Al Futtaim Carillion has won the first stage construction contract for the Dubai Festival City’s (DFC) multi-billion dollar waterfront centre.

The deal, worth Dh1.2 billion ($326.7 million), is the first major building contract for the Creekside retail, hospitality and entertainment facility.
The initial waterfront phase of DFC, with a capital value in excess of Dh3 billion, comprises a number of components.
They include retail and marine facilities, an interconnected value retail offering, the new high-rise five-star InterContinental Hotel, a soon-to-be announced four-star hotel and a high-rise office complex.
The combined total built-up area of the facilities in this initial DFC component, exceeds six million sq ft with additional provision for covered parking that will accommodate 8,000 cars.
“The crescent-shaped building – designed to curve around the man-made marina – rises out from the ground as a fan, opening alongside the creek.
The 1.8 million sq ft retail centre will be the focal point of DFC’s various lifestyle destinations and will house in excess of 400 retail outlets, cafes and restaurants.
The centre will be home to approximately 20 international flagship retailers, leading into a three-level, enclosed retail environment, which will be complemented by restaurants, cafes and entertainment venues.
In addition, groundbreaking and foundation works have begun on the strikingly designed clubhouse at the Al Badia Golf Resort, part of the DFC ‘city-within-a-city’ development on the banks of Dubai Creek.
Designed by Wimberley Allison, Tong & Goo (WATG), the clubhouse is wrapped in a spiral form with golden roofs, stone and blue glass culminating in a central atrium with an interior oasis. The lower roofs sweeping around the terrace and the surrounding palm trees providing shade perfectly complement the Al Badia theme – ‘Land Of The Bedouins’.
Meanwhile, DFC in co-operation with Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) has successfully energised the first of the development’s main power sub-stations. The Dh37 million sub-station is generating 110 MW of power for the first phase of the development.