The Dubai Islands, formerly known as the Deira Islands ( ar, 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
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History
Palm Deira
In 2004, Dubai developer
Nakheel
Nakheel Properties ( ar, نَـخٍـيْـل, nakhīl, palm tree) is a property developer based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The formal name of the company is Nakheel PJSC (private joint stock company) and it was a subsidiary of Dubai World a ...
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.
By early October 2007, 20% of the initial palm island's reclamation was complete, with a total of 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
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, Nakheel had put projects like the
Palm Jebel Ali
Palm Jebel Ali () is an artificial archipelago in Dubai, United Arab Emirates which began construction in October 2002, was originally planned to be completed by mid-2008 and has been on hold since. Creative Kingdom provided master planning servi ...
,
The World
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and Palm Deira on hold since 2008.
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.
The project added of coastline and of beach to Dubai. In December 2016 a bridge linking the mainland to the islands were opened.
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 market place that stretch along the coast of the Deira Islands opposite the mainland.
According to the developers, Deira Night Souk will be the biggest night market in the world, but no construction of the souk took place.
Deira Mall
Deira Mall is planned to be a mall with 1,100 retail spaces that is being developed on the islands. The design contract of the mall was awarded in June 2014,
but never started construction.
See also
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The World
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, another artificial island project in Dubai
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Tourism in Dubai
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Developments in Dubai
References
External links
Official website
{{Developments in Dubai
Nakheel Properties
Resorts in Dubai
Artificial islands of Dubai
Waterfronts
Proposed buildings and structures in Dubai