The planned tower would surpass the Burj Khalifa by 27 percent
Property company Avesta said the 1050m superscraper would form part of a chain of 41 artificial islands in the Caspian Sea, with construction scheduled to start in late 2013.
The tower would also bypass the Prince Alwaleed-backed Kingdom Tower, the 1,000m building set to begin construction in Jeddah in the first quarter.
Avesta’s marketing director told Associated Press the tower had initially been designed at 560m, but had nearly doubled under the latest version of the development.
The superscraper will house a business centre at the heart of the Khazar Islands project, to be located 15 miles south of the Azerbaijan capital Baku, Kana Guluzade told the newswire.
Dubai’s Burj Khalifa, named the world’s tallest tower following its launch in 2010, has seen a number of developers announce plans to eclipse its 828m height.
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