Ground breaking for City of Arabia

Notes and media contacts

Ilyas and Mustafa Galadari Group

The Ilyas and Mustafa Galadari Group is a dynamic young company which was founded in 1998 and already owns a diversified range of companies in Dubai. The most important of these is the Ilyas and Mustafa Galadari Management Investment and Development Company, which is developing the key downtown area of Dubailand, the City of Arabia. This will be a new suburb of Dubai with around 40,000 inhabitants, which is situated on Emirates Road next to the Global Village. It will include the Mall of Arabia; the Restless Planet dinosaur theme-park; the Elite Towers, which consist of 34 high-rise buildings for mixed commercial and residential use; and the Wadi Walk, a series of low-rise apartments alongside a flowing waterway, served by small electric water-taxis.

The Ilyas and Mustafa Galadari Group also own Metro Taxi, one of the largest vehicle fleets in Dubai, and an associated driving school and workshops. There are the exclusive distributors of Sunseeker Yachts in the Gulf Region. The Group also owns food distribution, jewelry, kitchen equipment and upholstery companies.

For more information on City of Arabia please contact:
Jane Daly / Heba Hassan
GolinHarris
Capricorn Tower, 7th Floor
Sheikh Zayed Road
P.O.Box 116462 Dubai, UAE
t: +971.4.332 3308 ext: 205 / 210
m: +971.50.6553084
f: +971.4.331 6733

Martina Rohel
Ilyas & Mustafa Galadari Group
PO Box 114444, Dubai, UAE
Tel: +9714-3311022
Fax: +9714-3322311
Or call toll free on 800-8-800