The Fujairah City Centre and the Colourful Fujairah Flavour

Update, 21/9/11

The new walls around the site of what will become the Fujairah City Centre must be the brightest and most colourful of any construction site in Fujairah.

In view of the blandness and sameness that afflicts too many malls around the world one hopes that the forthcoming Fujairah City Centre will be colourful, distinctive and expressive of the unique local flavour on the UAE’s East Coast.

Facts about the Fujairah City Centre

• Work commenced on the Fujairah City Centre on 5 April 2011.
• Completion date set for 2012.
• The Fujairah Crown Prince and the CEO of Majid Al Futtaim laid the foundation stone.
• The cost of the project: 400m AED.
• Facilities will include: cinema, cafes, restaurants, 100 specialty stores including Carrefour, Magic Planet and Home Centre.
• Expected to be the first retail development in Fujairah to achieve a LEED gold rating for green building design.
• The FCC will create more than 1200 jobs.
• Developers: Majid Al Futtaim (MAF)-see this link for notes on the Fujairah Project.
• It is the sixth mall in the UAE carrying the Majid Al Futtaim Properties name and standards.
• Partnership: The FCC is being developed by MAF in partnership with the government owned Fujairah Investment Establishments.
• Project Manager: MACE.

Locate it on Google Maps

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Related

The Malling of Fujairah, FIF, 3 May 2011.

Fujairah Commercial Complex Rising Rapidly, FIF, 29 April 2011.

Crown Prince of Fujairah Opens New UAE Project, MACE, 3 May 2011.

Building Boom at Fujairah’s Gateway, FIF, 6 March 2011.

Geoff Pound

This article is also posted in the Fujairah in Focus—Facebook Page.

Image: The new coloured fences around the Fujairah City Centre Construction site; His Highness, Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad Al Sharqi participates in the ground-breaking ceremony of the Fujairah City Centre on 5 April 2011. (Photo courtesy of MACE)