Dubai Industrial City is the dedicated industrial city in Dubai

Dubai

Dubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates . The emirate is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi...

, covering an area of 560 million Sq ft. It will be city

City

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 within a city. When completed the development will include food and beverage zones, base-metal and transportation zones, warehouses and an extensive conservation area. These areas are further complemented with logistics

Logistics

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, educational and mixed use developments. It will be located near Jebel Ali International Airport along Emirates Road. The city is expected to accommodate around 500,000 people when it is completed by 2015.

Dubai Industrial city upon completion will encompass 6 zones:

• Zone 1 Food and Beverage
• Zone 2 Transport Equipment and Parts
• Zone 3 Machinery and Equipment
• Zone 4 Mineral Products
• Zone 5 Base Metal
• Zone 6 Chemicals

Recent developments

As of March 2009 the construction of Dubai industrial city's warehouses has been completed, and the whole project is expected to be completed by 2015.