Work on the uniquely designed West Bay Tower at Dubai’s Business Bay will reportedly begin this coming October according to the project’s developers, in the hopes of completing the project’s construction by end of 2008.
The 27-storey project lies on an estimated 75,000 square meters of office space, and will have 21 floors of office space, four basement floors and three podium floors of parking space, say reports in Khaleej Times. The project’s basement area will feature a shopping center, restaurants, cafes, gymnasium and a swimming pool.
West Bay’s unique design, explain developers, aims to will utilize an impressive 86 per cent of usable area to overall size.
"The onsite soil investigation has been completed for the $200 million project and shortly the extensive work with 20 technical staff based on the site will be started,” said Sania Djulepa, Chief Architect of Cansult Limited, the architects and engineers of the towers.
“It is unique that we have designed the towers with 86 per cent of net to gross ratio in spite of providing all the basic amenities," Djulepa added, saying that the towers also boast an eco-friendly and energy-efficient design, using low e-glaze materials.
The towers’ developers, International Investment Bank, Bahrain and Snasco, a real estate company from Sharjah, maintain that West Bay Towers enjoy an excellent location as it overlooks the Safa Park on the Shaikh Zayed Road, while a additional benefit will be the nearby metro station.
