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Six Senses Residences Dubai Marina is opening 2028, 21 years after the tower was conceptualized.

Josh Corder

IHG has announced the Six Senses Residences Dubai Marina project — a purely residential development vying for the title of "world's tallest residential tower."

IHG didn't mention a height in its release, but the hotel company confirmed to Skift that the project is a redevelopment of the abandoned 516-meter Pentominium Tower.

Six Senses Dubai Marina will open in July 2028, IHG told Skift. With Pentoninium Tower announced in 2007 and put on hold the following year, this creates a project 21 years in the making.

IHG's release did not include any renders or images.

The original render of Pentominium

Soaring 122 floors, Six Senses Dubai Marina will have 251 residences ranging from 2, 3 and 4-bedroom residences, 4-bedroom half-floor penthouses, 4-bedroom d