Tag: Jeddah Tower

World’s tallest building delayed to 2019: Saudi prince

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AFP) — The completion date for the world’s tallest tower has been pushed back to 2019, a Saudi Arabian billionaire said Thursday, almost six years after launching the record-breaking project. Jeddah Tower is to rise more than a kilometer (almost 3,300 feet), placing it above Dubai’s Burj Khalifa. “The project was delayed… but it’ll open (in) 2019,” Prince Alwaleed bin Talal told AFP during a visit to the site beside the Red […]