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13-788: The Concorde Tower is a 45-floor tower in the Jumeirah Lake Towers Free Zone in Dubai , United Arab Emirates . The residential tower, which is estimated to cost US$ 120 million to construct, has a total structural height of 190 m (623 ft). The developer said the building was to be completed in December 2007. Due to the force majeure situations, building got completed in February 2009, and ready for use in April 2009. This United Arab Emirates structure article

26-402: A 55,000 m (590,000 sq ft) park (reshaped from Lake Elucio in 2013–2014), a police station, a civil defense station, a hospital and other facilities. There are two available Dubai metro stations along the site: Sobha Realty (previously Dubai Marina) and DMCC (previously Jumeirah Lakes Towers) stations. On January 18, 2007, two workers were killed and at least 40 injured when

39-463: A fire broke out in the Fortune Tower, which was under construction at the time. The Fortune Tower's construction was delayed for several months. In addition, there was a smaller fire reported at the reception area of Tamweel Tower in the U cluster. The only reported injury was an infant who was taken to the hospital to be treated for minor smoke inhalation. At 12.30 pm on 18 January 2007,

52-588: A fire broke out on the upper storeys of the 34-storey building, billowing plumes of thick black over Dubai's skyline. An investigation into the cause of the blaze found that burning welding material set alight wooden parts of an area of scaffolding. JLT includes the Al Seef Towers , a group of three apartment buildings. One of these, the Tamweel Tower, was gutted by fire in November 2012. The tower

65-459: A retail waterfront. JLT Dubai is located near Dubai Marina , Emirates Hills , Jebel Ali and Al Sufouh and borders Sheikh Zaed Rd. Jumeirah Lakes Towers on the Dubai map is located in the northwestern part of the city. The project is estimated to have a resident population of around 60,000 and a working population of another 120,000; it will include five children's playgrounds, three mosques,

78-577: A side platform setup with two tracks and an elevated concourse between street and platform level. Pedestrian access is aided by skybridges across Sheikh Zayed Road, with entrances near Indigo Tower to the east and Horizon Tower to the left. From January 2018 to April 2019, the Red Line between the DMCC and Ibn Battuta stations was closed for an extension to the Dubai Metro system. The station acted as

91-428: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Jumeirah Lake Towers Initially JLT had four lakes (Lake Almas West, Lake Almas East, Lake Elucio, Lake Allure) but in late 2012 the developer of JLT, DMCC , announced that lake Elucio would be drained and a 55,000 m (590,000 sq ft) park would be created instead. Subsequently, Lake Allure has been renamed to JLT Lake. The total area covered by

104-521: Is accessible via two metro stations - DMCC and Sobha Realty . Both of these are on the Red Line of the Dubai Metro . Cluster Z is planned to be a single mixed-use development instead of the three towers per cluster for the rest of JLT. The property developer is Seven Tides. Cluster Z is planned to include a large retail offering in addition to residential units. As of August 2024, the project

117-487: Is situated at the southern end of both the Jumeirah Lakes Towers and Dubai Marina developments, the former to the east and the latter to the west of the station. It is the closest Metro stop to many well-known buildings, including Almas Tower . DMCC station lies on a viaduct paralleling the eastern side of Sheikh Zayed Road . It is characterised as a type 2 elevated station, indicating that it utilises

130-507: Is under construction. DMCC (Dubai Metro) DMCC ( Arabic : مركز دبي للسلع المتعددة ) is a rapid transit station on the Red Line of the Dubai Metro in Dubai , UAE. The station opened on 15 October 2010 as Jumeirah Lakes Towers , along with four other intermediate stations on the Red Line. The station is named after Dubai Multi Commodities Centre . The station closed on 16 April 2024 due to flood along with other stations that have been affected due to flood. DMCC station

143-777: The first tower to be completed in Jumeirah Lakes Towers. The majority of construction took place in 2008. By April 2011, over 80 percent of the JLT towers were said to have been completed. As of June 2015 there were reported to still be 11 towers unfinished, either abandoned due to the 2009 crisis or still undergoing construction. The most prominent of these are Wind Tower 1 and Wind Tower 2 that are part of Cluster B and on Sheik Zayed Road . Wind Towers 1 and 2 have been under construction for more than 12 years. The towers in JLT proper are organized in 26 clusters of three named from A to Z, each cluster has its own parking structure and

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156-408: The lakes, waterways and landscaping is 730,000-square-metre (7,900,000 sq ft). The towers range from 35 to 45 floors, except for the centerpiece ( Almas Tower ), which is 66 floors. The tallest tower and the centerpiece of the entire complex is Almas Tower which is situated on its own island between Lake Almas West and Lake Almas East. The completion of Saba Tower in December 2006 marked

169-580: Was repaired by the end of 2016. On April 22, 2018, a fire broke out in Almas Tower and all residents were evacuated. No injuries were reported according to Dubai Civil Defence . Jumeirah Lakes Towers has become a popular mixed-use community, according to Ahmed Bin Sulayem, Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of DMCC . Most construction workers were from the Indian subcontinent . JLT

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