Emrill Services rises to the top in Dubai

3 June 2011

Middle East facilities management business Emrill Services has been appointed to one of the tallest residential buildings in the world – the 86-floor Marina Torch, in Dubai.

Select Group, a private real estate company in the United Arab Emirates, made the appointment for the building which opened last month, nearly three years behind its original scheduled opening date.

The Marina Torch, also known as the Dubai Torch, rises 1,132 feet and has 80 of its floors above ground.

Dubai has 60 buildings that stand taller than 656 ft – 200 metres -- which is more than any other city, surpassing Hong Kong and New York City.

Emrill has been operating since 2002 and has more than 4,000 directly employed staff. It specialises in FM for residential developments.

Dubai also has the Burj Khalifa, a mixed-use skyscraper with 900 apartments that was topped out in January 2009 at 2,717 feet, making it the tallest free-standing structure in the world.

The Burj cost $1.5bn to build but rents were acknowledged to have fallen 40 per cent shortly after opening because of the global financial downturn and a major slump in Dubai's property market.