Game, set and match

ACI Real Estate has launched its latest project in Business Bay, the Boris Becker Business Tower. The tower offers 19 stories with gross commercial space of 452,000 square feet. The tower completes ACI’s Trilogy project, which include the Niki Lauda Twin Towers and the Michael Schumacher Business Avenue.

Time for tee

Tiger Woods has officially unveiled the master plan of Tatweer's exclusive golf community – The Tiger Woods Dubai (TWD).

Al Ruwaya, the first golf course designed by Tiger Woods will cover over 13 million square feet. The course will also include a golf academy, a 145,000 square foot clubhouse and a spa. The residential plots will be developed to create 22 palaces, 75 mansions and 100 signature villas. The palaces will each cover 100,000 square feet, while each mansion will have 50,000 square feet and a villa will have 30,000 square feet.

Tiger Woods said: “To be a part of this has been a lifelong dream of mine. I want this to be an oasis, an escape from the city. As everyone knows, Dubai has grown quite a bit and this will be a place to get away from the hustle and bustle of the city.”

Scheduled for completion in 2009, the project is located within Dubailand.

Village of culture

Dubai Properties has announced that the Culture Village project has crossed key development milestones, including the completion of 90 per cent of the infrastructure works.

Dubai Properties recently premiered Culture Village’s residential component at Harrods in London to an excellent reception from investors.  

Canal works within the 40 million square foot Culture Village site, situated next to the Garhoud Bridge along the Dubai Creek, are 95 per cent complete. While the residential, commercial and retail districts within the project are being developed simultaneously. One of the most distinct developments on site will be the Palazzo Versace Dubai, a project by Gianni Versace Spa and Sunland Group Ltd, which is also 25 per cent complete.

Hashim Al Dabal, Executive Chairman, Dubai Properties Group, said: “Culture Village is an important element of Dubai Properties’ total portfolio. It gives me great pride to witness the steady realisation of a dream that began when Dubai's leadership envisioned a project that would strengthen our city's art and cultural offerings.”