Dubai Islands
Dubai Islands sits within Deira and is a Nakheel development. Arif & Bintoak acts as architectural consultant on the islands, and ALNASR Contracting carries out the main building work. The islands were first named Deira Islands and took their current name in August 2022, when Nakheel announced the present project.
The plan divides the land into five islands, named Marina, Central, Shore, Golf and Elite. Central Island is the biggest of the five, and the plan places Deira Mall at its heart. Shore Island is given over to sport and resorts. Golf Island is planned around an 18-hole course, with resorts and villas, and Elite Island, the smallest, is planned for waterfront villas.
What is already open. Some of the islands' facilities are finished and trading:
- Souk Al Marfa. Completed in 2018 under its earlier Night Souk name, it holds 5,300 shops and nearly 100 cafés and restaurants on the quayside.
- RIU Dubai. A 33-storey, 800-room hotel with a water park, opened in December 2020 as a joint project between Nakheel and the Spanish hotel group RIU.
- Centara Mirage. A 600-key beachfront resort with a water park, and the Thai group Centara's first hotel in the country.
- Nakheel Marinas Dubai Islands. Launched in May 2023 on Dubai's northern coast, it can berth up to 13 superyachts at once. Its 248 wet berths take vessels as long as 47 metres, and its 40 dry berths hold trailers as long as 20 metres.
The shoreline. Eight Nakheel-run beaches hold Blue Flag status, and Dubai Islands has at least one of the eight. Dogs may swim along a section of the islands' eastern shore that is set aside for them. Anchorages announced for the islands in October 2020 take boats and yachts of up to 165 metres for day trips or overnight stays.
Around the building
The beach on Dubai Islands is 0.3 km from CDS Wave, and the Centara Mirage resort is 0.6 km from it. Dubai Heritage Village is 3.7 km away; Dubai Museum is 4.0 km away, and the liner Queen Elizabeth 2 lies 4.5 km off. The beach park at Al Mamzar is 5.6 km away, and the golf and yacht club at Dubai Creek is 7.3 km off.
For films, there are cinemas 4.1 km away in Al Shindagha Mall and 5.1 km away in BurJuman. Hyatt Regency Dubai stands 2.4 km from the site. Two Al Waheda schools are the closest: Sabari Indian School is 4.5 km away and The Elite English School 4.3 km.
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