- Property name: Great Britain on the World, on the island of Britain, a mixed use British architecture themed resort with residential, hotel, and commercial property.
- Development: The World by Nakheel
- Location: Off the Jumeirah Coast
- Emirate: Dubai
- Completion date of construction (expected or actual):
- Completion date of construction (scheduled): Tentatively 2014-2015 based on press comment on 18 January 2009 "this will be a long-term project taking four to five years"
- Start date of construction: expected to be 2010
- Project value:
- Area (size): 11 acres (island area)
- Number of units:
- Developer: SafMus Holdings (and owner of island)
- Consultants:
- Architect / Designer: BA Architects
- Project manager:
- Construction firm:
- Escrow account details:
- Main/exclusive sales agent:
- Apartment types (studio, # bedrooms):
- Number of floors:
- Villa types:
- Foreign / Expat Ownership:
- Residence visa included for expats:
- Payment Plan:
- Mortgage finance from:
- Unit sizes (excluding/including balcony):
- Unit prices (Original Price / OP & date):
- January 2009:
- OP per square foot / date:
- January 2009 price per square foot:
- Transfer charges on resale:
- Telephone: +971-4-3999090 (Premier Real Estate Bureau), office is on Level 1, Al Fattan Marine Tower 2, Dubai Marina.
- Website:www.prebdubai.com (maybe)
- SafMus Holdings also owns Moscow island on The World
- Safi Qurashi and Mustafa Nagri are partners in the project
- Mr Qurashi and Mr Mustafa are owners of Premier Real Estate Bureau LLC (PREB?), a Dubai based property agent since 2005, "beachfront specialists" according to their website
- The PREB website says "Premier Real Estate LLC and SafMus Holdings Ltd are proud to announce that they are the owners and developers of Moscow and Great Britain on The World Islands, the unique man-made archipelago off the coast of Dubai."
- Mr Qurashi used to live in Balham in London
- Unknown if the island will have a typical British Pub
- Trying to register on the PREB website returns an error. Hopefully they'll choose a property construction company that's a bit more reliable than their website construction firm
Limited information based on reports in Arabian Business and The National (an Abu Dhabi newspaper), and the Premier REB website 18 January 2009. Previously there was a report that Nakheel had sold the island of Britain / United Kingdom (UK) to an undisclosed buyer. Unknown if SafMus was the undisclosed buyer, or if the island was resold. There were also previous rumours that Richard Branson (denied) or Rod Stewart (unconfirmed) had bought the Great Britain island.
Update: The National report that was online doesn't seem to be available anymore (18 January 2009) "[i]The article requested can not be found!" (thenational.ae/article/20090118/NATIONAL/58423476/1040)[/i]
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