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When the Dubai government decided to build an exhibition facility and a tower in the 1970s, no one knew how the sector would shape up to contribute to the future economy of this one-time fishing settlement.

They did not know where to develop the facility in the first place and where to start.

So, when the late Shaikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, then Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, announced his intention to build what would then be the tallest building in the Middle East, the reaction was one of pure incredulity.

Building a 39-storey tower was a tall order for Dubai then.

Many people asked "Why? Why a building of such grandeur for Dubai?" and "Why in Za'abeel?" - which at the time was in the middle of the desert.