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Nakheel Tower, Riyadh

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

The 482nd tallest building in the world

200 m · 656 ft

Al Nakheel Tower (Arabic: برج النخيل) is a 26-floor commercial skyscraper in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It was built from 2008 to 2011. When it opened, with a height of 200 meters (656 ft), it was the 22nd tallest building in Saudi Arabia and 12th tallest in Riyadh. The estimated building cost was 400 million Riyals. The tower was developed by Saudi company RAYEK (owned by AlAjlan Allied Group) and designed by British company Atkins. Originally, the tower was supposed to have 50 floors.

Building data from Wikidata (CC0); heights normalised. Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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