25°20′00″N 55°16′05″E / 25.33333°N 55.26806°E Deira Island is a group of artificial islands in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The project was initially planned to be part of the Palm Islands and was called 'Palm Deira'. In 2013 the project was remodelled and renamed to 'Deira Island'.[1]
Overview
By early October 2007, 20% of the initial palm island's reclamation was complete, with a total of 200 million cubic metres (7 billion cubic feet) of sand already used. Then in early April 2008, Nakheel announced that more than a quarter of the total area of the Palm Deira had been reclaimed.[2] This amounted to 300 million cubic metres (10.6 billion cubic feet) of sand. Since the planned island was so large, it was being developed in several phases. The first one was the creation of Deira Island. This portion of the Palm sits alongside the Deira Corniche between the entrance to Dubai Creek and Al Hamriya Port. By early April 2008, 80% of Deira Island Front's reclamation was complete.
A new redesign was quietly introduced in November 2008, further reducing the size of the project.[3] Since 2008 the project was on-hold.[4][5]
In October 2013 the developer Nakheel announced to remodel the project and rename it to 'Deira Island'. Deira Island will have about 1,400 retail units plus a hotel and an amphitheatre.
Construction gallery
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Deira Island on 1 May 2007 -
Deira Island on 8 May 2008
See also
- The World, another artificial island project in Dubai.
- Nakheel, the real estate developer of Palm Islands
- Tourism in Dubai
References
- ^ http://gulfnews.com/business/property/uae/nakheel-to-restart-scaled-back-palm-deira-1.1240906
- ^ http://archive.gulfnews.com/articles/08/04/13/10205228.html
- ^ #ON HOLD: THE PALM DEIRA drew.magoo(November 23rd, 2008) SkyscraperCity
- ^ Nakheel's unfinished projects
- ^ Falling construction costs favour developers