Dubai's Nakheel adds 252-room hotel to its Al Khail Avenue project

DUBAI, 10th August, 2016 (WAM) – Dubai's master developer Nakheel yesterday announced that it has awarded an AED1.5 billion construction contract for its Al Khail Avenue mall, and said it plans to add a 252-room hotel to the retail hub. The contract to build the billion retail, dining and entertainment complex in Dubai’s Jumeirah Village district was awarded to the UAE-based Dhabi Contracting LLC, Nakheel said in a statement. Construction is set to begin in early October, following the completion of earthworks at the site – which sits alongside Dubai’s Al Khail Road on the edge of the Jumeirah Village Triangle (JVT) community – in June. The Al Khail Avenue mall is expected to have 350 shops, restaurants and entertainment outlets. Scheduled for completion in the first quarter of 2019, the 2 million sq. ft. mall has more than 1.2 million sq. ft. of leasable space, of which around 70 per cent is booked. Nakheel said it plans to build a connected 18-storey hotel, which will feature an all-day restaurant, coffee shop, outdoor terrace, pool deck gymnasium and car park. - Emirates News Agency, WAM - http://www.wam.ae/en/news/economics/1395298659922.html