Lulu Island

Lulu Island, the 500 hectare island is co-owned by Sorouh Real Estate and Mubadala Development, a strategic investment company owned by the Abu Dhabi Government.

The National, reported in December 2011,

The master plan for the island, revealed last year, calls for a “low-density, low-rise, mixed-use development” featuring 15 neighbourhoods.

More than 40 per cent of the island is planned as open space and more than 70 per cent of the shoreline is to be open to the public.

Up to 33,000 people are expected to live on Lulu. About 80 per cent of development is expected to be residential, with amenities including schools, mosques, police stations and shops.