The Palm Jumeirah consists of a trunk, a crown with 17 fronds, and a surrounding crescent island that forms an 11 kilometers long breakwater. The island is 5 kilometres by 5 kilometres and its total area is larger than 800 football pitches. The crown is connected to the mainland by a 300-metre bridge and the crescent is connected to the top of the palm by a subsea tunnel. Over the next few years, as the tourism phases develop, The Palm Jumeirah is touted as soon to be one of the world’s premier resorts. The island will double the length of the Dubai coastline.
The Jumeirah Palm island is primarily a retreat and residential area for living, relaxation, and leisure. It will contain themed boutique hotels, three types of villas (Signature Villas, Garden Homes, and Canal Cove Town Homes), shoreline apartment buildings, beaches, marinas, restaurants, cafes and a variety of retail outlets. The Palm Jumeirah will contain over 25 of the top international hotel brands including Movenpick Resort Oceana Palm Jumeirah, Moevenpick Resort & Spa Palm Jumeirah, Antara, Fairmont Palm Residence, Radisson SAS, Hilton, Metropolitan, Shangri La, One and Only Royal Mirage, Starwood, Marriott, Oberoi, Kempinski, Chedi, Taj Exotica Resort and Spa, Anantara Resort, and Dusit. Other developments will include Al Basri Building, Al Habool Building, Al Anbara Building, Emerald Palace, Oceana, and the Trump Plaza and Marina Residences.
After years of construction, the Palm Jumeirah is now home to a large quantity of residents, and the many luxury hotels scheduled to be opened on the outermost part of the island are well underway. This project has been important to the Dubai real estate market in many ways, demonstrating the engineering capabilities of developer Nakheel, leading to other similar projects like The Waterfront and Palm Jebel Ali, getting the Emirate of Dubai more worldwide attention, and showing residents a completely new way of living.
The Palm Jumeirah island offers buyers luxury freehold property and a lifestyle like no other. The island was conceived at the start of the Dubai property boom and has taken several years to complete, but the finished result should be worth the wait to eager property owners. Dubai is known for trying to have the biggest and best of everything, and the Palm Jumeirah is no different, with varying types of properties all catering to the high end of the Dubai real estate market.
