Jumeirah Village is a new community by Nakheel near Dubai Sports City

Dubai Sports City

The Dubai Sports City is a $4 billion, mixed-use sports city currently being constructed in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The city will consist of apartment buildings as well as several sports facilities. The first structures opened in late 2007...

 in Dubai

Dubai

Dubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates . The emirate is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi...

, United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates

The United Arab Emirates, abbreviated as the UAE, or shortened to "the Emirates", is a state situated in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman, and Saudi Arabia, and sharing sea borders with Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and Iran.The UAE is a...

. Jumeirah village has two main areas, Jumeirah Village South and Jumeirah Village North. This project was launched in August 2004 and is due for completion in 2009. Upon completion it will house 2000 villas.

Project Overview

Jumeirah Village covers 811 hectares? It is a mixed-use development

Mixed-use development

Mixed-use development is the use of a building, set of buildings, or neighborhood for more than one purpose. Since the 1920s, zoning in some countries has required uses to be separated. However, when jobs, housing, and commercial activities are located close together, a community's transportation...

, which, when complete, will consist of residential and business

Business

A business is an organization engaged in the trade of goods, services, or both to consumers. Businesses are predominant in capitalist economies, where most of them are privately owned and administered to earn profit to increase the wealth of their owners. Businesses may also be not-for-profit...

 units, retail

Retail

Retail consists of the sale of physical goods or merchandise from a fixed location, such as a department store, boutique or kiosk, or by mail, in small or individual lots for direct consumption by the purchaser. Retailing may include subordinated services, such as delivery. Purchasers may be...

 outlets, international schools, hospitals, shopping malls, connected parks and boulevards

Boulevards

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, sports fields, mosques, cafes and restaurants. The whole project will cost approximately AED 2.4 billion! Upon completion it will incorporate commercial and retail spaces, and residential apartments. Jumeirah village will be connected with Dubai Metro

Dubai Metro

The Dubai Metro is a driverless, fully automated metro network in the United Arab Emirates city of Dubai. The Red Line and Green Line are operational, with three further lines are planned. These first two lines run underground in the city centre and on elevated viaducts elsewhere...

through Al Khail road.

Recent developments

Construction of Jumeirah Village is currently taking place, and 8196 units are expected to be completed by the end of 2015, with the remaining units expected to be completed within next 15 years.