Al Furjan in translation means a collection of houses or a small village. The first phase of the project which was launched in September 2007 sold out in its first week of launch. Once finished, Al Furjan will boast more than 4,000 homes within 560 hectares, sheltering, employing and entertaining some 90,000 people every day.
The project is designed to be made up of four villages facing East, South, West and North.
Developed by Nakheel, one of the world’s largest privately held property developers, the project is planned in two phases.
Phase one will be comprised of the South and East villages, while phase two will be facing North and West. Al Furjan’s latest launch was an outstanding success middle last month when the release (which included the architectural styles of Dubai, Quortaj and the newly released Al Hejaz) sold 800 terraced houses and villas within days.
February 2007
It seems to me, the Dubai city planners may have watched the Kevin Costner movie, “Field of Dreams,” one too many times. But they weren’t far wrong. They did build it and they did come. In fact, they are still coming and the planned developments over the next few years should bring even more. I found some interesting photos of Dubai which show the development over the last few years. The first one is taken in 1989 and the second in 2005. Spot the difference? There has been quite a stunning amount of development in Dubai, and these two photograph, seen together, graphically demonstrate that fact. The next few are some projections of future developments. It’s hard to see an end in sight, with the ‘Palm Islands” and “World Archipelago” developments pushing the boundaries even further.
Football legend, Sir Bobby Charlton, one of the most well-known figures in English and World football was in Dubai today, to officially launch the third season of Manchester United Soccer Schools as part of the Dubai Sports City project.
