List of development projects in Dubai
Project Developer Expected completion Area Description
1 Dubai Marina Emaar Complete 1.56 km ( 0.60 sq mi ) World 's largest man-made marina , with 200 residential and hotel high rises
2 Nakheel Properties Complete 1.8 km ( 0.69 sq mi ) Comprises 79 high-rises , mostly residential skyscrapers
3 Business Bay Dubai Properties Group Complete 80 million sq . ft Comprises 240 high- and low-rise buildings , mostly residential and mixed-use skyscrapers
4 Jumeirah Garden City Meraas On hold 9 km ( 3.5 sq mi )
5 Culture Village Dubai Properties mid-2016 3.71 km ( 1.43 sq mi )
6 Jumeirah Village Nakheel Properties 2013 8.11 km ( 3.13 sq mi )
7 Jebel Ali village Nakheel Properties 2013 5.20 km ( 2.01 sq mi ) The city is expected to accommodate around 500,000 people
8 Al Maktoum International Airport Dubai Holding Fully operational in 2025 1.56 km ( 0.60 sq mi ) Upon completion it will be the largest airport in the world
9 Dubai Creek Harbour Emaar late 2020 70 km ( 27 sq mi )
10 Dubai The Sustainable City Diamond Developers Complete 46 hectare The first net zero energy city in Dubai
11 Dubai Investment Park Incomplete 2,300 hectares Includes the Lagoons , under development by Schön Properties since 2005 ; Schön 's assets were seized by the Dubai Real Estate Regulatory Agency in August 2018 over the company 's failure to complete the development
Mixed use developments
Dubai Marina Jumeirah Lake Towers under construction in 2007
The government's decision to diversify from an oil-based economy, and to make Dubai the main hub of tourists in the world, has made and other developmental projects such as Dubailand, more valuable, resulting in the property boom from 2004 to 2007. There are over 1,500 major freehold developments and communities in Dubai. Construction on a large scale is a part of Dubai Strategic Plan 2015 unveiled by Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Ruler of Dubai, to maintain economic growth and to put Dubai on the map of the world, and a tourist destination of the world. Construction on a large scale has turned Dubai into one of the fastest-growing cities in the world. There are a number of large-scale projects which are currently under construction or will be constructed in the future. Due to the heavy construction which is taking place in Dubai, 30,000 construction cranes, which is 25% of cranes worldwide, were operating in Dubai in 2012. Currently multibillion-dollar construction projects are taking shape in Dubai.