New Four Seasons resort planned for Jumeirah Beach road

09 May 2011

New hotel will replace Jumeirah Beach Club in Dubai

Local developer Bright Start is planning to build a five-star hotel resort on Dubai’s Jumeirah Beach road.

The hotel will be operated by Four Seasons and will be built on the old Jumeirah Beach Club site.

The five-star hotel will have a total built-up area of 65,000 square metres and will include basement parking. The ground level will include valet parking area, parking facilities and operational facilities. Guest rooms will be located on the first five floors.

Dubai hotel supply
Number of rooms
201050,200
2011f51,200
2012f52,600
2013f58,300
f=Forecast. Source: Jones Lang Lasalle 

When completed, in addition to guest rooms, the hotel will contain a ballroom, spa, fitness centre, main hotel restaurant and bar and roof top bar and lounge. The hotel will also contain recreation facilities, which will include tennis courts and swimming pools. The development will also contain retail facilities and other small cafes and food and beverage outlets.

The main construction package will involve the structural and civil works, architectural and mechanical, electrical and plumbing works.

The construction work is scheduled to take two years to complete. The architect is South Africa’s DSA Architects International. The local HH Investment & Development is the development manager for the project.

The client opened the prequalification process for the main construction package in April.

In early April, an enquiry was also sent to piling contractors for foundation work on the planned development.

Plans to redevelop the area where the Beach Club is located were originally drawn up in 2006. Local hotel operator Jumeirah Hotels & Resorts selected the local Khansaheb Civil Engineering in early 2007 to redevelop the site, but the company never started work on the project.

In 2009, Jumeirah Hotels made new preparations to issue tender documents for a AED750m ($204m) redevelopment of the beach club development. The project was planned to include the construction of a two-storey hotel with a reception area, restaurants, a spa and two levels of basement parking. It was also to include a separate spa building, 131 chalets, and two restaurants, one on the seashore and one on the marina’s breakwater.

The tender was cancelled before any contractor was appointed (MEED 20:10:09).

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