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Zawya
02-07-2025
- Business
- Zawya
Jubail Island celebrates Spinneys grand opening,
Abu Dhabi, UAE – Jubail Island Investment Company (JIIC) announced the grand opening of a new Spinneys supermarket at Souk Al Jubail, the vibrant central hub of Jubail Island. The ribbon-cutting ceremony, held earlier, was attended by Mr. Ali S Mr. Ali Saeed Juma Al Bwardy, Chairman of Spinneys, Engineer Abdulla Al Shamsi, General Manager of JIIC, and Mr. Sunil Kumar, Chief Executive Officer of Spinneys. The opening marks a significant milestone in the island's ongoing development, enhancing convenience and delivering a premium retail experience to residents and visitors alike. Engineer Abdulla Al Shamsi commented, 'Spinneys' arrival marks a pivotal moment for Jubail Island, elevating our retail offering with a brand synonymous with excellence in the UAE. Their unwavering commitment to sustainability, premium quality, and community-focused retail mirrors our own vision for a holistic, future-ready lifestyle. Together, we are not just opening a supermarket—we are creating a destination that enriches daily life for residents and sets a new benchmark for integrated living in Abu Dhabi.' The new 1,000 square-metre standalone Spinneys store, located at the main entrance of Jubail Island, features dedicated parking and is easily accessible via the Jubail Island bridge (Exit 17) on Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Highway (E12). It will serve the island's growing community, as well as office workers and visitors. Mr. Sunil Kumar, CEO of Spinneys, said: 'The opening of our new store on Jubail Island marks another exciting step in our journey to bring Spinneys' fresh food promise to more communities across the UAE. We're delighted to be part of one of Abu Dhabi's most exciting new communities and look forward to welcoming customers to enjoy our fresh, premium grocery experience.' The opening of Spinneys is part of a broader vision to create a fully integrated lifestyle destination on Jubail Island, where lush landscapes and thoughtfully designed community amenities blend seamlessly. Residents can enjoy everything from parks and sports facilities to retail and dining options, all within a walkable, interconnected environment. Following Spinneys' debut, Jubail Town Centre, the island's vibrant commercial hub, will welcome a series of new openings, further enriching daily life. Here, 8,000 square metres of retail space and 18,000 square metres of offices will sit alongside premium food and beverage pavilions, wellness spaces, and a curated mix of cafés and restaurants. Every convenience is designed to be just steps away, reinforcing Jubail Island's position as one of the UAE capital's most sought-after addresses. Spinneys is a leading premium supermarket chain, working with growers worldwide to bring the finest produce to its stores and serving over 100,000 customers daily. It operates more than 65 branches across the UAE, and the Jubail Island supermarket will be the 12th store in Abu Dhabi. Owned by JIIC and developed and managed by LEAD Real Estate Developer, Jubail Island comprises six residential villages nestled among the breathtaking natural beauty and rich biodiversity of the mangroves. The low-density, low-impact landmark community offers residents convenience and amenity, seamlessly blending sustainable living, luxury, and wellness in an iconic new addition to Abu Dhabi's real estate landscape. For more information, please contact +971 2 448 0011 or email info@ About Jubail Island The Jubail Island development will be an idyllic collection of villages located between Yas Island and Saadiyat Island and will become Abu Dhabi's leading sanctuary designed to appeal to wellness and nature enthusiasts, positioned amid the rich biodiversity of the mangroves. The luxury project will offer wholesome F&B outlets and a wide range of amenities, including a beach club, a business centre, a school, a supermarket, a nursery, a specialised clinic, sports facilities, community centres, and other commercial establishments. For more information, please visit Keep up to date with the latest updates @jubailisland: Instagram Facebook
The National
06-06-2025
- Business
- The National
Abu Dhabi's Fahid Island plans give us another peek at the city's extraordinary future
Developer Aldar Properties this week announced its plans for Fahid Island, the sliver of land that sits between Abu Dhabi's Yas and Jubail islands and connects via the road-and-bridge network with Saadiyat. By doing so, we now have a more complete picture of the plan for this quartet of isles that cluster from the mainland near Zayed International Airport to the top of Abu Dhabi city and the Mina Zayed district – and a better sense of the city's present and its prospective future. The developer said at the launch of its Fahid master plan that it will deliver a range of luxury apartments, townhouses and villas to the island, as well as a range of other amenities. Aldar described the project as being designed to draw people from around the city to use its leisure facilities and it was expecting international interest in the scheme. Next door, development of Jubail Island carries on at pace as regular users of the Saadiyat highway will testify. JIIC, the investment company at the heart of the island's development, has previously said the project will combine six residential village estates. Jubail will also be home to a branch of Gordonstoun school, via a licensing agreement that will use the storied Scottish institution's expertise and curriculum. The plan also allows for the majority of the island to remain as a salt marsh