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@ Sparklingway
What is your opinion about Karachi Crescent Bay project (shown in post #4)
TechLahore and I had a very similar and interesting, thought provoking and really engaging discussion in this thread. Crescent Bay comes into the discussion along with a number of other projects.
Summarized, Crescent Bay is being constructed on reclaimed land catering yet again to the upper middle class at exorbitant prices.
As people we daily meet, greet and talk to mostly belong to the upper middle class/middle class, it is difficult for us to imagine the extent of the housing problem for the proletariat and working class people. More than 40 percent people in Lahore live in slums and shanty towns and this figure is around 60 percent in Karachi's case. This country was made for those who did not have anything, they fought for this country and we who have everything are not catering to their needs.
Beautifully put. Housing industry is probably the biggest internal issue facing this country.
Do you really think the current govn't led by PPP is in any position to make such reforms? or other Political Parties?
Some people used to sleep on footpaths and gardens at night, usually labourers from other cities, but Slums and Shanty towns were never heard of in Lahore when I was there in the 90s. What part of lahore are they in now?
PS2: Mubarak Center was earlier known as Sheikh Zayed Center. It has run into some some financing problems recently.
Its not a financing problem one of my dad's friend (along with his Son) met me in Madina (who also went to Perform Hajj and lives in Lahore/Gujrat) told me while they were digging the land the water started coming out from that ground so they suspended the project for now (until unknown time).
why is kpt tower has been cancelledKPT Tower is dead. It was announced nearly four years ago and has been shelved. To me it seems like it was just a PR exercise and there wasn't even a real intention to build this thing.
Bahria's ICON Tower is under construction in Karachi. Lahore's Mubarak Centre is under construction as well. So is Karachi's IT Tower.
You can go to Skyscraper City Forums as they cover these things quite massively.
This is their project page broken down citywise.
PS: Bahria has kept hush hush about the tower design and most designs posted are from a PP presentation. That specific design clearly isn't being followed seeing the way construction is happening.
PS2: Mubarak Center was earlier known as Sheikh Zayed Center. It has run into some some financing problems recently.
why is kpt tower has been cancelled
Maybe because it was unrealistic and not needed?
Or maybe it was a PR event just to show off an idea?
There is some conflicting news though. Initially it was supposed to be a 593m (precisely 1,947 ft in memory of our year of independence) and just a multi purpose tower but some people are saying that KPT claims to have the funds but is now looking for a tower complex like project. There has not being any groundwork though (its been six years since it was announced).