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Info by Nakheel: http://www.nakheel.com/Developments/Al_Furjan/

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What does Al Furjan mean?
Al Furjan is a local Arabic phase meaning a collection of houses that form a small community to call home. Traditionally, Al Furjan was once a common form of housing settlement in Dubai.

Where is Al Furjan located?
Al Furjan is located within the heart of the New Dubai, east of Ibn Battuta Mall, behind The Gardens and south of Discovery Gardens. It is within close proximity to major shopping, employment (i.e., Jebel Ali Port, Dubai Central Airport, Knowledge Village, Internet/Media City) and leisure.

Al Furjan will have excellent access via three main roads - the D59 road (servicing Discovery Gardens), the new East West Parallel Road to connect with Dubai and Jebel Ali Road (E77) which connects with Jebel Ali Port, Emirates Road and Dubai.

What size is Al Furjan?
Al Furjan is a master planned community development sited on approximately 560 hectares of land.

What types of products are available?
Al Furjan provides a range of home types, architectural styles and interiors to meet a wide range of customer needs, including Villas and Terrace Homes (commonly called townhouses).

There are three types of Villas:

Three bedroom Villa
Five bedroom Family Villa
Six bedroom Mansion

There are two types of Terrace Homes:

Three bedroom Terrace Home
Three bedroom and Family Terrace Home

When will my Villa or Terrace Home be completed?
Construction will commence in the first half of 2008, and buyers will be able to take delivery of their Villas or Terrace Homes by June 2010.

What house styles are available?
Initially, two architectural styles will be offered at Al Furjan:

Dubai - inspired by the original architectural style so well recognized as the "Dubai house." Extensive research and consultation with the lead architect bring forth the best stylistic characteristics of this beloved design.

Quortaj - incorporating key features of North African architecture with a fusion of Islamic and Mediterranean villa style developed for warmer climates. This style is both delicate and grand in appearance.

Can the owner select their own interior?
Al Furjan provides customers with a choice of interior options specific to the product types. In coordination with our award-winning architects, these choices in product interiors and design provide the optimum benefit to the customer through professional planning. Each interior is designed with the exterior in mind, an important consideration in creating elegant and livable homes.

For Villas, two interior types are available: Classic and Contemporary

For Terrace Homes, two modern interior choices are available.

What is new urban planning?
In an effort to enhance the organic nature to the Al Furjan development and ensure a healthy community, our master plan incorporates new urban planning principles. These promote neighbourhoods designed to encourage walking and to mix diverse housing types and styles. Other aspects of new urban planning incorporated into the Al Furjan master plan include:

A variety of streetscape designs surrounding both Villas and Terrace Homes
Horizontal and vertical plots with varying frontage
Open-fenced Villa designs permitting views of parks or camel path areas
Terrace Homes grouped into small blocks of three or four
Initiatives that benefit the environment, including the reuse of effluent water for landscape irrigation purposes and the use of water-saving plantings
An internal road system designed to accommodate varying levels of traffic - wider roads for higher levels of village traffic, collective roads for the neighbourhood communities and local streets to service the Villas and Terrace Homes.

What are camel paths?
Camel paths, a distinctive feature of this development, provide pathway access from one neigbourhood to another. The paths also lead to parks, the Village Centres or other community facilities. Camel paths provide families the opportunity to walk, cycle, get closer to nature or just sit and relax.

What amenities will be available in the community?
Al Furjan will provide convenient facilities to meet every day needs - supermarkets, health clubs, mosques, schools, etc. The thoughtfully designed master plan ensures that the buyer is within 5 to 10 minutes walking distance to essential services such as shops and a school. Medical facilities should be within a similar distance by car.

Will landscaping and pools be provided for the Villas and Terrace Homes?
Streets, camel paths and public areas will be landscaped by Nakheel. Buyers are responsible for creating their own outdoor living spaces and pool areas, designing and landscaping to meet their individual needs.

Can the owners build a pool on their plot?
All buyers are subject to the Al Furjan Master Declaration and Use Rules and Code of behaviour. Subject to making application and completing all the requirements and approval by Nakheel and other relevant authorities, an owner can construct a pool on their plot. Pools can only be constructed after hand over of the property to the buyer.

Will competitive mortgage financing be available for my home?
There will be up to five premier banking corporations able to provide mortgage finance at competitive rates.
What amount of deposit is required to reserve a Villa or Terrace Home?
The initial deposit will be ten (10) percent.

