Jabarkan Ketinggian dari Menara Nakheel dalam bahasa melayu

Projections of Nakheel Tower's final height varied widely. Nakheel was believed to be engaging in a strategy of secrecy similar to that employed by Emaar with Burj Khalifa. According to officials at Nakheel, the tower was originally designed to be at least  tall and have more than 160 floors, although an early render showed the tower with more than 200 floors. Companies involved in the project reported an initial height expectation of  which was later reduced to . In July, 2007, Nakheel CEO Chris O'Donnell was reported to have said that "height isn't everything" and  suggested that Al Burj might not be any taller than the Burj Khalifa, which is . Yet only a week later, Nakheel reaffirmed that the tower would be taller than 1 kilometre. A report on 20 June 2008 claimed that the tower was planned to be  tall.