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March 16, 2017
Table of Contents
DEIRA ISLANDS .................................................................................................................................................................................. 2
Deira Mall Project ......................................................................................................................................................................... 3
Deira Islands Boulevard Project .................................................................................................................................................... 3
20-Towers Project ......................................................................................................................................................................... 3
800-room resort............................................................................................................................................................................ 4
Avani resort Project ...................................................................................................................................................................... 4
Deira Night Souk Project ............................................................................................................................................................... 4
DUBAI WORLD ISLANDS ................................................................................................................................................................ 5
PALM JABEL ALI................................................................................................................................................................................. 8
DUBAI CREEK HARBOUR ................................................................................................................................................................. 10
THE TOWER ................................................................................................................................................................................. 12
SOUTH DUBAI PROJECTS (Ex. Dubai World Central) ....................................................................................................................... 13
EXPO 2020 .................................................................................................................................................................................. 14
AL MAKTOUM AIRPORT EXPANSION .......................................................................................................................................... 16
EMAAR South .............................................................................................................................................................................. 18
METRO ROUTE 2020 ....................................................................................................................................................................... 19
MALL OF THE WORLD ..................................................................................................................................................................... 21
MUSEUM OF THE FUTURE .............................................................................................................................................................. 23
DUBAI FRAME ................................................................................................................................................................................. 24
HYPERLOOP TRAIN .......................................................................................................................................................................... 26
MBR SOLAR PARK EXPANSION ........................................................................................................................................................ 27
BLUE WATER ISLANDS..................................................................................................................................................................... 28
AIN DUBAI ................................................................................................................................................................................... 30
UNION OASIS .................................................................................................................................................................................. 31
AL MAMZAR BEACH FRONT ............................................................................................................................................................ 32
Six Flags Dubai ................................................................................................................................................................................ 33
JUMEIRAH BAY ISLAND ................................................................................................................................................................... 34
PEARL JUMEIRAH ............................................................................................................................................................................ 36
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DEIRA ISLANDS
Developer: Nakheel
The project was first named as “Palm Deira”. It Figure 1Deira Island- Someday
was about to be the largest among the palm
Islands (Palm Jumeirah and Palm Jebel Ali). project as a mixed-use development including four
The project was launched in 2004 with an man-made islands (A, B, C and D).The project will
estimated value of DH 11 billion and was intended feature almost six million sq. ft. of retail space and
to house one million people. It was believed to be around 3,000 apartments/hotel rooms and will
completed in 2012. add 40km of coastline, including 21km of beach, to
Dubai.
Due to a substantial change in the depth of the
Persian Gulf, a change took a place in the design. Nakheel has retained the larger plots along a six-
kilometre stretch of beach linking the first two
In 2008 Nakheel was affected by the international islands under development at the site for resorts,
economic crisis, so the construction of project was but has been leasing 94 smaller plots of between
brought to a halt. 50,000 and 670,000 square feet to hotel and
serviced apartment operators at other waterfront
After the recovery of the real estate market in locations. Agreements for 35 of these have already
2011, construction work started again, but with been signed.
more modifications.
On June 13 2016, Nakheel has handed a contract
In October 2013 Nakheel unveiled Deira Islands for nearly AED4 million to ILF Consulting Engineers
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for sewage treatment plant work at Deira Islands. On 20 February 2017, Nakheel received three
construction bids for Deira Mall and the lowest of
Under the agreement, Austria-based ILF will the bids submitted was Dh4.2 billion.
oversee the design and construction supervision of
the STP and lifting station. Deira Islands Boulevard Project
The STP will be developed in two stages (2017-
2022) and (2022 to 2042).
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in Q2 2020. A construction tender will be released Souk project, wich set to be the “biggest night
in Q1 2017. market in the world”.
In August 2016, Nakheel and the Spanish RIU The company expects to earn Dhs300m annually
Hotels & Resorts start development of AED900 in rental revenues from the souk.
million beachfront resorts at Deira Islands. The
project is due to open in the third quarter of 2019. The souk will open only after sunset until late
night.
Avani resort Project
The Night Souk area will not be fully air-
In January 2017, Nakheel has signed a joint conditioned, but the design will allow for greater
venture with Thailand-based Centara Hotels and wind movement and keep temperatures cool.
Resorts, paving the way for a Dh500 million
beachfront resort in Deira Islands. 3,166 parking spots will be available close to the
souk.
The resort is expected to open in 2020. However
WAM has stated that “the resort is anticipated to The Night Soukis expected to be ready for traders
have a soft opening in 2019 and its grand opening to fit out their units in the first half of 2018 and
in 2020.” open before the end of 2018. The main contractor
working on the projec project is Unec.
