Pentominium
Dubai began foundations for a 516-metre residential needle, but the financial crisis froze it after only a fraction of the planned 122 storeys had risen.
Quick facts
- Existence state
- Never Born
- Peak stage
- full production started
- Research confidence
- high
- Last verified
What it was
An unfinished supertall residential tower designed for the Dubai Marina district.
Each floor was planned around one large luxury apartment, supported by gardens, pools and sky-lounge amenities.
Existence timeline
A 500-metre residential project is presented.
Designers and consultants refine the supertall structure.
Foundation and lower structural work proceed.
The project reaches only an early portion of its height.
Financial problems stop construction.
The built fragment marks the unrealised tower.
Why it ended
Construction stopped in 2011 after financing and developer difficulties, leaving the tower far below its intended height.
Last confirmed trace
The halted structure, planning records and photographs preserve the physical beginning of the original project.
What it left behind
Pentominium remains a prominent example of the supertall ambitions interrupted by Dubai's late-2000s property crisis.
How we classified it
The proposed archive unit never reached ordinary public access in the form being documented.
The strongest verified milestone maps to full_production_started under Arrival Score V1.
Sources & verification
Last reviewed 2026-08-01. Sources are linked so readers can inspect the evidence directly.