Dubai Industrial City launches $204m Phase 2

Dubai Industrial City has launched Phase 2 of its warehouse, showroom development.

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Dubai Industrial City has launched the second phase of its warehouse and showroom development, built at a total cost of $204.21m.

Phase 2 comprises 325,000m² of warehouses and retail showrooms equipped with back storage, featuring units measuring 460m² and 930m². These new facilities double the present size of the current storage facilities.

Along with an additional 280,000m² of open storage yards equipped with tarmac and 24/7 security, this brings the total amount of current storage at the light to medium industrial destination to ten million square feet – the largest-of-its-kind under one area in the UAE.

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Dubai Industrial City now features a total of 627 eight-metre-high warehouses, and 122 retail showrooms with amenities for temperature-controlled and chemical storage, workshops for light industrial activities and machinery operation, in addition to warehouses for general use.

Abdulla Belhoul, MD, Dubai Industrial City, said: "There is an increasing demand for quality and specialised storage facilities in the market, with a heightened emphasis on health and safety.

"The launch of the second phase will further consolidate Dubai’s position as the current logistics hub in the UAE and the Middle East.

"It will also spur growth in the nation’s industrial sector, which has grown by about 11% in 2011, making it the second-largest contributor to the UAE’s economy after the hydrocarbon sector," said Belhoul.