Deira Night Souk Project
In February 2017, Nakheel said that Construction
is underway on the Dhs1.57billion Deira Night
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DUBAI WORLD ISLANDS
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In January 2014, Kleindienst Group launched the recommencing work on the project in 2014 and
will be responsible for much of the preparation
works such as the shaping and compaction works
of the island, plus logistics.
construction of "The Heart of Europe” project MrKleindienst said work started immediately on
estimated at worth Dh4.8 billion. The Main Europe island featuring most of the
hotels, the German island and St Petersburg
The heart of Europe is six offshore islands. The island, with a view to the entire project
first of these series of islands will be Europe, completing before Dubai’s Expo 2020.
Sweden and Germany. In 2015, according to
Kleindienst Group, more than 60 floating The first resort hotel, Honeymoon Island, is due
seahorses of The Heart of Europe were sold, even for completion in 2017, with the remaining hotels
before the first structure has touched down in and villas being handed over in phases between
the Persian Gulf. 2018 and 2020.
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Figure 7 The Green Land Island Figure 6 The Lebanon Island
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PALM JABEL ALI
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In an interview with Arabic daily Al Ittihad, In September 2016 Mr. Lootah said “Palm Jebel
Lootah ruled out dropping the project and said Ali remains a long-term project because we have
the company was committed to completing all to keep in consideration the market situation. At
of its announced projects on a schedule that the end of day it’s all about demand and supply.
responds to market needs. We have to be selective to grow,”
In January 2015, Nakheel said it plans to build 80 On 31 January 2017, the Egyptian billionaire
apartment buildings on the site along with Najib Sawiris declared that he is considering new
developing nearly 800 homes. touristic project in Palm Jebel Ali.
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DUBAI CREEK HARBOUR
Size: 6 Km² In May & June 2006: Sama Dubai began selling
plots to developers in Phase 1 & 2 of the project.
Location: Ras Al Khor
In November 2006: Sama Dubai launched Dubai
Launching time: was launched in 2006 and towers which were a group of four towers
cancelled in 2009 following the financial crisis. ranging between 54 and 97 floors. This project
The project was revived in 2014 was set to be the stand-out development of The
Completion time: over at least 15 to 20 years.
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will be re-designed. the community and taller than the BurjKhalifa.
The Tower will rise at the center of the 'Urban
Between 2006 & 2008: The Lagoons basic Core'.
infrastructure began to take shape but always
lagged behind the timelines set by the master- In September 2016: A fourth residential project
developer. The project never gained enough called Creek Horizon was launched in the Island
traction, even though some developers began District.
announcing projects within the community
(which for the most part were sold out). In mid- As of October 2016, developments are only
2008, senior Sama Dubai executives were taking place on the Island District where Emaar
indicted on corruption charges. have launched a series of residential towers.
After the real estate crash of late 2008, Sama The Island District is currently connected to the
Dubai announced large scale redundancies and mainland but will eventually become an Island
pulled back the overall project. Many investors connected to the 'mainland' by at least three
who had already purchased properties within bridges as per the master-plan.
the community (both through Sama projects and
In February 2017, Emaar Properties launched
with private developers) were left in limbo.
the “Harbour Gate” within Dubai Creek Harbour.
Starting in 2010, some investors were able to
get back their money after a 30% deduction. Harbour Gate will be a residential estate located
Other investors were relocated to other close to The Tower. The sales took place on
continuing projects in Dubai by means of credit February 18. Details of the pricing have not been
notes. In essence the overall project was revealed.
cancelled.
Harbour Gate will allow residents to have 270-
In 2013 Dubai Holding & Emaar Properties degree views of “The Tower” from a communal
announced their intention to revive the project. rooftop terrace.
The master-plan of the community has since
been redrawn. The project was renamed Dubai
Creek Harbour
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THE TOWER
Developer: Emaar Properties for the piling work, another for the tower’s main
concrete base and a third for steelwork,
Architect: Santiago CalatravaValls including fabrication of cables, which will be the
longest ever used on a structure.
Height: 928 meters tall
In March 2017, the pile foundations for the
Value: US$ 1 billion
The Tower will mainly serve as an architectural Tower have been completed,
tower than a working building, but there will be
As part of the foundation work, the pile was
between 18 to 20 upper floors used to a hotel
tested to a load of over 36,000 tonnes – the
with restaurants, function rooms, an interior maximum carried by a single foundation pile
garden space and a 360-degree observation to date,
platform.
More than 145 barrette piles have been used
Its construction was likely to be separated into to form the foundation for the new building,
three packages, with one contractor responsible Valls.
