White Bay villa tender to be awarded next month

Emirates Sunland Group (ESG), project managers for White Bay, a seaside community on the Umm Al Quwain coastline, has announced that a contract for developing villas will be awarded within the next month.

Construction of the villas will commence immediately after the contracts have been awarded, ESG added. Construction work at White Bay is already well under way with the site now completely surveyed. The first island and retainment walls have also started being built.

White Bay, a $3 billion (Dh11bn) project under development by Al Murjan Real Estate, is a master-planned residential community built around two islands.

Costas Alexandrou, Project Manager, said: "Umm Al Quwain is naturally beautiful, with White Bay offering residents luxury resort-style living with a community feel at an attractive price. The fact that White Bay is a only a 45 minute drive from central Dubai makes the development more appealing. Residents will have access to one of the most natural environments on the Arabian Gulf, while still being within range of the UAE's main business hub. A number of purchasers have already decided they will live in White Bay and commute to Dubai, while others have bought their property to use as a 'weekend retreat'."

The White Bay community will be built around a central marina, with the town centre facing the waterfront and flanked by two hotels offering views over the water and gardens. The community's waterfront villas will have direct access to the beach and overlook the canal leading to the marina, while the garden villas will overlook the public gardens and parks. Mid-rise apartments and townhouses will be set amongst the gardens.

Emirates Sunland Group is a joint venture between UAE-based Emirates Investments Group and Australia-based Sunland Group, which is developing several other projects in Dubai, including the world's second Palazzo Versace Hotel and D1 Tower, an 80-storey residential tower, both at Dubai Creek.