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List of projects currently on hold
The global financial crisis has caused a slowdown in construction in the UAE, and many developers have either cancelled or put their project on hold. Proleads recently reported that more than 50% of civil project in the UAE is currently on hold, worth a combined total of $582 billion.
Meed and Zawya have assembled a list of these projects, each valued at $500 million or more, that have been put on hold or cancelled. Below you will find the list sorted by the estimated cost
- Nakheel Harbour & Tower ($38 billion) – Nakheel Corporation – On hold
- Al Salam City ($8.2bn) – Al Rajhi Group/Tameer Holding – On hold
- Asia-Asia Hotel ($3.27bn) – Tatweer – On hold
- Al Salam City (Phase 1) ($2.70bn) – Al Rajhi Group/Tameer Holding – On hold
- Dolphin City – $1.70bn – Emirates German Group – On hold
- Western Region Aluminium Smelter Power Plant ($1.5bn) -Abu Dhabi Water & Electricity Authority – On hold
- Nad El Sheba Race Course ($1.3bn) – Meydan LLC – Cancelled
- Mina Rashid Redevelopment ($1bn) – Nakheel Corporation – On hold
- Aqua Dunya (Dubailand) Phase 2 ($950 million) -Aqua Dunya – On hold
- Aqua Dunya (Dubailand) Phase1 ($950 million) – Aqua Dunya – On hold
- Investment Corp of Dubai ($817 million) – Investment Corp of Dubai – On hold
- High Rise Boulevard ($817 million) – High Rise Real Estate – On hold
- Anara – ($800 million) – Tameer Holding – On hold
- Plaza Major (Jumeirah Village) ($800 million) -Tasees, Makaseb Holding, Ishraqah – On hold
- Falcon City of Wonders (Dubailand) ($680 million)- ETA Star – Cancelled
- Atrium Project ($654 million) – Sunland Group – On hold for redesign
- Palm Deira: mixed-use building project ($600 million) – Nakheel Corporation – On hold
- Palm Trump Hotel & Tower ($600 million) -Nakheel Hotel & Resorts and The Trump Organisation – On hold
- The Vantage ($545 million) -Cirrus Developments LLC – On hold
- Light Rail & Tramway (Dubai Waterfront) ($500 million) -Nakheel Corporation – On hold
- Rotating Tower (Jebel Ali) ($500 million) – Merjen Group – On hold
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