Will show villas be available for inspection?
We will be presenting our show villas early next year to showcase the product types and their quality, as well as typical streetscapes and landscaping areas to be delivered.

Burj Dubai Progress

Dubai's Nakheel said it had enormous success on the first day of public sales for Al Furjan, a family-oriented residential community located in new Dubai. More than 500 of the available homes were sold, adding to the success of last week's exclusive 'women only' joint sales initiative with Johara, the female banking division of Dubai Islamic Bank. Phase 1 of Al Furjan is now completely sold out with more than 800 homes snapped up by customers.

The Lagoons and Dubai Towers ( Mall of the Emirates)









Dubai Opera House

A British architect who has designed what could be Dubai’s next landmark sevenstar hotel has revealed a UAEbased business group has put up the funding for the Dh1.8 billion offshore resort that will only be accessible via helicopter or boat.

Simon Mitchell, director of London-based Sybarite Architects, told Emirates Today he has received the green light on the junglethemed retreat, Aperion.

While Mitchell could provide details of Aperion’s appearance – the hotel will stand on a purpose-built island about 300 to 400 metres off Dubai’s coast – he was unwilling to discuss the specifics of the new deal.

“We designed the project a few years ago and now we have a leading hotel business group from the UAE willing to get this project moving. It is under the design and development stage and we cannot disclose details of the investor and the project completion schedule,” Mitchell said.

Aperion, alternatively named Crescent Lagoon, has plans to combine wildlife and service features above and below water to wow its clientele.

“Aperion will be entirely different from Burj Al Arab. There will be private lagoons, beaches, an underwater restaurant with views to the surrounding lagoons and coral, and a thick butterfly jungle spreading across the top two floors,” he said.

“The butterfly jungle will be created by controlling the humidity and heat level in the jungle area. The temperature and humidity would be artificially regulated to make it a very relaxing space and a thick natural habitat for butterflies and other insects,” he added.

Guests looking to burn off calories from the exclusive restaurants will be able to visit the underwater gym and spa and look out on the central lagoon. Colourful coral reefs will also surround the hotel and attract natural sea life for guests to enjoy.

The hotel will offer yacht and helicopter service to ferry guests to and from the island. Those arriving by air will land at a helipad 55 metres above the Gulf and connecting to the hotel’s ninth floor.

While the hotel aspires to the seven-star ranking, Mitchell acknowledges the accolade does not officially exist yet.

“We prefer to call it a sevenstar hotel because it will be offering better services than a five-star hotel,” he said.

When asked why architects from the United Kingdom were pitching the idea of the island retreat for Dubai, Mitchell said the emirate offered the perfect combination of cutting-edge development and tourism draw.

WCT to build RM4.6bil Dubai racecourse

 

WCT Engineering Bhd won a new contract to construct a racecourse in Dubai for RM4.6bil, the biggest job it has secured this year.

WCT shares were suspended from trading in the morning session and, when requoted in the afternoon, they surged 65 sen to close at RM7.25, a record price for the stock that led the market as the biggest gainer yesterday.

The company told Bursa Malaysia yesterday that Arabtec Construction LLC-WCT Engineering JV accepted an award to build the Nad Al Sheba Racecourse in the Emirate of Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

The construction period is about 25 months with immediate commencement.

Arabtec Construction LLC-WCT Engineering JV is an unincorporated joint venture between WCT and Arabtec, which is incorporated in Dubai and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Arabtec Holding PJSC. The rights and liabilities of WCT and Arabtec in the joint venture are in the ratio of 50:50.

Aseambankers said in a research note yesterday that it understood the project comprised a 1km-long grandstand building with a capacity for up to 60,000 people, a five-star hotel, more than 10 restaurants, the Meydan Museum and Gallery, covered car park for more than 10,000 cars and offices for the Dubai Racing Club and Emirates Racing Authority.

The news of the contract award was not unexpected, the investment bank said, as it had reported the bid in June and last month.

Taking WCT’s half share, the contract will raise the company’s order book from RM4.5bil to RM7bil.

Aseambankers observed that the contract represented WCT’s fifth major contract for the year.

“More importantly, it reaffirms WCT’s position in Middle Eastern construction, and provides strong earnings growth in 2008 and earnings visibility into 2009,” it added.

A foreign brokerage pointed out that this was one of the biggest contracts in the Middle East awarded to a Malaysian company. In addition, more than 50% of WCT’s order book was now derived from that region.