The Palm Deira

The Palm Deira is the largest of the three Palm Islands (Palm Jumeirah, Palm Jebel Ali and Palm Deira) the size of The Palm, Deira is larger than Manhattan Island and Paris, roughly comparable to the area of Greater London. Located close to historic landmarks and trading ports of Deira Corniche, The Palm, Deira will be a revolutionary addition to the Dubai's booming freehold property development market.

The Palm Deira Island was not initially intended to be developed, but on October 2004, the announcement of its development was issued. The Palm Deira will cover 14 kilometers (8.7 miles) in length and 8.5 kilometers (5.3 miles) in width and have an area of 80 square kilometers (861 million square feet).

The unique man-made palm-shaped island will consist of a trunk, a crown with 41 fronds, and a surrounding crescent island that will form a water-breaker. It will measure 14.3 kilometers in length from base of the trunk to the tip of the crescent, and will be 8.5 kilometers in width. The fronds are of varying lengths with 150-400 meters of sea between each frond. The crescent, which will run for 21 kilometers, acts as a breakwater and is expected to be the largest in the world. 1 billion cubic meters of rock and sand will be quarried in the UAE to build the land mass of the island. An additional 400 kilometers of coast loan will be added to the existing Dubai shoreline.

It will consist of residential property, marinas, shopping malls, sports facilities, and clubs. The residential area will be located on the fronds and will contain 8,000 two-storey town houses in three distinct styles - Premier Villas, Grand Villas and Vista Town Homes. Palm Deira will be a leisure, residential and tourist development, featuring world class hotels, shopping malls, sports facilities, various marinas and restaurants.

The location is just off the coast of Deira, 1.6 kilometers from the Sharjah border and 4 kilometers from international waters from the tip of the crescent. It is also located 8 kilometers from The World and will add 400 kilometers to Dubai's shoreline. The surrounding area is home to Dubai's key heritage sites and is close to downtown Deira.