Dubai International City


Dubai International city is a country-themed architecture of residences, business, and tourist attractions. Spreading over an area of 800 hectares, the arrangement of the city is inspired by the traditional carpets of Middle East. Once completed, the project will contain studio and one bedroom apartments and accommodate over 60,000 residents.
Dubai International City is located in the Al Warsan region of Dubai, opposite to the Dubai Central Fruit and Vegetable Market.
It is composed of 485 buildings embraces the residential districts of Central Business District, Persia, Greece, Spain, Morocco, England, France, Italy, Russia, China and Emirates. Apart from these districts that were initially planned for Dubai International City namely Lake District and Forbidden City are now on put on hold due to the effects of the Global Financial Recession. Attractions in the city include the Dragon Mart, which is the world's biggest machinery and equipment market.

Projects

Residential districts

The Residential District of Dubai international city is expected to have numerous country-specific and themed residential developments and retail outlets.
The plans include ten country-specific districts:
This is the most luxurious and stylish residences in Dubai International city. With building security, pools, private parking, gyms and park it is a family paradise. There are many shops and restaurants in the area.

The Forbidden City

It will encompass an area of 240,000 square metres with parking facilities for 2,000 cars, the city is the replica of Forbidden City of Beijing, China. Its construction has been halted for a long time due to lack of financial funding. Right now there is a pond with contaminated water and fish

The Lake District

The Lake District surrounds the Al Warsan Lake. The lake is off-limits to public.

Dragon Mart

DragonMart, developed by Nakheel, is a large mall for wholesale purchase of Chinese products. The large size of this mall makes it a gateway for customers making purchase runs throughout the Middle Eastern and north African markets, and is a platform for Chinese traders and manufacturers seeking regional market entry.
The mall has been a commercial success and construction has started on a second mall adjacent to Dragon Mart that will have 175,000 square metres of space and 4,500 parking spaces. The project was completed in December 2015.

Warsan Village

Launched in 2013, Warsan Village is located at the periphery of International City. This enclave within International City features 942 townhouses and 250 apartments. Construction was finished in Q3 2019.

Past Issues from 2008 to till date

There was an issue in 2008: Nakheel's International City Development has been questioned by news articles with controversies and issues. These articles claim International City has struggled with a poor reputation and negative press reports stemming from various issues including problems with its own sewage systems and the nearby sewage facility, access to the site, and a perceived lack of amenities. A follow-up poll from Emirates 24-7 revealed that a huge percentage – 91 percent – of readers showed “a marked aversion to investing in International City units.” A considerable 67 percent said they “would not touch the place.”
This issue has been solved by 2012

Sewage plant proximity

Due to its proximity to the Sewage Treatment Plant, and constant overflow, certain clusters like Morocco, Emirates & China are subjected to the odor of sewage when the wind direction changes at night.

Traffic

Entering has been quite easy with multiple entries and exit from E311 and E611 to and from the city. During rush hour can require you to spend 10–20 minutes gridlocked only in 1 exit that is serving 311, but Al Awir and academic city exits are quite free. RTA has proposed a huge road development for Dragon mart 2 and International city to further easy the traffic.

Law and order

While Nakheel's noble intentions were to make low and medium-cost housing available to the masses by providing medium and low-income earners with legal and decent housing instead of resorting to illegitimate Villa Sharing, Dubai was badly hit by the Global Financial Crisis. This led to an instant devaluation or rentals by 75% – 80% of its value in 2008. Due to this sudden drop in prices, even the extremely lowest income group identified this area as a potential upgrade to their existing Labor camps. Coupled with Nakheel's financial downfall, controls and checks over the city's security, compliance to regulations and maintenance of infrastructure were dropped beginning in January 2009 by the developer who used to control and maintain this earlier.

Travel

The community is serviced by the RTA bus service.
Bus routes:
You may plan and time your journey using the RTA Website or inquire about your route/bus/connectivity at the RTA Call Center 800 9090.

Medical Facilities

The hospitals are closely located, with Rashid Hospital around 15 minutes driving distance from the Location. However, there are Polyclinics such as Apple Clinic, located in France Cluster and Apple International Polyclinic, located in Greece Cluster , HealthHub Clinic offering Primary care facilities.
For Driving License related eye testing and medical tests for Commercial Taxi Drivers or New Drivers can be completed from Apple International Polyclinic
Recent regulations implemented by the Municipality of Dubai, will greatly address the prevalence of Shisha parlors housed in many buildings.