The Palm Jumeirah

The Palm Islands is a series of artificial islands in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on which major commercial and residential infrastructure will be constructed. To date, the islands are the largest land reclamation projects in the world and will result in the world's largest artificial islands. They are being constructed by Nakheel Properties, a property developer in the United Arab Emirates, who hired the Dutch dredging and marine contractor Van Oord, one of the world's specialists in land reclamation. The islands are The Palm Jumeirah, The Palm Jebel Ali and The Palm Deira.

The islands were commissioned by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum in order to increase Dubai's tourism. Each settlement will be in the shape of a palm tree, topped with a crescent, and will have a large number of residential, leisure and entertainment centers. The Palm Islands are located off the coast of The United Arab Emirates in the Persian Gulf and will add 520 km of beaches to the city of Dubai.

The "Golden Mile", the strip of land located along the center of the trunk of the Palm Jumeirah overlooking the canal, is set for completion in the first quarter of 2008. Construction has also begun on the Palm Monorail, which will take three years to complete and will serve as a transit system between the Gateway Station at the trunk of The Palm Jumeirah and the Atlantis Station on the crescent.

Residents began moving into their Palm Jumeirah properties at the end of 2006, five years after land reclamation began, according to project developer Nakheel Properties. This signaled the end of phase one of construction, which includes approximately 1,400 villas on 11 of the fronds of the island and roughly 2,500 shoreline apartments in 20 buildings on the east side of the trunk.

Source:
The Palm Jebel Ali (Palm Islands, Dubai) - Property Development. The Emirates Network: Ten Real Estate (2007). Retrieved on 2007-02-11.
Dubai's Palm and World Islands - progress update. AMEInfo (4 October 2007). Retrieved on 2007-10-28.
^ World Architecture News
^ The Palm Deira. The Emirates Network: Ten Real Estate (2007). Retrieved on 2007-10-28.
^ The Palm Deira - Master Plan - Districts. Nakheel (1 May 2007). Retrieved on 2007-10-28.
^ The Palm Deira - Phase One. Nakheel (1 May 2007). Retrieved on 2007-10-28.

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[KirstiieKam]

Dubai's overrated.

I live here.

[architect1803]

I keep hearing that. :)

[johny302099]

look dubai its very nice but the sailry is bad

[hashimotto]

honestly did someone ever figure out who is gonna move here of course the richest, What about the poor people they have souls and feelings too? This housing only caters to rich americans, rich UKS, rich saudis, rich australians, rich russians. Pointless to run after such things unless you are some one special

[Hosea22]

What is "sailry" ???

[Nzalakumunakaboshoko]

if your a labourer salary is bad but if your a developer or architect, teacher and all other sorts of non labour work than its really high pay

[ViscousCJB]

Not only is that a nice place but VERY nice CG u worked up there :) good job!

[watchyourst3p]

ok, nice place but who wants to like in freaking Dubai anyways?

[marleyjay01]

damn right baby!