Waterfront site of luxury residential tower is inundated after sea wall collapse this week

The construction site of Dubai鈥檚 luxury residential tower D1 flooded this week after a sea wall collapsed.

The construction is located in Dubai鈥檚 Creek cultural and artistic district, built directly at the waterfront.

An eyewitness said: 鈥淟ooking at the crane it seems as though the site is about 30 feet under water鈥�.

It is believed that nobody was hurt.

A similar incident took place in February this year when the site of the Infinity Tower in Dubai鈥檚 Marina was inundated. A burst wall was also cause of the incident then. Consequently, the project had to be put on hold.

The D1 Tower, designed by Holford & Associates, is a twin tower to the world鈥檚 tallest residential tower, Q1, in Australia.

The building will be 284 m high, comprising 80 storeys of luxury apartments.

The construction is worth about 拢86.5m and is being developed by local contractors Arabtec and Emirates Sunland.

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