Panorama of The Lagoons



The Lagoons, a project by Sama Dubai, the international real estate investment and development arm of Dubai Holding, has launched The Lagoons, a new waterfront project on the Dubai Creek.

It will offer freehold properties with 100 per cent ownership to people of all nationalities. Half of the project will be sold to third-party investors as land plots for development. The remaining 50 per cent of the area will be developed, marketed and operated by Sama Dubai.

The project will be spread over 70 million square feet. The Lagoons will have seven landscaped islands, comprising residential units, shopping centres, office buildings and marinas. These detached islands will be interlinked with bridges. The project will incorporate its own central business district, where corporations can establish their headquarters.

The Lagoons will include themes of environment, conservation, parkland and open spaces. It will have resorts, marinas, five-star hotels, commercial towers with large office spaces, malls, souks, villas and apartments.

Cultural attractions of the project include Dubai's first opera house, a planetarium, a museum, an art centre and a theatre.

Protection of the environment is a key component of The Lagoons development, which will have a large number of parks and green belts, and feature reduced density housing and building heights in the ecologically sensitive buffer zone.