The Palm Jumeirah welcomes first residents
By Paul Johnson on Aug 08, 2006 in Accommodation, Middle East, Real Estate, Regions, Resorts, United Arab Emirates
The first of Dubai’s long-awaited, three palm-shaped islands is finally about to get its first residents. The Palm Jumeirah, a 12-square-mile island group, is part of what’s billed as the largest land-reclamation project in the world, and is the culmination of five years of brute hauling of millions of tons of Persian Gulf sand and quarried rock.