and mangrove sanctuary. The natural beauty of Jubail's Mangrove Walking Park is already a fixture of the city's ever-expanding visitor experience. With each passing year, both Saadiyat and Yas, which bookend Jubail and Fahid, become more impressive environments. On Saadiyat, the multi-sensory experience that is TeamLab Phenomena opened in the cultural district earlier this spring. Guggenheim Abu Dhabi and Zayed National Museum are rapidly moving from architectural dream to built reality. So too the Natural History Museum, which promises to be a time capsule that takes visitors back to millions of years ago. Louvre Abu Dhabi has been a much-loved fixture of Saadiyat since it opened in late 2017. Banks of housing stock are fast emerging from the ground, which also hosts prominent education establishments, restaurants, hotels and a long ribbon of luxury housing at its far boundary, known as Hidd. With each passing year, both Saadiyat and Yas, which bookend Jubail and Fahid, become more impressive environments Yas, the buffer before the mainland, rightly stakes its claim as a world-class entertainment destination with its concert arena, F1 track, multiple theme parks - Warner Bros, Yas Waterworld, Ferrari World and Seaworld - as well as hotels, offices, several hues of residential stock and a full suite of leisure pursuits. The latest announcement, delivered last month, is arguably the biggest headliner of them all: the arrival of Disneyland within a decade. Experts say the Disney effect is already in motion, with the announcement instantly creating more interest in the residential property market in the city. That may provide mixed news for those seeking to move to the island, with prices likely to increase, but the overall impact of Disney's arrival is largely positive. Certainly, its presence will also accelerate growth in some sectors of the job market, too. If the Disney effect is at work at one end of that chain of islands, the Bilbao or Guggenheim effect has also been long talked about at the other end, in the context of the cultural district. The introduction of the Guggenheim to the Spanish port city, now almost 30 years ago, helped kickstart economic development and urban regeneration. Its impact will be felt differently in Abu Dhabi, however, sitting as it will do within Saadiyat's constellation of cultural stars, but there is also little doubt the Guggenheim will have an effect in Abu Dhabi, too. It is easy to forget now that Saadiyat and Yas were only connected to the city in 2009, with the opening of the Sheikh Khalifa Bridge and associated motorway that linked these islands with the mainland and the city and the complete offering we see now. The opening of that infrastructure was the moment that the exquisitely detailed scale models of what the future might look like began their journey towards the present. Around the same late aughts period, famed architect and urbanist Rem Koolhaas remarked 'the Gulf is not just reconfiguring itself, it's reconfiguring the world', in reference not just to the plans that were emerging across in the region. Perhaps people also took it to mean that the spectacular was possible in a way that had once been impossible, such as the world's tallest building opening in Dubai in 2009. It also used to be traditional to frame pieces about Abu Dhabi internationally with the idea of something extraordinary happening in the desert environment. With hindsight, those portrayals only told a fragment of the whole story, being overly focused on the possibility of structures emerging from barren ground rather than what was supporting that development in the first place. What they missed were the intangible assets of the city and the country, such as the safety of society – UAE cities are consistently ranked the safest in the world – and the certainty and confidence that means those visions were always destined to become reality. As much as the renderings and sketches are there to entice – in Fahid today, just as they were for yesteryear Saadiyat – it is that certainty about today that makes the possibility of tomorrow so exciting.
Trade Arabia
17-02-2025
- Business
- Trade Arabia
JIIC, LEAD achieve key safety milestone at Jubail Island
UAE-based Jubail Island Investment Company (JIIC) and LEAD Development have achieved a major safety milestone at its landmark community in Abu Dhabi - Jubail Island - clocking 12 million man-hours without a Lost Time Injury (LTI). This remarkable achievement was accomplished exclusively for infrastructure works, including bridges, in collaboration with Gulf Contractors Company (GCC). Owned by JIIC and developed and managed by LEAD Real Estate Developer, Jubail Island comprises six residential villages nestled among the breathtaking natural beauty and rich biodiversity of the mangroves. The low-density, low-impact landmark community offers residents every convenience and amenity, seamlessly blending sustainable living, luxury, and wellness in an iconic new addition to Abu Dhabi's real estate landscape, said the developer. To celebrate the feat, the Abu Dhabi City Municipality recently hosted a special ceremony where an awards was presented to Engineer Abdulla Saeed Al Shamsi, the General Manager of JIIC. At the ceremony, the municipality officials recognised both the Jubail Island and LEAD Development team for achieving an outstanding health and safety milestone. "We are grateful to Abu Dhabi City Municipality for this significant award," said Eng. Al Shamsi. "This recognition underscores the successful collaboration between our team, our partners at GCC, and all stakeholders. Prioritising the safety and well-being of our workforce is paramount," he stated.
