A 50-storey high-rise in Dubai called The Tower will open its doors to business next April. The Dh150 million ($40.8 million) tower, which belongs to Union Properties, rises to a height of 245 m and has a built-up area of half a million sq m. It sits on a 10,000 sq m plot on Shaikh Zayed Road.

The project's consultant Khatib & Alami Consolidated Engineering Company, said its first phase is expected to be completed by April next year with the first 31 floors ready for occupation. The second phase will be ready in August 2002.

The Tower will have 180 three-bedroom apartments extending from the second floor onwards up to the 31st floor and 192 one-bedroom apartments extending from 34th floor to 49th floor. Floors 1, 32, 33 and 50 are technical floors and the basement will house electro-mechanical services.

A multi-storey car-park consists of a ground floor, seven parking levels, a health club at the 8th level and a rooftop swimming pool.