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The Palm, Deira
The Palm Deira is the largest of the three Palm Islands (Palm Jumeirah, Palm Jebel Ali and Palm Deira) the size of The Palm, Deira is larger than Manhattan Island and Paris, roughly comparable to the area of Greater London. Located close to historic landmarks and trading ports of Deira Corniche, The Palm, Deira will be a revolutionary addition to the Dubai's booming freehold property development market.
The Palm Deira Island was not initially intended to be developed, but on October 2004, the announcement of its development was issued. The Palm Deira will cover 14 kilometers (8.7 miles) in length and 8.5 kilometers (5.3 miles) in width and have an area of 80 square kilometers (861 million square feet).
The unique man-made palm-shaped island will consist of a trunk, a crown with 41 fronds, and a surrounding crescent island that will form a water-breaker. It will measure 14.3 kilometers in length from base of the trunk to the tip of the crescent, and will be 8.5 kilometers in width. The fronds are of varying lengths with 150-400 meters of sea between each frond. The crescent, which will run for 21 kilometers, acts as a breakwater and is expected to be the largest in the world. 1 billion cubic meters of rock and sand will be quarried in the UAE to build the land mass of the island. An additional 400 kilometers of coast loan will be added to the existing Dubai shoreline.
It will consist of residential property, marinas, shopping malls, sports facilities, and clubs. The residential area will be located on the fronds and will contain 8,000 two-storey town houses in three distinct styles - Premier Villas, Grand Villas and Vista Town Homes. Palm Deira will be a leisure, residential and tourist development, featuring world class hotels, shopping malls, sports facilities, various marinas and restaurants.
The location is just off the coast of Deira, 1.6 kilometers from the Sharjah border and 4 kilometers from international waters from the tip of the crescent. It is also located 8 kilometers from The World and will add 400 kilometers to Dubai's shoreline. The surrounding area is home to Dubai's key heritage sites and is close to downtown Deira.
General Information
- The vision for The Palm was provided by His Highness General Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and UAE Defence Minister.
- The Palm, Deira is the third of Nakheel's man made palm shaped islands.
- The Palm, Deira will be built in the shape of a palm tree consisting of a trunk, a crown with 41 fronds, and a surrounding crescent that acts as a breakwater.
- The Palm, Deira will be a leisure, residential and tourist development featuring 7,820 villas, a number of lavish hotels, several large marinas, restaurants, shopping malls, sports facilities, health spas, cinemas and various other luxury amenities.
- The Palm, Deira is 14.3 kilometres long from the base of the trunk to the tip of the crescent, and 8.5 kilometres in width.
- The crescent will run for 21 kilometres and is the largest in the world.
- Fronds will vary in length, ranging from 840 - 3,346 metres, with a distance of between 150 - 400 metres of sea between each frond.
- The crown of The Palm, Deira will be 7 kilometres long and 580 metres wide, the trunk 2,890 metres long and 620 metres wide.
- Distance from land to the farthest end of the crescent = 14.3kms
- Distance from bottom of crescent to top of crescent = 10kms
- The Palm, Deira will add an extra 400 kms of shoreline to Dubai.
- The Palm, Deira is located just off the coast of Deira, 50.2 metres from the Sharjah border and 20 kilometres from international waters.
- The Palm, Deira is 8 kilometres from The World, 300 private islands forming the shape of the continents.
- The Palm, Deira will be built in waters that are 6 metres deep reaching to 22 metres below sea level.
- Dredging and reclamation of The Palm, Deira is set to commence by the end of 2004 and is expected to be completed within five years.
Construction
- There are three main stages to the construction process - reclamation, infrastructure construction and building construction.
- Phase 1 - Reclamation involves sand transfer and rock placement to create the land foundations. During this period, an estimated 1 billion cubic metres of sand and rock from the UAE will be put in place for The Palm, Deira.
- Phase 2 - Infrastructure Construction will include the construction of: Local Bridges, Flyovers; Waste Water Collection System; Storm Water Drainage System; Irrigation System; Domestic Water Supply Network; Piped Gas System; Telecommunications System; Sanitary Sewage System; Electrical Supply System; Chilled Water System; Roads; Streets; Marinas and Port Facilities; Fire Fighting System; Solid Waste Collection System; Services Access to crescent islands; Infrastructure Transportation and Landscape and Water Features.
- Phase 3 - Building construction will include the construction of the residential, tourist, and commercial buildings.
- The foundation rock used to build the breakwater is coming from quarries around the UAE. These are being taken to the site by large barges to minimise any disruption on land. The sand that will be used as fill will be dredged locally.
- All construction will be carried out through the Marina to decrease traffic that may result from transporting large loads of materials.
- Marine biologists are one of many specialist consultants present during the development of the islands. Generally, construction creates new habitats which attracts many species of fish and birds - as has been witnessed already in the construction carried out to date on the crescent breakwater of The Palm, Jumeirah and The Palm, Jebel Ali. It is expected the reclamation of the island will enhance the local wildlife population, including tropical fish.
