List of development projects in Dubai

The Dubai government's decision to diversify from oil based economy, and to make Dubai the main hub of tourists in the world, has made real estate and other developments more valuable, resulting in the property boom from 2004-2007.It is a part of Dubai Strategic plan 2015 unveiled by Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai to maintain the economic growth and to bring Dubai on the map of the world as an iconic city, and a tourist destination of the world.^[1] Construction on large scale has turned Dubai into one of the fastest growing cities in the world. There are a number of large-scale projects which are currently under construction or will be constructed in the future. Due to the heavy construction which is taking place in Dubai, 30,000 construction cranes, which is 25% of cranes worldwide, are operating in Dubai^[2]. Currently multi billion dollar construction projects are taking shapes in Dubai, however due to Global financial crisis of 2008–2009, few projects have been put on hold, which includes Palm Islands, few projects of Dubailand, Arabian canal, Dubai Exhibition City, but the construction will be resumed coming years.^{[citation needed]}

List of development projects

Project	Developer	Expected completion	Costs	Area	Description
Dubailand	Dubai Holding	2020	AED235 billion	278 km² or 107 mile².[3]
Dubai Sports City	Dubai Holding	2011	$ 4 billion	4,600,000 m2	The only dedicated sports city in world
Sahara Kingdom	Dubai Holding	October 2010	???	460,000 m2	It will feature the Lost Cities of Arabia theme park, as well as the Hanging Garden hotel
Dubai Golf City	Thani Investments (BENAA)[4]	2009	$ 1.8 billion	55 million sq ft
Dubai Motor City	Union Properties[4]	2009	???	3.5 km²
City of Arabia	Dubai Holding	2010	???	1,860,000 m2
Dubai Lifestyle City	Dubai Holding	July 2009	???	4.15 million Sq ft
Dubai Outlet City	Dubai Holding	???	???	9.8 million Sq ft
Business Bay	Dubai Properties	2012	$30 billion	46.9 million　sq ft[5]	When completed it will consist of 240 high rises, and expected population of 191,000[5]
Dubai Marina	Emaar	2012	???	1.56 km2	Claim to be worlds largest man made Marina, with 200 high rises upon completion.
Jumeirah Lake Towers	Nakheel	2011	???	1.8 km²	Will encompass 79 high rises.
Dubai Festival City	Abdulla Al Futtaim Group[6]	2015	$ 3 billion	3.8 km
Dubai Promenade	Nakheel	2011	???	1,060,000 m2
Dubai Maritime City	Dubai Holding	2012	+ 3 billion Dhs	227 hectares	It will be the worlds first purpose-built maritime centre
Palm Jumeirah	Nakheel	2010	$12.3 billion	???	It is the worlds largest man-made island.
Palm Jabel Ali[A]	Nakheel	2012	???	???	Will accommodate over 1.7 million people by 2020.[7]
Palm Deira[A]	Nakheel	2015	???	12.5 km (7.76 mile) by 7.5 km (4.66 mile).[8]	Will be the largest palm island, in Dubai.
The World Islands[A]	Nakheel	Unknown	$14 billion	9 km in length and 6 km in width
Dubai Waterfront[A]	Nakheel	2020	???	1.4 billion square feet of water and land developments	The Dubai Waterfront is expected to become the largest waterfront and largest man-made development in the world.
Downtown Burj Dubai	Emaar	2010	$20 billion	22 million ft²
Burj Dubai	Emaar	December 2009	$ 4 billion	334,000 m2	The Burj Dubai is already the tallest man-made structure on earth.
Dubai Metro	Roads and Transport Authority	2010	$ 4.2 billion	75 km in length	Will become the worlds largest fully automated railway　system.
Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Crossing	???	2012	AED 2.5 billion	1.6 km in length	Once completed in 2012,[4] it will become the world's longest arch bridge at a length of 1.6 kilometres (0.99 mi)>[9]
Dubai World Central	??	2025	$82 billion	140 Sq km[10]
Al Maktoum International Airport	Dubai Holding	Fully operational in 2025	$80 billion.[11]	1.56 km2	Upon completion it will be the fourth largest air facility in land area, in the world.
Arabian Canal[A]	Limitless	2012	$61 billion[12]	75 km[13]	will be the largest man-made canal
The Lagoons	???	2011	$25 billion	70 million sq ft
Dubai International City	Nakheel[4]	???	$23 million	8 million sq meters
Jumeirah Garden City[A]	Meraas	2013	AED350 billion [14]	9,000,000 Sq meters
Global Village	Dubai Holding	2011	???	17.2 million sq ft
Culture Village	Dubai Properties	April, 2010	???	40 million sq ft
Jumeirah Village	Nakheel	2009	AED 2.4 million	811 hectares
Dubai Industrial City	???	2015	???	560 million Sq ft	The city is expected to accommodate around 500,000 people.
Dubai Exhibition City[A]	???	2020	AED 8 billion	3 million Sq ft	Dubai Exhibition City upon completion will home to worlds longest single column-free exhibition hall in the world.
Jebel Ali village	Nakheel	2013	???	560 million Sq ft	The city is expected to accommodate around 500,000 people.
Downtown Jebel Ali	Nakheel	2011	???	200 hectares	once completed it will be home to 235,000 people[, 70,000 of whom will be residents.
Hydropolis	DDIA		£300 million	260 hectares	Upon completion it will be the first underwater hotel in the world.
Bawadi	Dubai Holding	???	AED 100 billion	??	One of the projects of this investment is the Asia-Asia Hotel which will be the largest hotel in the world with more than 6,500 rooms.
Dubai Pearl	Abu Dhabi's Al Fahim	2012	$3 billion
International Media Production Zone	???	???	???	43 million sq ft
The Universe[B]	Unknown	???	???	3000 hectares
Nakheel Tower[A]	Nakheel	2018	???	>6,700,000 sq ft.	Upon completion it will be over 1400 m tall , and worlds tallest skyscraper
Dubai Investment Park	??	???	???		Upon completion it will have industrial, business, residential, and recreational settlements[15]
Dubai City Tower[B]	???	2020	AED ???	???	The visionary tower is going to be 1.55 miles (2.4 km) high.

Notes

A. ^{^} Construction is currently on-hold due to lack of finances.

B. ^{^} Project is currently in planning stages.