Dubai Festival City
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Festival Bay at Dubai Festival City Mall © Teeraza88/cc-by-sa-4.0
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Dubai Festival City is a large residential, business and entertainment development in the city of
Dubai ,
United Arab Emirates , owned by
Al-Futtaim Group . 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.
Construction of the development, which was undertaken by Al Futtaim Carillion , began in 2003 and was expected to take 12 years. The project spans 3.8 kilometres (2.4 mi) of water frontage on the eastern bank of Dubai Creek and is 2 kilometers (1.2 mi) from Dubai International Airport . As of mid-2006, investments in the project had exceeded 11 billion AED (3 billion USD ). The first phase of construction comprised over 14,500m² of façade roofs designed and built by Austrian specialist contractor Waagner Biro , mainly over the crescent mall, festival square, oval court and knuckle. Within the development, Waagner Biro also constructed seven pavilions.
InterContinental Dubai Festival City at night © Jpbowen/cc-by-sa-4.0
The development includes two hotels and a long term stay serviced apartment complex, all managed by
InterContinental Hotels Group . In July 2009, InterContinental took over management of the Al Badia Golf Course. Developments include the 400-room
Four Seasons Hotel Dubai, but construction was put on hold in January 2009 due to the
Global financial crisis of 2008–2009 .
The
Dubai Festival City Mall , is a retail
power centre which includes
IKEA ,
HyperPanda supermarket (first hypermarket outside of Saudi Arabia, which has now been replaced with a
Carrefour supermarket) and
Ace Hardware .
Robinsons Department Store from Singapore opened inside Dubai Festival City Mall in March 2017.
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VisitDubai.com – Imagine – Dubai Festival City ,
Dubai Festival City ,
Dubai Festival City Mall ,
Wikipedia Dubai Festival City Mall ,
Al Badia Golf Club and
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