The Jumeirah Beach Residence has announced the selection of contractors for six of its sectors, marking an upsurge in activity at the last remaining beachfront property in Jumeirah.
Hashim Al Dabal, chief executive officer of Estithmaar Realty, developer of the Jumeirah Beach Residence, revealed that Arab Technical Construction Co (LLC) Arabtec has been selected as the contractor for Sectors 1 and 3, while Saleh Construction has been awarded the contract for Sector 2.
Sector 4 has gone to Al Habtoor Engineering. Al Shafar General Contracting Co. LLC and Dubai Civil Engineering have been awarded the contracts for Sectors 6 and 7 respectively.
Sector 5 is still in the negotiating stage and the developer expects it to be finalised in two weeks.
"We have so far been busy with preparing the ground for the start of building the towers that will soon begin to rise off the ground.
"I am extremely pleased that the team at Jumeirah Beach Residence, has again come through with the selection of contractors for six of the sectors," said Al Dabal. The JBR team was behind the development of the Dubai Internet City and the Dubai Media City projects.
Al Dabal said that construction work on seven sectors on the vast property development is likely to start almost simultaneously and soon.
"We are onto an indeed very busy phase of development. Tens of thousands of workers are being mobilised to bring up Jumeirah's last beachfront development offering a resort lifestyle," Al Dabal said. "We are committed to completing this quality development on time and we will."
The residential, commercial, entertainment and retail development will have 40 towers including the four exclusive hotel towers. The mini-township development along the beachfront is being built at a cost of Dh5.2 billion and will cover a gross floor area of more than 22 million square feet.
The four hotels are still in design process and at the site, excavation has been completed.Commenting on the contractors, Al Dabal said all were selected through a detailed evaluation process.
The development's project manager is Mace International.
Selected contractors Sectors 1 and 3 Arab Tech-nical Construction (Arabtec) LLC Sector 2 Saleh Construction Sector 4 Al Habtoor Engineering Sector 6 Al Shafar General Contracting Co LLC Sector 7 Dubai Civil Engineering Sector 5 To be announced
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