Business Bay


Business Bay is a central business district under construction in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The project features numerous skyscrapers located in an area where Dubai Creek has been dredged and extended. Business Bay will have upwards of 240 buildings, comprising commercial and residential developments. The infrastructure of Business Bay has been completed in 2008, and the entire development is expected to be completed between 2012-2015.
Business Bay is part of the vision of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashed Al Maktoum, UAE Vice President, Prime Minister, Minister of Defence, and Ruler of Dubai. Business Bay will be a new 'city' within the city of Dubai and is being built as a commercial, residential and business cluster along a new extension of Dubai Creek extending from Ras Al Khor to Sheikh Zayed Road. Covering an area of, once completed it will be composed of office and residential towers set in landscaped gardens with a network of roads, pathways and canals. It will become the region's business capital as well as a freehold city.

Development

The entire development covers an area of, and the gross leasable area is. The projected population of the entire development is more than 191,000, and the estimated population of employers and others is 110,000, making the total population more than 300,000. Commercial development will comprise, which is 18.5 percent of the entire development; mixed use development will comprise 8,520,368 sq ft ; and residential development will cover . Business Bay will cost AED 110 billion.

Bay Square

Bay Square is a mixed-use community within Business Bay. The entire development will be a pedestrian-only zone, and will include walkways over canals. It will cover over and will be located away from Sheikh Zayed Road within Business Bay. When completed it will comprise canals, sidewalks, restaurants, cafes and retail stores.
It will have of office space; Bay Square will host numerous small and medium-sized enterprises. When Bay Square completes there will be approximately 575 offices with an average size of. Bay Square was expected to be completed in 2010. It will comprise the following buildings:
The Executive Towers at Business Bay consist of 12 towers, which includes residential, commercial and office towers. These are the first buildings to be completed in Business Bay and are located near its entrance. A three-storey podium connects all the towers in addition to the nearby Vision Tower, which is going to be connected by a special passage.

Bay Avenue

Bay Avenue is an arena of two levels of indoor and outdoor retail space. It will have cafes, restaurants, boutiques, showrooms, plazas, children's play areas and sporting facilities. However, nearly two years after completion, the first couple of shops are only nearing completion.

Dubai Creek Extension

Dubai Creek Extension is a part of the Business Bay development. The plan involves the expansion of the current long Dubai Creek to. Dubai Creek will be extended from its original place to Business Bay to the Persian Gulf through Safa Park and Jumeirah. The project will be carried out in three phases. Completion was scheduled for 2007, but is now expected by the end of 2010. Some 10 kilometres of the total 12.2 kilometres of the Dubai Creek extension work has already been completed in Business Bay.

Transportation

Business bay is connected to Red Line of Dubai Metro with Burj Khalifa and Dubai Mall station and Business Bay Station, which opened on 25 April 2010, together with most of the remaining stations of Dubai Metro's Red Line.

Planned Buildings

There will be over 230 towers in the Business Bay district. This list has 32 projects, covering 44 individual towers.

List of Completed Buildings

RankNameHeight
m 		FloorsYearNotes
1JW Marriott Marquis Dubai Tower 1 355 772012Tallest hotel in the world.
2JW Marriott Marquis Dubai Tower 2 355 772012
3Ubora Tower 1263 582011
4Vision Tower260 602008
5Churchill Residency235 612010
6The Bay Gate*221 532012Under construction – building topped out in 2008
7Trident Grand Residence220 452009
8Executive Tower M208 522009
9The Citadel201 482008
10Horizon Tower190 452006
11Platinum Tower190 442012
12Executive Tower B188 472008
13Lake Terrace187 402008
14Sidra Tower187 452009
15City Premiere Hotel Apartments186 452011
16Bay Central 2*180 502012Under construction – building was topped out in 2012
17Mazaya Business Avenue 1180 502011
18Mazaya Business Avenue 2180 502011
19Bay Central 2180 402012Under construction - building was topped out in 2011.
20Mazaya Business Avenue 3180 502011
21Al Manara163 352011
* indicates building is still under construction, but has been topped out

Other low-rise buildings