Out of the box

Artificial beaches are changing the features of real estate development

Ismail Al Hammadi

November 09 2021

The obsession with waterfront real estate in Dubai did not stop at the natural beaches that we all know, but rather went beyond finding artificial beaches within the residential complexes, which everyone thinks are real sea beaches.

This experience was the qualitative leap that the local real estate sector witnessed in the field of innovation in residential projects with the aim of expanding the water spaces and beaches in the emirate and expanding the real estate market for waterfronts, which witnessed and is still witnessing a great demand for it and played a role in stimulating the activity of the local real estate sales market.

Dubai was not the first in the world to adopt artificial beaches technology in its real estate projects, but was preceded by other global cities, but the city of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid - the first district, was one of the first real estate projects witnessed by the real estate sector with sandy beaches and artificial sea waves far from the coast of the emirate, as it includes The city has one of the largest crystalline artificial lakes in the region with a length of seven kilometers surrounded by 17 kilometers of sandy beaches.

This project, which includes 900 palaces, luxury villas and 30 residential buildings, was one of the first projects that simulates a luxurious lifestyle associated with housing near the sea beaches, as an added advantage to the quality of residential projects that are unique to Dubai in the region.

In light of this experience, many developers have reproduced similar experiences on other sites in the emirate, as their real estate projects added a kind of momentum to the sector, and added an aesthetic impression on the scene of the Dubai map, and it is enough to open the map on the Google search engine and enjoy that scene.

Dubai's position as a destination for luxury real estate and the oversupply in general has forced some developers to break out of the norm to become more competitive in the market, creating real estate products with more advanced and innovative amenities.

This was embodied in the crystal lagoons and artificial beaches that added a distinctive value to residential projects and the luxury real estate market in Dubai by providing an ideal lifestyle for beaches away from the sea, and contributing to raising the investment returns of those properties overlooking them.

Such projects, which have greatly changed the features of modern real estate development, represent an added value to the real estate market and to its developers as well.

The success of the first, second and third experiments paves the way for new, more successful, innovative and distinguished experiences in the future, achieves sustainable demand in the sector, and makes the local market one of the largest real estate markets in terms of beach properties that achieved a record number of sales during the recent period, in addition to considering it an extension of the length of the coastal strip. that Dubai boasts.

"A quantum leap witnessed by the local real estate sector in the field of innovation in housing projects with the aim of expanding the water area."