Sales launched at Dubai Marina skyscraper – will this be ‘world’s tallest residential tower’?

Sales launched at Dubai Marina skyscraper – will this be ‘world’s tallest residential tower’?

Units at the Six Senses Residences Dubai Marina - formerly the Pentominium - have gone on sale, with starting prices from Dh5.8 million. And it's got plans to set a world record too.

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Dubai: Offplan sales have started at a 500 metre plus skyscraper in Dubai – one that aims to be the world’s tallest standalone residential tower. In many ways, this is a relaunch for the project, located in Dubai Marina’s ‘tallest block’ cluster.

It is now called the ‘Six Senses Residences Dubai Marina’, featuring 122 floors and 251 residences. Prices start at an eye-catching Dh5.8 million for a 2-bedroom unit. (That, according to property market sources, would translate into around the Dh3,500 on a per square foot basis.)

The project was called the ‘Pentominium’ at the time of its original launch in 2007, and had most of its super-luxury units sold out within days at the time. At the time it was conceived as an all-penthouse tower by its developer at the time, the Trident group. Construction was launched with much fanfare before grounding to a halt as the developer made a quick exit.

Auctioned off for $100m

Last December, the Pentominium site was bought by the