Dubai Festival City
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Dubai Festival City (In Arabic: دبي فستيفال سيتي) is a large residential, business and entertainment development in the city of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Touted as a "city-within-a-city", 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.
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[edit] Description
The developer for Dubai Festival City is Al Futtaim Group. Construction of the development, which is largely being carried out by Al Futtaim Carillion[1], began in 2003 and is expected to take 12 years. The project spans 3.8 kilometres (2.4 miles) of water frontage on the eastern bank of Dubai Creek and is 2 kilometers (1.24 miles) from Dubai International Airport. As of mid-2006, investments in the project had exceeded 11 billion AED (3 billion USD).[2]
[edit] Hotels
The development also includes 5 hotels, three of which are to be opened in 2007 and will be managed by InterContinental Hotels Group. The InterContinental Dubai Festival City and the Crowne Plaza Dubai Festival City are directly connected to the Festival Waterfront Centre. The InterContinental Residence Suites, located in Marsa Plaza, will provide long term stay apartments with stunning view of Dubai Creek.
The other two hotels in the project will include the 350-room W Dubai - Festival City (to be operated by the W brand of Starwood Hotels), opening at the end of 2008, and the 400-room Four Seasons Hotel Dubai Festival City, scheduled to open in 2010.
[edit] Shops, stores and restaurants
The complex includes retail malls known as the Festival Power Centre, which opened in May 2006 and the Festival Waterfront Centre, which opened on 1 March 2007 [3]. The Festival Waterfront Centre contains a pool of water with small fountains, a large glass ceiling, and many shops. The shops, stores and restaurants in the two malls include:
[edit] References
- ^ Design & build the way forward
- ^ Investments in Dubai Festival City exceed Dh11b Gulf News: 5 April 2006
- ^ Festival centre opens today
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Dubai Festival City official site
- InterContinental Dubai Festival City
- Crowne Plaza Dubai Festival City
- InterContinental Residence Suites
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