Mohammed Bin Rashid City, also known as MBR City, is a planned

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In November 2012, the

Ruler of Dubai The ruler of Dubai () is the position of the hereditary monarch and head of government of the Emirate of Dubai. The Ruler is also considered the head of the House of Maktoum, the royal family of Dubai and one of the six ruling families of the ...

Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum (; born 15 July 1949) is an Emirati politician and royal who is the current ruler of Dubai, and serves as the Vice President of the United Arab Emirates, vice president and Prime Minister of the United Arab ...

, announced the establishment of what he termed a new "city" within Dubai. The complex was to contain four components: * Family tourism, including a park established in collaboration with

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, with an annual capacity of 35 million visitors and more than 100 hotel facilities, the largest family leisure and entertainment complex in the

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, and

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n subcontinent; * Retail, featuring the largest mall in the world, the

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, with 750,000 m². of air-conditioned space; * Arts, including the largest area for art galleries in the

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region; and * Entrepreneurship and innovation. The drawings showed the allocated land for the development to be bordered by Emirates Road, Al Khail Road and

Sheikh Zayed Road E 11 () is a highway in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The longest road in the Emirates, it stretches from the Al Batha border crossing at the Saudi Arabia–United Arab Emirates border, Saudi Arabia–UAE border in Sila, Abu Dhabi, al-Silah in th ...

. The complex would also include Mohammad bin Rashid Gardens and the

Downtown Dubai Downtown Dubai or The Dubai Downtown is a large-scale, mixed-use complex in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It was developed by the Emaar Properties, Emaar real estate development company. Before 2000, this area was called ''Umm Al Tarif''. It is h ...

Burj Khalifa The Burj Khalifa (known as the Burj Dubai prior to its inauguration) is a megatall skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. With a total height of 829.8 m (2,722 ft, or just over half a mile) and a roof height (excluding the antenna, but inc ...

, and

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developments. In 2013, Meydan and Sobha began development of District One, a low-density luxury residential estate within MBR City, as the first phase of development. Crystal Lagoons also began construction of a 40-hectare lagoon, the world's largest man-made lagoon. In 2016, it was announced that the

would be relocated away from the city to the Al Suhouf district of Dubai, opposite the

Mall of the Emirates Mall of the Emirates () is a shopping mall in Dubai. Developed and owned by Majid Al Futtaim Group, it opened in November 2005 and is located at interchange four on Sheikh Zayed Road. The multi-level shopping mall currently features more than 630 ...

. In 2019, a 7-bedroom villa in District One was sold for AED 90 million (US$24.5 million), making it the most expensive real estate property sold in Dubai.

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