Jeddah Tower: Construction officially restarts on world’s tallest skyscraper
04 October 2024
Construction on the 1km-tall Jeddah Tower has resumed ahead of planned completion in 2028 (Image: Adobe Stock)
Construction work has officially restarted on the long-paused Jeddah Tower, which at one kilometre tall, is set to become the world’s tallest skyscraper.
The developer behind the scheme, Jeddah Economic Company, has announced that the project is now scheduled to complete in 2028, a decade after work on the tower stopped amid an anti-corruption probe led by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
The future of the partially built structure, 63 of whose 157…