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The Burj Khalifa is more than 160 storeys high, rising 828 metres into the sky
The building cost about $1.5 billion US to build, or about $9 million US per floor.
Apartments in the building sold for $1,900 US per square foot at their peak, but prices have fallen by half in the wake of the financial woes that hit Dubai.
The city-state had to turn to Abu Dhabi for about $25 billion US in bailouts last year to cover amassed debts of state-linked firms.