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SOUTH DUBAI PROJECTS (Ex. Dubai World Central)
The main Mega projects in Dubai South are: Expo 2020 site, Al Maktoum and International Airport
Expansion and the Residential District (which includes The Villages, The Pulse, Emaar South, MAG 5
Boulevard and other residential/Community projects).
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EXPO 2020
Also, he said that tenders have been issued for On Sunday 19 February 2017, Expo 2020 Dubai
several aspects of Dubai’s Expo 2020 site in recent delivered the first public roll-out of its $100 million
weeks, including the construction of the 15,000 (Dh367 million) Expo Live programme to help fund,
accelerate and promote creative projects that will
improve lives while preserving the planet. The
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programme calls for individual entrepreneurs, Other key awards for the year ahead include the
SMEs, not-for-profit organizations, or government- construction of the three Thematic Districts that
related entities to submit their solutions, which will host the majority of the pavilions, as well as
should be at a demonstration and implementation the public areas and the design, development and
stage, to Expo Live. Expo Live will deploy a delivery of all temporary architecture and
combination of programmes, challenges and infrastructure required to stage the event.
knowledge-sharing events in the run-up to the
Expo, focusing on the universal drivers of progress SAP, a global leader in innovative software
— Opportunity, Mobility and Sustainability — solutions, has become Expo 2020 Dubai’s first
which are core themes to Expo 2020 Dubai. international Premier Partner and will support the
delivery of personalized experiences to millions of
A Sustainability Pavilion will be constructed in the visitors from around the world.
heart of Expo 2020 site as one of Dubai initiatives
to accelerate a momentum towards a greener and SAP will co-innovate on real-time technology
cleaner future. The pavilion is expected to be a platforms that enable organizers and exhibitors to
magnet for Expo 2020 Dubai visitors, especially instantaneously analyze data to identify visitor
children and youth, interested in science and best trends. These insights will be used to help tailor
practice sustainability. each visitor’s experience to their preferences.
Expo 2020 Dubai will award 47 construction This could enable visitors arriving at Expo 2020
contracts worth AED 11 billion (3.0 billion USD) in Dubai to be informed of the quickest route to their
2017. preferred pavilions with suggested stops on the
way, or being directed to see the latest virtual
A further 98 non-construction contracts totaling reality advances because they are technology
more than AED 360 million (98 million USD) will enthusiasts.
also be distributed before the end of the year.
These will range from legal advisory services to Expo 2020 Dubai is expected to run more than 20
event management and merchandising. real-time solutions on the SAP HANA in-memory
platform and the SAP S/4HANA real-time business
The construction contracts for 2017, which are suite.
open to local, regional and international
businesses, include the third and final At the end of February 2017, France officially
infrastructure package for the event’s support confirmed its participation in a letter from French
areas, including car parking. Prime Minister, addressed to the Ruler of Dubai.
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AL MAKTOUM AIRPORT EXPANSION
Developer: Dubai Aviation Engineering Projects capacity of the passenger terminal at Al Maktoum
(DAEP) airport to handle 26 million passengers, from its
current capacity of 5 million. Under the
Size : 56 km² agreement, the first phase will increases the built
up area of the Passenger Terminal Building from
Value: AED 120 billion
the existing 66,107 sqm to 145,926 sqm and will
Location: Dubai South be completed by June 2017.
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funding of $3 billion towards the expansion of Al of the Al Maktoum International Airport
Maktoum International Airport. Expansion Project. In preparation for the
expansion, Lane will work on temporary fences
A consortium of Dubai state entities, comprising and gates, utilities and site offices, as well as site
of the Department of Finance, state-owned fund security. It is to start in January 2017 and finish in
Investment Corporation of Dubai, and the Dubai 31 months.
Aviation City Corporation, will raise the financing.
The three parties will work jointly to raise Also in January 2017, it was annouced that The
financing from various liquidity sources, both government is due to get commitments from
conventional and Islamic while HSBC is acting as banks over the next two weeks for a $3 billion
financial advisor. loan to back the $35 billion airport project. The
$3 billion loan for the airport expansion is split
Dubai Department of Finance said that Dubai between a $2 billion conventional tranche and a
government has sent a request for proposals to $1 billion-equivalent, local-currency Islamic
banks for the financing of the expansion of Al tranche.
Maktoum International Airport, and expects
to receive banks' feedback over coming weeks. Banks participating in the transaction,
coordinated by HSBC, can commit funding across
In December 2016, The Lane Construction the two tranches and the loan will have a seven-
Corporation, a U.S. subsidiary of the Salini year maturity.
