A total of 730 multi-storey buildings are currently under construction in the Emirati city of Dubai, reported the official WAM news agency.
The new buildings will add 4,622 apartments and 636 shops to the growing property sector of the emirate, said the agency, citing figures released by the Building and Housing Department of Dubai Municipality.
According to Fouzi Mohammed Al Shuhhi, Head of the Building Control Section at the department, which regulates construction activities in Dubai, of the total multi-storey buildings coming up in Dubai, 579 are in Deira which offer a total of 4,550 apartments and 630 shops and 151 buildings in Bur Dubai with 72 apartments and two shops.
Apart from the multi-storey buildings, there are 3,151 other buildings currently under construction in Dubai, of which 1,404 are in Deira, 1,652 in Bur Dubai and 95 in rural areas.
Shuhhi added that the construction of 160 buildings had been completed in Dubai during the month of August.
The monthly report of the Building Control Section shows that, of the total number of buildings, the construction of which was completed last month, 84 were in Deira, 74 in Bur Dubai and two buildings in rural areas, he said.
Of these, there were 96 villas, 32 industrial or service buildings and 32 multi-storey apartment buildings that consist a total of 321 flats and 69 shops.
Of the multi-storey buildings, there was one building with eight or more stories, three six-storey buildings, 5 five-storey buildings, 3 four-storey buildings, 2 three-storey and 12 two-storey.
