Jumeirah Garden City

The master plan of Jumeirah Garden City refers to the re-development of a 9000000sqm land area, conceptualized to be a part of the 2015 strategic plan for Dubai. The development consists of 12 districts with an envision built up area of. The Jumeirah Garden City aims to cater to a population of 50,000 to 60,000 residents. The project will cost approximately Dh350 billion (approx. $95bn). The announcement of the project coincided with the global financial crisis, and the construction of the project was put on hold due to global financial crisis.DevelopmentJumeirah garden city will be built over a period of 12 years, across an area north of Sheikh Zayed Road between Diyafa Street and Safa Park. Meraas Development has commissioned architect Adrian Smith of Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture to design four new projects as part of the Jumeirah Garden master plan. Contrary to most Dubai urbanization, this one will be erected on built-up ground, Al Satwa is a lively quarter of about 100.000 people. In the next years, the mainly poor and lower middle class inhabitants have to leave their houses, shops, workshops and apartments for demolition. They may get a financial compensation, but many of them are not able to pay the higher house prices or rent in Jumeirah garden city. It is a case of top-down gentrification by pure capital interests: Al Satwa's area is - adjacent to Financial District, Burj Khalifa and Business Bay - a pearl.