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Mohammed visits City Walk Dubai
Examined unique design of green buildings
His
Highness Sheikh Mohammed visited City Walk after the completion of Phase 2 of
the project.
His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime
Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, visited City Walk, the newest
addition to Dubai’s development, after the completion of Phase 2 of the
project.
Sheikh Mohammed congratulated the staff of Meeras Holding, developer of the
project, on the achievement. He stressed the importance of working
continuously to provide a safe and joyful life for people in the country
through development, tourism and entertainment projects, which serve as an
ideal meeting point for different cultures in the UAE as the land of peace
and tolerance.
He was accompanied by Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum,
Deputy Ruler of Dubai; Abdullah Ahmed Al Habbai, Chairman of Meraas Holding
Group and Khalifa Saeed Sulaiman, Head of Dubai's Protocol and Hospitality
Department.
He toured the development, stretching over an area of 10 million square feet
along Safa Street.
While there, he examined the unique design of the green buildings and more
than 200 shops, restaurants, cafes and cinemas, in addition to a five-star
hotel and Valiant Clinic, an outpatient facility.
Sheikh Mohammed also toured the indoor and outdoor parts of the new
development, including plaza spaces, a mosque and green areas between some
34 blocks.
Al Habbai briefed Sheikh Mohammed on the Green Planet, the region’s first
bio-dome recreating the captivating world of a tropical forest with rich
biodiversity of a large number of plants and animals, and on the indoor
children’s play area.
The two facilities will open during the first half of 2016.
Feb 21, 2016
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Courtesy Wam
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