Emirates Hills ( ar, تلال الإمارات) is a

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located in

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. It is named after

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Overview

Emirates Hills is largely home to the wealthy business community of Dubai, as it consists of the first freehold properties to be sold in the city. The project was classified as freehold and open to anyone to purchase. The majority of owners are from wealthy families in the region and it has been noted as one of the most exclusive neighborhoods in the GCC. Although the developer,

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, pioneered the idea of freehold property in Dubai, this was Emaar's first project where land was sold per square foot to individuals to build the house of their choice. Over time, all the plots were sold. Emirates Hills is the most expensive villa community to buy or rent a property in Dubai, buyers pay up to Dh2,604 per square foot, while renting costs Dh80 per sq ft. Some of the residents included the late

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(although her family still lives there), the managing director of Géant Middle East, Mohammed Ayub Shaikh, Abdul Rahiman Abdul Azeez, owner of Alpha Smart Security Systems Business, and the owners of the

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and Habib Bank. Properties in Emirates Hills look out over the fairways of the Address Montgomerie, an 18-hole golf course created by architect

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and golfer

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. Villas overlooking the golf course sell for up to $52 million. Emirates Hills is close to

Dubai British School Dubai British School is an international school offering a British education to students aged three to eighteen, located in The Springs, Emirates Hills, Dubai. The school is managed by Taaleem, one of largest education providers in Middle Eas ...

Dubai International Academy Dubai International Academy is an international, private school. It is located in the Emirates Hills area of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The school is part of the Innoventures Education group. Dubai International Academy opened its doors on Septe ...

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, Meadows and Emirates Hill Nursery, and Raffles Nursery. Vida Emirates Hills hotel is located here, close to the golf course.

Notable residents

Sunil Vaswani Sunil Vaswani (born 11 July 1963) is an Indian-born Nigerian billionaire businessman, and the chairman of the Stallion Group; a Dubai-headquartered company with diversified interests in cars, commodities, food, steel manufacturing, plastics, p ...

( billionaire owner and Chairman of the

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) *The President of

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's son, Robert Mugabe Jr. *

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, the former President of

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(and the family of deceased former Prime Minister

) *The

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(one of

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's wealthiest families known for their friendship with President Jacob Zuma) * Raghuvinder Kataria ( billionaire investor and Chairman of Kataria Holdings) * Arif Naqvi (Founder and CEO of The Abraaj Group) *Ajay Sethi (Chairman of Channel 2 Group) *

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(former Prime Minister of

) *The sons of

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(Finance Minister of

) *Madhu Koneru (Group Executive Director of Trimex) *Reeyaz Moosa (Chairman of Moosa Enterprises) *Maroun Semaan (former President of

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) *

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(former Prime Minister of

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) *Abdullah Shamim Rehmani (BOD member of Rehmani Group of companies of

) *Harshad Ramniklal Mehta (diamond tycoon who is the Chairman of Rosy Blue Group) *Mubashra Aslam (the daughter-in-law of Pakistani billionaire

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) *Santhosh Joseph (CEO of Dubai Pearl) *Rizwan Sajan (founder and chairman of Danube Group) *

Kabir Mulchandani Kabir Mulchandani is an Indian-born, Dubai-based real estate and hospitality businessman and philanthropist. He is the founder and Chairman of FIVE Global Holdings, which includes FIVE Hotels and Resorts; FIVE Palm Jumeirah, FIVE Jumeirah Vill ...

(real estate tycoon and CEO of SKAI) *Farid Noureddine Bedjaoui (a businessman whose uncle Mohamed Bedjaoui was Minister of Foreign Affairs of

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) *Abdourahman Mohamed Boreh (one of the richest and most influential businessmen in

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) * Hasan Abdullah Ismaik ( Jordanian billionaire who is the former CEO of

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)

References

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Overview

Notable residents

See also

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