01 July 2004

Nakheel, the Middle East’s leading property developer, has contracted SembCorp Engineering and Constructors to build 160 Oasis themed villas at its iconic project, the Jumeirah Islands, being developed between Interchange 5 and 6 on Sheikh Zayed Road.

SembCorp has been contracted to construct and maintain 160 Oasis themed villas within 10 months, after which the villas will be handed over to Nakheel.
The Jumeirah Islands is a landmark residential project, offering 736 themed waterfront villas built around 50 man-made islands spread on an area around 300 hectares.
The islands will be clustered among luxuriantly landscaped canals and each cluster will be bounded on three sides by water. Each island cluster will have 16 villas. A number of apartment buildings, located on the fronds, and will be released by the end of 2004. Jumeirah Islands will also house extensive retail and leisure facilities. There will also be parks, walking trails, walkway bridges, a community club, and peddle-boating and canoeing facilities. A variety of elements ranging from exquisite architecture to strategically placed cascading waterfalls, gardens, promenades, luxury marinas and an exclusive resort will all come together to form part of the The Jumeirah Islands.
Nakheel has also signed an agreement with Ali Moosa and Sons Contracting for the construction of 128 European Themed Villas at the project. The contract is expected to be completed in eight months.

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