Description
Located in the heart of Dubailand, 18 km from Dubai International Airport, The City of Arabia is a mixed-use development that occupies over 185 hectares of land. Conceived as a self-contained city to accommodate 34,000 residents, it includes the largest shopping mall in the region, The Mall of Arabia, with over 450,000 sqm of retail and F&B outlets; The Restless Planet, a dinosaur theme park with over 100 animatronics exhibits; the Wadi Walk, consisting of Mediterranean-style apartments, cafes and shops beside a 10 km man-made waterway; and 34 commercial, hotel and residential tower blocks complete the project. The master plan for The City of Arabia employs a fan-shaped layout. The midpoint of the site boundary to the north along Emirates Road provides the conceptual center for the setting out of the ring road network and the radial disposition of built forms. The tower blocks are concentrated around the perimeters of the northern and eastern segments.
CLIENT
I & M Galadari Group
START / COMPLETION
2004 / 2008
GFA
3,753,000 sqm
LOCATION
Dubai