About Downtown Jebel Ali:

Downtown Jebel Ali, is a 200 hectare urban development zone south of the Jebel Ali Port Trade Freezone (the world’s largest man-made harbour ), north of the soon to be largest airport in the world - Jebel Ali International Airport (JXB) and 11 kilometers along Sheikh Zayed Road (or E 11), the longest highway in the United Arab Emirates. With the current trend of property prices in Dubai, Jebel Ali’s relatively low prices and strategic location has put it on our property investment radar as a promising area to watch in Dubai. As construction in Downtown Jebel Ali continues, it is considered to be the heart and soul of logistics in Dubai as it is to be the residential district for workers in the trade freezone port & airport.

Once finished, the whole development area will consists of four separate areas, also called quarters. These are divided into:

• East Quarter, which will be 12 million ft2 in area, with a planned population of over 50,000 people.
• East Central, which will consist of 10 million ft2 in area and house a population of 37,000.
• West Quarter, with an area of 24 million ft2 and a population of 58,000.
• West Central with an area of 21 million ft2 and a population of nearly 60,000.

All four quarters are divided into three individual districts, making them cozy satellite cities of their own. They will consist of - an urban center, a Trellis District providing shaded pedestrian areas, and a residential Medina District. The designers have carefully allocated plenty of space for business, residential and recreation.

Jebel Ali will be made up of 326 buildings in total of which 237 have been designated for residential purposes. The master developers of Jebel Ali; Limitless, have come up with well designed infrastructure such as streets with ample greenery, parks and pedestrian friendly pathways throughout all four quarters.

Jebel Ali would be accessible via four new freeway intersections. All four quarters will each have a metro station to easily commute residents to the rest of Dubai. There are also plans to make the Jebel Ali area a car free zone with the introduction of an internal tram system.

Around 235,000 people are to live and work in Downtown Jebel Ali at completion of its infrastructure in 2009 with 70,000 alone being residents. Total completion of the whole development is expected to take place in 2011.