Jeddah Tower is a mixed-use skyscraper under construction in North Obhur, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, designed to exceed 1,000 metres and become the world's tallest…
Kingdom Holding Company and its project vehicle, Jeddah Economic Company, commissioned a design competition won by architect Adrian Smith and structural engineer Thornto…
Groundbreaking and early piling work began in April 2013 on Jeddah's North Obhur, Red Sea coastline - four years after the design competition concluded. Saudi Binladin G…
Construction halted around January 2018 amid contractor payment disruption and upheaval connected to Saudi Arabia's late-2017 anti-corruption campaign, which had detaine…
In September 2023, Jeddah Economic Company opened a request-for-proposals process to find a contractor to complete the tower, beginning renewed negotiation with Saudi Bi…
Jeddah Economic Company signed a completion contract with Saudi Binladin Group worth SAR 7.2 billion (about $1.9bn), including roughly SAR 1.1bn recognising previously c…
On 21 January 2025, Kingdom Holding held a restart ceremony on site; Prince Alwaleed bin Talal and company leadership attended as concrete was poured on the tower's 64th…
Trade press confirmed on 6 January 2026 that construction had surpassed 80 floors by December 2025, underscoring the accelerating pace roughly one year after the restart.
Kingdom Holding's Q1 2026 earnings presentation disclosed Level 99 (≈398 metres), 274,000+ cubic metres of concrete poured (≈61% of plan), façade cladding across 36+ flo…
Prince Alwaleed bin Talal confirmed the milestone on site on 23 July 2026; Kingdom Holding's Q2 2026 results, reported around 7 August 2026, put concrete poured above 30…
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