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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.
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]
Hotels
The development also includes 5 hotels, two of which are to be opened in 2007 and are 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 due to open in late 2008.
The other two hotels in the project will include the 350-room W Hotel Dubai - Festival City (to be operated by the W brand of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide), scheduled to open at the end of 2008, however construction appears to be delayed. The 400-room Four Seasons Hotel Dubai Festival City, scheduled to open in 2010 features an extraordinary design and is currently under construction. [3]
The shopping centre in Dubai Festival City, known as the Festival Centre, opened on 1 March2007[6]. The Festival Centre contains a pool of water with small fountains, a large glass ceiling, and many shops. The shops, stores and restaurants in the combined Festival Power Centre and main mall include:
