Dubai Landmark One Za’Abeel with Otis VT Closes in on Completion

One Za’abeel, a striking, asymmetrical mixed-use development featuring two 75-story towers connected by The Link, expected to “break the Guinness World Record for the longest cantilevered building the world,” is closing in on delivery later in 2023 with interior fit out underway, the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat is among outlets to report. The more than 530,000-m² One Za’abeel was designed by Japan’s Nikken Sekkei and developed by Ithra Dubai, the real estate division of Investment Corporation of Dubai. ELEVATOR WORLD Correspondent M.J. Mohamed Iqbal says the Otis vertical-transportation system includes 84 elevators, six of which are double-deck units traveling at up to 8 m/min, along with other elevators with speeds of 5 m/min and 6 m/min. Look for more about this impressive project soon in EW.