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Dubai plans $20bn district!
DUBAI: Dubai Holding, the investment vehicle of the emirate´s ruler, has an**unced a $20 billion project to develop a new district in the city, signalling the emirate plans to keep growing rapidly despite the impact of low oil prices on the region.
But in an indication of some caution, officials said on Sunday the project would be built in phases in response to market demand, with ** specific deadline. They said financing arrangements had **t been finalised. The first phase of Jumeirah Central, estimated to cost 24 billion dirhams ($6.5 billion), is to include 2,800 hotel rooms and 3,000 apartments. “We are in extensive discussions with all the usual prospects” to build the district, Jumeirah Central´s chief operating ******r Morgan Parker told reporters. Jumeirah Central will be located on land that was previously earmarked for the giant Mall of the World, which was to include 8 million square feet (745,000 square metres) of shopping space connected to a theme park and 100 hotels. That project was an**unced in mid-2014, just as oil prices began falling sharply. Last week, Dubai Holding said it had decided to relocate Mall of the World, but officials declined to answer questions on Sunday about the fate of that project. Although Dubai´s eco**my is coping better than its neighbours with cheap oil, thanks to the emirate´s tourist and business services sectors. أكثر... 
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