There was steady progress, but in January 2018, building owner JEC halted structural concrete work with the tower about one-third completed due to labor issues with a contractor following the 2017–19 Saudi Arabian purge.

Will the Jeddah tower be completed?

Jeddah Economic Company, the developer behind the skyscraper, however, confirmed that the project will be completed by 2020, as planned.

Does Jeddah tower resume construction?

Work on Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture's Jeddah Tower stalled at the 63rd floor, reports Inhabitat. ... Now, according to local news, construction has resumed. Once the project is completed, which is slated to happen in 2020, the building will stand 3,281 feet tall.