55:38Z")
> **[شاهد.. الأمير الوليد بن طلال يؤكد قرب العمل بمشروع برج جدة](https://slaati.com/2022/08/20/p2095603.html)** > > تحدث صاحب السمو الملكي الأمير الوليد بن طلال عن قرب عودة الأعمال إلى مشروع برج. \[…\] Yeah apparently it’s back on. New worlds tallest. Which may force the emirates to actually construct the Dubai Creek Tower, though this one will still hold the worlds tallest skyscraper However I’d be careful until we actually see some construction work on it, the article is very, very short on details. ---
**Author:** ![NewYorkCity76](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/newyorkcity76/32/190647_2.png) [@NewYorkCity76](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/NewYorkCity76)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2022, 8:58pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/jeddah-jeddah-tower-1007m-3304-ft-167-fl/21266/12 "2022-08-21T20:58:55Z")
> [@mcart](#): > > Which may force the emirates to actually construct the Dubai Creek Tower, though this one will still hold the worlds tallest skyscraper Ah, I see. So that’s the real reason why the stalled Jeddah Tower put DCT on hold as well, although I may be wrong > [@mcart](#): > > Yeah apparently it’s back on. New worlds tallest. Which may force the emirates to actually construct the Dubai Creek Tower, though this one will still hold the worlds tallest skyscraper > > However I’d be careful until we actually see some construction work on it, the article is very, very short on details. Yeah, I can’t wait!! But I agree, I wouldn’t let my hopes too high yet until we actually see construction going vertical _unless_ they decided to keep the progress a secret. ---
**Author:** ![mcart](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/mcart/32/84718_2.png) [@mcart](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/mcart)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2022, 9:12pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/jeddah-jeddah-tower-1007m-3304-ft-167-fl/21266/13 "2022-08-21T21:12:39Z")
> [@NewYorkCity76](#): > > Ah, I see. So that’s the real reason why the stalled Jeddah Tower put DCT on hold as well, although I may be wrong Maybe. Or maybe it’s just Dubai slowing down. They’re still putting up quite a few supertalls, but not a single megatall proposal since the Burj has even gotten to construction. Most of them get cancelled, cut down in height (and then canceled) or were never likely in the first place. Or maybe I’m wrong. Afterall they are constructing 6 supertalls as we speak ---
**Author:** ![NewYorkCity76](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/newyorkcity76/32/190647_2.png) [@NewYorkCity76](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/NewYorkCity76)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2022, 10:35pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/jeddah-jeddah-tower-1007m-3304-ft-167-fl/21266/14 "2022-08-21T22:35:01Z")
> [@mcart](#): > > Maybe. Or maybe it’s just Dubai slowing down. They’re still putting up quite a few supertalls, but not a single megatall proposal since the Burj has even gotten to construction. Most of them get cancelled, cut down in height (and then canceled) or were never likely in the first place. Ah, I see. Could be several reasons why it was stalled, although there were rumors that it was because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Wow, 6 supertalls?! I know one of them is called the Ciel tower and I guess the other 5 are constructed somewhere in the Downtown Dubai area. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![mcart](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/mcart/32/84718_2.png) [@mcart](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/mcart)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2022, 10:38pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/jeddah-jeddah-tower-1007m-3304-ft-167-fl/21266/15 "2022-08-21T22:38:09Z")
Ciel Tower II Primo Tower 1 Uptown Dubai Supertall Tower One Za’abeel Al Wasl Tower Address Harbour Point Tower 1 ---
**Author:** ![NewYorkCity76](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/newyorkcity76/32/190647_2.png) [@NewYorkCity76](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/NewYorkCity76)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2022, 10:45pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/jeddah-jeddah-tower-1007m-3304-ft-167-fl/21266/16 "2022-08-21T22:45:06Z")
Thanks for the names! I almost forgot about the Uptown Dubai Supertall Tower (yet I built it in Minecraft a week ago lol) Still great that at least they’re still building skyscrapers in the supertall range! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![TKDV](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/tkdv/32/83069_2.png) [@TKDV](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/TKDV)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2022, 12:32am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/jeddah-jeddah-tower-1007m-3304-ft-167-fl/21266/17 "2022-08-22T00:32:46Z")
Don’t forget Regalia and Cavalli (the latter began pile work last month). AHP Tower 1 isn’t a supertall though, it’s 279m tall. There’s also some more that are proposed or in ground works phases. I wouldn’t say the Dubai Creek Tower was affected by this project’s misfortunes (since they are not related in any way) or the affects of Covid, considering it came to a halt in mid/late 2018, long before the pandemic became an issue, even though some news articles about it mention Covid as being the reason it stopped even though it had been stagnant for some time before. Even if this project is restarted the thing that comes into question will be whether it is cut in height or continues as originally proposed. ---
**Author:** ![mcart](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/mcart/32/84718_2.png) [@mcart](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/mcart)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2022, 12:37am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/jeddah-jeddah-tower-1007m-3304-ft-167-fl/21266/18 "2022-08-22T00:37:06Z")
> [@TKDV](#): > > Don’t forget Regalia and Cavalli (the latter began pile work last month). AHP Tower 1 isn’t a supertall though, it’s 279m tall. There’s also some more that are proposed or in ground works phases. Forgot about Cavalli, didn’t know about Regalia. Yeah I just kinda guessed on that because there wasn’t a height posted where I was looking at them. ---
**Author:** ![mcart](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/mcart/32/84718_2.png) [@mcart](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/mcart)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2022, 9:21pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/jeddah-jeddah-tower-1007m-3304-ft-167-fl/21266/19 "2022-10-07T21:21:26Z")
[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/2/3/2335e529c02c31675b4f8ebb259c592d354a28ed.jpeg "Abandoned - Jeddah Tower") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xK2_a5izMOg) ---
**Author:** ![NewYorkCity76](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/newyorkcity76/32/190647_2.png) [@NewYorkCity76](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/NewYorkCity76)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2022, 11:21pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/jeddah-jeddah-tower-1007m-3304-ft-167-fl/21266/20 "2022-10-07T23:21:19Z")
Poor Jeddah Tower. Was so close to resuming construction (the prince even mentions “soon”) but Saudi Arabia decided to focus on NEOM / The Line instead. [Next page](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/jeddah-jeddah-tower-1007m-3304-ft-167-fl/21266.md?page=2)