Impregilo Group, was made responsible for 60%
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EMAAR South
Developer: Dubai South and Emaar partners Construction of the first phase of the project
was launched in 2016. The first village is
Value: AED25 billion ($6.8bn) expected to be completed in 2019 – a year
before Dubai hosts World Expo 2020 at the
Size: 145 km²
neighboring exhibition site.
Location: Residential District in Dubai South
The Pulse development will be centred around a
Launching time: 2016 70-metre wide, six-lane boulevard. It will include
236 town houses, which will be completed by
Completion time: 2019 December 2018. They will be followed by 152
apartments in a project called The Pulse
Description: Emaar South was announced in late Boulevard Apartments and 60 apartments in a
August 2016. The project will feature six districts block to be known as The Pulse Residence, all of
for more than 15,000 homes that include villas, which are expected to be completed by June
town houses and apartments, an 18-hole 2019.
championship golf course, community parks,
retail facilities, schools, and three and four-star On October 3, 2016, it was announced that over
hotels. 300 homes were sold as part of the first release
at The Pulse, directly from the master-developer.
The first phase of the project was launched in
early September 2016 (The villages and the
pulse). More launches for various property types
will follow. In January 2017, it was announced that a new
multi-purpose development, MAG 5 Boulevard,
The Villages is the first residential cluster for will be built on an area of 1.27 million sq feet in
home-buyers that offers urban lifestyle in a rural The Village.
environment with lush green vegetation where
residents will be able to grow their own The developer, formed jointly by MAG Property
vegetables. The project will host 3-5 villages, Development (MAG PD) and MBM Holding said
each covering one square kilometer and host that the project would be completed within two
around 6,000 residential units. years.
The villages Project was announced in October Once completed, MAG 5 Boulevard will feature
2015 with at a cost of Dh25 billion. The master 1,172 residential units and a selection of retail,
plan of the project, which was to be built around food and beverage (F&B), and leisure and
a large international airport and airport city, was entertainment amenities. The project is
announced in 2006-07, with development value estimated at $190m (AED700m).
estimated at Dh110 billion at that time.
MAG 5 announced PD FNC as the main
contractor for MAG 5 Boulevard.
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METRO ROUTE 2020
Description: An extra 15 km will be added to the In June 2016,The contract for the Dh10.6 billion
Dubai Metro with plenty of extra trains and project was awarded to Expolink, a consortium
stations added into the mix. of French, Spanish and Turkish firms.
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MALL OF THE WORLD
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Figure 12- The Mall of the World
MUSEUM OF THE FUTURE
Description: The museum is expected to provide an innovative environment with visitors being able to
experience the future through cutting-edge simulations and interactive demonstrations. It aims to be an
incubator for ideas and real designs, a driver for innovation and a global destination for inventors and
entrepreneurs.
Part of the museum structure will be 3D printed rather than conventionally built.
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DUBAI FRAME
Size: 6 Km²
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Figure 13Dubai frame on Feb 2017
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HYPERLOOP TRAIN
Developer: RTA and Hyperloop One Several workshops were held to discuss details
relating to passenger safety, impact of potential
Value: $160 million (Initial budget) obstacles and risks, provisional plans to counter
gravity, and other technical issues.
Size: 150 km (Dubai-Abu Dhabi)
“Following the completion of the provisional
Launching time: 2016
feasibility study, Hyperloop One will submit final
Completion time: 2020 (1st Phase) reports for assessment of deliverables by RTA
experts, and recommendations will be raised to
Description: A Hyperloop train, a hi-tech the steering committee to assess the feasibility
transport system that will link between Dubai of implementing the hyperloop technology,”
and Abu Dhabi and between Dubai between said Mattar Al Tayer, director general and
Dubai and Riyadh with speeds that can reach chairman of RTA.
1,200 km per hour. Once operational, the
passengers will be able to travel from Dubai and The system is still fairly new and has yet to be
Abu Dhabi in less than 12 minutes and between experimented or tested on the ground and its
Dubai and Riyadh in less than 48 minutes. safety certifications have not been issued.
In February 2017, RTA has begun studies to test “So it has been agreed to explore the feasibility
the feasibility of introducing the hyperloop of providing this technology in Dubai in future
technology in the emirate in partnership with without setting a timeline for the time being,”
the US Company Hyperloop One. he added.
Over the past three months, Hyperloop One and The initial phase of Hyperloop One's
the RTA have carried out provisional studies operational test will be carried out inQ1 2017 in
focusing on the suggested routes in Dubai; the the US using a vacuum tube extending 500m.
economic, financial and environmental impact;
Currently, Hyperloop One is planning to hire
the rate of resulting reduced traffic congestion;
dozens of staff in the UAE.
and carbon emissions.
