‘Palace in the Sky’ in world’s tallest building Burj Khalifa goes on sale for £40m after being built secretly for 13yrs

AN APARTMENT dubbed the "Sky Palace" wrong the world's tallest gathering has deed the marketplace for a whopping £40m.

The opulent location occupies the 107th and 108th floors of the 830m-high Burj Khalifa successful Dubai.

With 21,000sq feet of space, the fortunate proprietor of the Sky Palace flat volition person entree to 12 parking spaces, gated gardens, 3 gyms, tennis courts and a backstage interior elevator.

The flat is 460m supra the crushed and is thought to beryllium the world’s highest residential spot connected sale.

According to the listing, the location was primitively reserved for a enigma high-profile personage surviving successful Dubai.

It boasts views of the Arabian Gulf and the mountains of Ras Al Khaimah connected a wide time to the north.

But the flat is presently bare and would request to beryllium furnished by immoderate imaginable owner.

For much than a decade, details of the penthouse flat remained a intimately guarded secret.

The flat was bought by entrepreneur and property cause Karl Haddad and his concern spouse successful 2022.

Haddad told The National: “To this day, this is the astir beauteous gathering anyplace successful the world.

"Whoever buys this volition person unobstructed views for life, and that's truly what makes this unique.

“People person questions astir the lifts, but they are ace accelerated and you are upstairs connected the 108th level astir apt quicker than erstwhile you spell to your bureau connected the 20th floor."

The penthouse presently sits unfurnished - with a purchaser having to fork retired a just magnitude much than the £40m acquisition terms to marque it liveable.

The location has level to ceiling windows allowing for a breathtaking 360-degree, unobstructed presumption of the extracurricular satellite - oregon the clouds.

With a edifice successful the building, they volition besides get entree to a backstage lounge connected the 123rd floor, outdoor jacuzzis and pools connected the 43rd and 76th floors, a 25-metre swimming excavation and 2 premier spas.

There is simply a precocious level of request to unrecorded successful the gathering with 99 per cent of apartments presently occuppied.

The apical 40 floors of the Burj Khalifa are commercialized offices.

Haddad claims determination has been important involvement successful the flat since it deed the marketplace successful September, but it remains unsold.

Asad Khan is CEO of Invest Dubai Real Estate who is handling the exclusive merchantability of the penthouse.

Khan said the flat is the "ultimate trophy spot connected the satellite close now".

“The views from the penthouse are simply unthinkable and this is simply a erstwhile successful a beingness accidental to acquisition an flat connected 1 of the globe’s astir iconic buildings. I person visited the Sky Palace galore times and each clip it takes my enactment away."

Khan said the Dubair spot marketplace is booming and connected apical of the flat being an astonishing home, it would beryllium a bully fiscal investment.

He said: “We person seen akin properties successful New York, Hong Kong and Toyko being listed from £200 cardinal and upwards truthful expect Sky Palace to fetch for much than £90m minimum erstwhile it has been transformed inside.”