RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA-The design for the combination $450 millionHilton hotel and apartment complex here has been released byarchitect Chicago-based Goettsch Partners. The project, with 650hotel tower and 250-unit apartment building, should be completed in2013.

Goettsch is designing the property for the General Organizationfor Social Insurance, an agency of the country. Hilton will run thehotel, which will feature a 41,000-square-foot ballroom, thelargest in the country. The apartments will be serviced as hotelrooms, with similar amenities.

The towers converge around a central elevator core, withmultiple, rotating two-level atriums. The complex will also includea variety of food and beverage outlets, two outdoor lounges andother fitness facilities. The property is planned for between thefive-million-square-foot Granada Center shopping center and GranadaBusiness Park.