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Dubai Festival City

Coordinates: 25°13′17″N 55°21′01″E / 25.22139°N 55.35028°E / 25.22139; 55.35028
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Dubai Festival City (Template:Lang-ar) is a large residential, business and entertainment development in the city of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, owned by Al-Futtaim Group. Dubai Festival City is the Middle East's largest mixed-use development: all elements for work, living, and leisure will be contained within the project. Once completed Festival City will comprise a series of residential communities, numerous hotels, malls, a golf course and other entertainment sites, and a full suite of public services, including schools.

Description

Dubai Festival City at night

Construction of the development, which was undertaken by Al Futtaim Carillion,[1] began in 2003 and was expected to take 12 years. The project spans 3.8 kilometres (2.4 mi) of water frontage on the eastern bank of Dubai Creek and is 2 kilometers (1.2 mi) from Dubai International Airport. As of mid-2006, investments in the project had exceeded 11 billion AED (3 billion USD).[2]

The first phase of construction comprised over 14,500m² of façade roofs designed and built by Austrian specialist contractor Waagner Biro, mainly over the crescent mall, festival square, oval court and knuckle. Within the development, Waagner Biro Steel and Glass also constructed seven pavilions.

Hotels

The development includes two hotels and a long term stay serviced apartment complex, all managed by InterContinental Hotels Group. In July 2009, InterContinental took over management of the Al Badia Golf Course. Developments include the 400-room Four Seasons Hotel Dubai, but construction of both hotels was put on hold in January 2009 due to the Global financial crisis of 2008–2009.[3]

Dubai Festival City Mall

The Festival Waterfront Centre, is a retail power centre which includes IKEA, HyperPanda supermarket (first hypermarket outside of Saudi Arabia,[4] which has now been replaced with a Carrefour supermarket) and Ace Hardware.[5] Robinsons Department Store from Singapore opened inside Dubai Festival City Mall in March 2017.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Design & build the way forward". ArabianBusiness.com. Archived from the original on 2007-12-11. Retrieved 2018-05-29.
  2. ^ Investments in Dubai Festival City exceed Dh11b Archived September 29, 2007, at the Wayback Machine Gulf News: 5 April 2006
  3. ^ "Two five-star hotels at Festival City shelved". Emirates Business 24/7. Archived from the original on 2009-07-04. Retrieved 2009-07-01.
  4. ^ "Dubai Festival City to have first 'HyperPanda' outside Saudi Arabia". AME Info. Archived from the original on 2008-09-22. Retrieved 2008-08-31.
  5. ^ "Festival Power Centre". Dubai Festival City. Archived from the original on 2008-05-17. Retrieved 2008-06-21.
  6. ^ "Robinsons VIP Opening at Dubai Festival City Takes Dubai By Storm | The Luxe Diary ذا لوكس داياري". The Luxe Diary | Luxury Lifestyle Magazine | Dubai & Abu Dhabi. 2017-03-31. Retrieved 2019-12-24.

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