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MBR SOLAR PARK EXPANSION
Location: Seih Al Dahal, on the Dubai - Al Ain road In January 2017, it was announced that the
construction of the 800 megawatt, MW, phase 3
Launching time: 2016 (Third phase) of the project will start at the end of January
following the award of the engineering,
Completion time: April 2020 (Third phase) procurement, construction and EPC.
Description: Shams 1 is expected to become the The EPC contract agreement has been awarded to
world’s largest concentrated solar power. It is an international consortium led by specialist
based on the independent power producer (IPP) renewable energy contractor Gran Solar of Spain,
model. The 13MW first phase became operational alongside Spanish specialist Acciona and Ghella of
in 2013. The 200MW second phase was Italy. The Expansion will occur in three stages. The
inaugurated in March 20th 2017. first 200MW stage is expected to be completed by
the first half of 2018 and the next 300MW phase is
due the following year, with the final 300MW
tranche to come on.
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BLUE WATER ISLANDS
Developer: Meraas Holding and Van Oord The Island is anticipated to attract more than
Company three million visitors per annum.
Launching time:2013
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will be by Hyundai Contracting and Starneth would also provide uninterrupted traffic
Engineering. These were the same companies movement from the Island to Dubai and Abu
responsible for constructing the London Eye. Dhabi via the Sheikh Zayed Road.
Al Shafar General Contracting (ASGC) in joint The project would be served by an automated
venture with Kier was awarded the construction personal rapid transit system to lift visitors from
of all residential buildings in Blue Waters. the metro station to the festivities area, a
footbridge would be constructed to link the
On February 13 2013, the project was unveiled
and approved by the ruler of Dubai.
The bridges include two lanes designated for the Figure 16 Blue Water Islands in July 2016
planned Automated Personal Rapid Transit
System to ease the mobility of visitors from and Luxury Island with the waterfront of the JBR, and
to the metro station (Nakheel Harbour& Tower) a teleferic (cable car) would be in place to
on the Sheikh Zayed Road nearby the Island. The shuttle visitors from and to the entertainment
bridges to be constructed would provide free zone.
movement for motorists inbound from Abu
Dhabi on the Sheikh Zayed Road heading Last updates were announced in September
towards Bluewaters Island, and for those 2016, when RTA said that the completion rate of
inbound from Al Khail Road through Qarn Al the bridges project had reached 85%.
Sabkha Street heading towards the Island. It
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AIN DUBAI
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UNION OASIS
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AL MAMZAR BEACH FRONT
Developer: Emaar Properties & Dubai Emaar Properties has revealed that design works
Municipality on Al Mamzar beachfront is presently ongoing.
The whole project is expected to be completed
Size: over 9 million sq. ft. (836.127 m²) in the fourth quarter of 2018.
Value: AED 10 billion ($2.72 billion) Project timeline:
Location: Deira May 2014: Emaar signed a memorandum of
understanding (MoU) with Dubai Municipality.
Launching time: 2014
May 2014: Emaar is now responsible for the
Completion time: 2018
feasibility study of the project.
Description: The development of Al Mamzar
June 2014: Emaar is expected to finish the
Beach allocate 449,650 m² for buildings and
feasibility study in the first quarter of 2015.
facilities that includes 4,000 residential units,
300 hotel rooms, and 250,000 m² of retail December 2014: Tenders for the design contract
outlets, 3.5 km of walking tracks covered with is expected to be released in the first quarter of
plantations, Water park, Fountains, Waterfront 2015.
residence, Recreational facilities and Shopping
centers. March 2015: Emaar has completed the
feasibility study on the project. They are
currently waiting for approval from Dubai
Municipality.
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Six Flags Dubai
Developer: DXB Entertainments PJSC square feet, the estimated cost of the project is
AED 2.6 billion.
Cost: AED 2.6 billion
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JUMEIRAH BAY ISLAND
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On February 1, 2017, it was announced that the
Bulgari hotels will open in the fourth quarter of
the year followed by a select number of
apartments and mansions built by Meraas. The
six, seven-storey apartment buildings will be
clustered around a marina. There will be 165
apartments and eight penthouses plus 15
mansions. Private sales of the residences have
started, but the property prices have not been
officially announced. The project will also
Figure21 A render of the Bulgari Hotel and encompass a 50-berth marina and a yacht club.
Resort
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PEARL JUMEIRAH
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FACILITIES and AMENITIES in Jumeirah Pearl Island
- Community Park
- Mosques
- Retail Outlets
- Hotel
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