Hotel will make way for Broadway-style shows.
Demolition work on Dubai’s Metropolitan Hotel begins today as contractors move in to begin clearing the site for a new US$1.3bn complex that will contain three hotels and a string of attractions, including a theatre to stage Broadway-style shows.
A closing ceremony for the 34-year old Metropolitan hotel was held last week – and the hotel closed for business yesterday.
Contractors Al Rashid Demolition were scheduled to move in on site today to begin the initial strip out of loose items before starting on the removal of recyclable and salvageable materials in April. Building demolition work is expected to begin in June.
Developers the Al Habtoor Group expect that by the end of the year contractors Habtoor-Leighton will have excavated the site of the new complex and neighbouring underground car park and ground level garden area.
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