ʻO ka papahana poʻokela poʻokela o Dubai, ʻo ka hale kiʻekiʻe loa o ka honua i manaʻo ʻia e hoʻonoho hou iā Dubai ma ke ʻano he leʻaleʻa honua a ʻo kahi mākaʻikaʻi ʻo Burj Dubai. ʻO ia ka hale kiaʻi kiʻekiʻe loa ma ka honua i hoʻolālā ʻia e hoʻopau ʻia i kēia Dekemaba.
Ua hoʻopili ʻia nā hōʻike mua i ka hale mega me kahi wehe palupalu i Kepakemapa e hui pū me ka hoʻomaka ʻana o nā hana ma Dubai Metro. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ka UAE i kēlā me kēia lā ʻO ka National i hōʻoia ʻia e ka mea haʻiʻōlelo mai nā mea hoʻomohala, akā naʻe, ʻaʻole e wehe ʻia ka hale kiaʻi nui a hiki i Dekemaba 2009 e like me nā papahana ʻē aʻe i hoʻopaneʻe ʻia ma ke kūlanakauhale ma muli o ka emi ʻana.
Ma kahi kokoke i ke kūlanakauhale kahiko kaulana, ua kūkulu ʻia ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Burj Dubai ma ka lihi o ka Burj Dubai Lake, e hana ana i kahi hui like o ka wā i hala a me kēia manawa. Loaʻa i ke kūlanakauhale kahiko nā hale noho a me nā hale kūʻai e makemake ai ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi e kipa ma muli o ke ʻano kuʻuna Arab a me nā hiʻohiʻona hoʻolālā o ia wahi. Hōʻike ia i nā ala wiliwili a me nā ala hele malu e hiki ke mahalo ʻia mai nā moʻolelo kiʻekiʻe ma ka Burj Dubai. Mai kahi kūlana o Old Town, ʻike kekahi i ke ala i ulu ai ʻo Dubai a holomua hou. Hāʻawi ka ʻokoʻa i ka ʻāina i nā hiʻohiʻona o ka luʻu momi ma mua a me ka moku kalepa ʻo Gulf e puka mai ana i loko o kahi aupuni nona ponoʻī, me nā kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe e ʻoi ana i ka lani ma waena o nā puʻu hale pule wiwi.
Aia ka hale kiaʻi ma kahi mamao loa o nā ʻoihana nui a me nā keʻena kālā, nā hale kūʻai kūʻai a me nā mea mākaʻikaʻi nui a me nā mea hoʻokipa kūloko. ʻO nā kumumanaʻo kahiko a me nā kuʻuna Arabian e wehewehe i ka hōkele e mālama i ka nani o ka mōʻaukala o ka mokuʻāina ʻoiai e kū ana me ka wā e hiki mai ana - ʻo ka pūnaewele ultra post-modern ka hōkele nui o ka honua e kokoke ana e lilo.
Ma kahi kokoke i ka Burj nui ka Dubai Mall a me ka hale kūʻai wai ʻo Souk Al Bahar i loko o ka Old Town Island. No ka pōmaikaʻi o ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi aloha moana, hiki ke hele maʻalahi i nā kahakai one keʻokeʻo o Jumeirah a me nā alanui o ka mokupuni i hoʻopuni ʻia me nā hale noho exotic, nā keʻena boutique, nā hale kūʻai, nā hale ʻaina a me nā hale ʻaina e hiki ai i nā malihini ke hoʻomaha hou aku. Aia kekahi mau moku holo moku mai nā wahi nui o Downtown Burj Dubai, Burj Dubai i nā hōkele pili a me ka Dubai Mall kahi e ʻike ai nā malihini i ke kūʻai ʻana i kahi huakaʻi Dubai.
ʻO ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka ʻoihana ʻo Emaar ua paʻa i ka lehelehe ma luna o ke kiʻekiʻe hope loa o ka Burj Dubai, ka mea i manaʻo ʻia ua piʻi ma mua o kēia makahiki ma 818m, e like me ka National. "Ua pau ka spire, ʻo ka mea āu e ʻike ai i kēia manawa ʻo kona kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe. Ma ka pilikia o ka hoʻopau ʻana, ke wehe ʻia nei nā cranes, ua kokoke pau ka pale. Manaʻo wau e hoʻopau ʻia i ka manawa, "wahi a ka luna kālā nui ʻo Ziad Makhzoumi.
Pono ʻo Emaar e hoʻoponopono i nā pilikia e pili ana i ke kālā (kekahi mau pilikia hōʻaiʻē kūkulu hale), akā ke kakali nei e hoʻopau i ka hui nui loa me nā mea hoʻomohala mega ʻē aʻe i ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Gold i mea e holomua ai ka wehe.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- Emaar has to deal with issues on the financial front (some difficult construction loan problems), but is looking forward to get the biggest merger completed with other mega-developers in the City of Gold in order to advance the opening.
- The UAE's daily The National said a spokesman from the developers confirmed, however, that the giant tower would not open until December 2009 as with other projects that have been delayed in the city due to the recession.
- Near the famous Old Town, downtown Burj Dubai was built on the edge of the Burj Dubai Lake, creating a harmonious blend of the past and present.
