Mercury Towers 'will be a landmark,' says Joseph Portelli
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- Опубліковано 21 жов 2024
- The first phase of Malta's tallest building Mercury Towers opens its doors to the public for the first time on Friday with a three-level shopping mall and piazza.
The previously walled-in Mercury House on St George’s Road in Paceville is now opened up with a paved walkway leading up to the shopping mall, as the hulking 33-floor glass tower - designed by renowned architect Zaha Hadid - looms above it.
On Thursday evening, workers were still scrambling to assemble the finishing touches. Amidst the flurry of activity, controversial developer Joseph Portelli - the brains behind the project - was overseeing the final preparations before opening.
The project was approved in 2018 and was met with criticism about the scale of the high-rise tower and whether it was appropriate for the area.
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Visited a few weeks ago and these buildings are very impressive!
Look forward to visiting the hotel when finished!
He sounds so excited and happy with his new toy lol I had a different opinion of this guy before watching this video.
The woman who is interviewing him is so unprofessional she's like a school young girl with that bag over her back and he thinks his god Malta is not new York stop destroying the island
Where did the money come from gir this multi million mega building! Is it possible that this guy can fund such a project on his own? Who are his silent partners??
Delusions of grandeur.
Ruining Malta, one high-rise building at a time.
Ruining Malta by building the appropriate buildings for a small island?? Should have started doing high-rises ages ago
@abishaieth1199 Neither does Malta have the required surrounding infrastructure to support such high-rise buildings, nor can Malta accommodate many more foreigners, who are needed to live and work in these buildings. And I'm not even getting started on the disadvantageous geological ramifications that are inevitable when your costal area geht's riddled with underground parking-lots etc.
Monstrosity
Visited a few weeks ago and these buildings are very impressive!
Look forward to visiting the hotel when finished!