The Opera Grand Tower in the Downtown Dubai District has been successfully topped out, WSP Middle East has announced. The construction milestone was celebrated via an exclusive ceremony which was attended by key dignitaries and project stakeholders, the firm said.

According to a statement from WSP Middle East, the milestone builds on the successful topping out of Emaar’s Il Primo Tower in June, 2021. Rising either side of Dubai Opera, Il Primo and Opera Grand are set to become integral architectural masterpieces that complement the vibrant cultural heart of Dubai.

“WSP Middle East are proud to be engineering another landmark structure within the Dubai Opera District. Through the provision of world-class technical expertise and a commitment to optimising stakeholder collaboration at every phase of construction, WSP’s project team has once again risen to the task and raised the bar for engineering and construction standards. Following the successful topping out of Il Primo Tower earlier in 2021, this latest milestone at Opera Grand Tower rounds out a quinella of high-rise top outs for Emaar Development’s Dubai Opera District portfolio, thus strengthening the growing renown of this world-class destination,” said Mark Farley, managing director – Property & Buildings at WSP Middle East.

The Emaar project is located on the south side of The Opera House between The Dubai Mall and the Burj Khalifa. The building stands 72 storeys tall and offers one, two, three, four and five-bedroom apartments, as well as five-bedroom podium-level townhouses. With proximity to major roads and the Dubai Metro, the whole city will be within easy reach of residents as well as visitors of the tower, the statement concluded.