Dubai Islands
View of Deira Islands from Deira, Dubai c.2007
The Palm Islands project plan by Nakheel which was to include the Palm Jumeirah (opened), Palm Jebel Ali (under construction, on hold) and the Palm Deira which was initially planned but later became Deira Islands.
Geography
Coordinates25°20′00″N 55°16′05″E / 25.3333°N 55.2681°E / 25.3333; 55.2681
Administration
United Arab Emirates

The Dubai Islands, formerly known as the Deira Islands (Arabic: جزر ديرة) are four undeveloped artificial islands off the coast of Deira, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The project was initially called Palm Deira and was planned to be part of the Palm Islands. As of 2021, little development has taken place on the islands due to the financial crisis of 2007–2008.[1][2][3]

History

Palm Deira

In 2004, Dubai developer Nakheel launched the Palm Deira project as an 11 billion dirham property development off the coast of Deira in Dubai that was due to contain up to 8,000 villas. Dutch dredging contractor Van Oord was recruited to start the project in 2005.[4] By early October 2007, 20% of the initial palm island's reclamation was complete, with a total of 200 million cubic metres (7.1 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. In the wake of the financial crisis of 2007–2008, Nakheel had put projects like the Palm Jebel Ali, The World and Palm Deira on hold since 2008.[5]

Rebranding as Deira Islands

In October 2013, Nakheel re-branded and scaled down the project as Deira Islands. Deira Islands were developed to include the Deira Night Souk, Deira Mall, and Deira Island Towers and Boulevard on the islands to develop it into a shopping, retail, and housing waterfront.[4] The project added 40 km (25 mi) of coastline and 21 km (13 mi) of beach to Dubai. In December 2016 a bridge linking the mainland to the islands were opened.[6]

Restart and rebranding as Dubai Islands

In 2022, Nakheel rebranded itself and the project. It was renamed Dubai Islands and it is expected to house 80 hotels. The project has been restarted and no official opening date has been announced.

Planned Features

Deira Night Souk

The Deira Night Souk is planned to be a 1.9 km (1.2 mi) market place that stretch along the coast of the Deira Islands opposite the mainland.[7] According to the developers, Deira Night Souk will be the biggest night market in the world, but no construction of the souk took place.[6]

Deira Mall

Deira Mall is planned to be a 600,000 m2 (6,500,000 sq ft) mall with 1,100 retail spaces that is being developed on the islands. The design contract of the mall was awarded in June 2014,[6] but never started construction.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Khan, Sarmad (2022-08-22). "Nakheel unveils master plan for Dubai Islands development". The National. Retrieved 2022-08-22.
  2. ↑ Salian, Neesha (2022-08-22). "UAE News: Nakheel unveils Master Plan vision for Dubai Islands". Gulf Business. Retrieved 2022-08-22.
  3. ↑ "Nakheel unveils Dubai Islands". Arabian Post. 2023-09-02. Retrieved 2023-09-02.
  4. 1 2 Fahy, Michael (29 June 2015). "Deira Islands to get 25.3km coastline in Nakheel contract with Dutch dredger Van Oord". The National. UAE.
  5. ↑ "Gulfnews: Nakheel reclaims land for Palm Deira". Archived from the original on 2009-06-30. Retrieved 2010-01-13.
  6. 1 2 3 Nagraj, Aarti (19 February 2017). "In pics: World's biggest night market takes shape at Dubai's Deira Islands". Gulf Business.
  7. ↑ Nagraj, Aarti (2 November 2014). "Dubai's Nakheel To Lease 5,000 Shops At Deira Islands Night Souk". Gulf Business.
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