A series of super luxury floating private island villas are set to be developed on Dubai’s World Islands project, as part of the Australasia continent, developer Oqyana Real Estate announced on Saturday. Oqyana signed a deal with floating island expert Dutch Docklands to create an archipelago of 20 private man-made islands built in the shape to form the continent of Australiasia at its long-delayed scheme. Each of these personalisec private islands will house just one luxury villa and each with its own private beach.
“Having your own private island close by a world class city will be a unique opportunity for a very selective group of people that only want the best. This new development will diversify the already impressive Dubai real estate market to a new level of luxury,” said Paul van de Camp, CEO of Dutch Docklands.
Developed by Nakheel, The World Islands, located just off the coast of Dubai, comprises 300 man-made islands, and adds over 232 kilometres of new beachfront to Dubai’s coastline. Up to 70 per cent of the islands were sold when the project was originally launched in 2005, but work stopped after developers were hit during the financial crisis in 2008/2009.
