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Almas Tower
The Almas Tower nearing completion, in January 2009
General information
Location	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Status	Completed
Groundbreaking	2005
Use	Commercial
Height
Antenna or spire	363.07 m (1,191 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	74 (68 above ground, 5 basement floors)
Elevators	33
Companies involved
Architect(s)	Atkins Middle East
Contractor	Taisei Corporation
Developer	Nakheel Properties
Owner	Dubai Multi Commodities Centre

Almas Tower (Arabic: برج الماس‎ Diamond Tower) is a supertall skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Construction of the office building began in early 2005 and was completed in 2009 with the installation of some remaining cladding panels at the top of the tower. The building topped out at 360 m (1,180 ft) in 2008, becoming the second-tallest building in Dubai, after Burj Khalifa. Almas Tower has 74 floors, 70 of which are commercial alongside four service floors.

The tower is located on its own artificial island in the centre of the Jumeirah Lake Towers scheme, the tallest of all the buildings on the development when completed. It was designed by Atkins Middle East, who designed most of the JLT complex. The tower is being constructed by the Taisei Corporation of Japan in a joint venture with ACC (Arabian Construction Co.) who were awarded the contract by Nakheel Properties on 16 July 2005.^[1]

Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC), the owner of the tower, was the first to move in. The DMCC moved its corporate offices along with the Dubai Diamond Exchange to the unfinished tower on 15 November 2008.^[2] Almas Tower now houses facilities that provide a wide range of services for the region’s diamond, coloured gemstones and pearls industry. Along with the Dubai Diamond Exchange, these include the Dubai Gems Club, the Dubai Pearl Exchange, the Kimberley Process Certification offices and access to secure transportation agencies such as Brinks and Transguard, in addition to networking and meeting rooms.^[3] Diamond cutting and exchange take place at the tower. Due to the type of transactions taking place at the tower, high security is installed.

Construction gallery

24 January 2007

14 July 2007

16 November 2007

15 May 2008

References

External links

• Emporis.com
• Skyscraperpage.com
• DMCC entry
• Almas Tower - Development Profile

Coordinates: 25°04′08.25″N 55°08′28.34″E / 25.0689583°N 55.1412056°E / 25.0689583; 55.1412056