Kingdom
Tower in
Saudi Arabia Will Soon Be the
World's Tallest Building
Big things are coming to
Saudi Arabia.
The Middle Eastern country is set to begin visible construction next week on what is expected to be the
World's Tallest Building at 3,280 feet, according to
Construction Weekly.
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Kingdom
Tower Will be 568 feet taller than Khalifa Tower, the current
Guinness World Record holder in neighboring Dubai, once it is completed. The
Tower is the first phase of Jeddah Eco**mic Company's approximately $20 billion, 17 million-square-foot
Kingdom City project, of which it
Will be the focal point.
Saudi Arabia's Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, a nephew of
Saudi King Abdullah, is chairman of the
Kingdom Holding Company, a partner in JEC.
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