Verde Towers

VERDE Residences and Offices are designed to maximize the use of the natural forces of wind, use natural light and geothermal mass, recyclable construction material along with optimum use of energy-efficient systems and technologies.


The name VERDE has its roots in Spanish, which means green.

The project comprises of two towers - residential and commercial. The 33- level curtain-glazed VERDE Office tower is designed in trapezoidal shape. With a total built-up area of 820,000 square feet, the Office tower will comprise of podium offices and unique sky garden. The 48-storey glass Verde residential tower will be shaped like a boat and will have a total built-up area of 13,000m2. It will include two and three bedroom units, three and four bedroom penthouses and four bedroom duplex townhouses.

VERDE towers will have a district cooling system using wind turbines, photovoltaic solar hot water, energy efficient lighting equipment and grey water system.

Expected completion date: 2011
Location: Dubai Maritime City

Dubai Maritime City

Dubai Maritime City is the world's first purpose-built maritime centre, designed specifically to serve and enhance the maritime industry. It is integrated mix-used development encompassing commercial, industrial, academic, residential and lifestyle components. Spread across 227 hectares the multidimensional centre is a man-made peninsula that will bring unprecedented to the local and global maritime community. Dubai Maritime is located on a man-made peninsula between Port Rashid and Dubai Dry Docks, and surrounded by the waters of Arabian Gulf.

Designed to encourage a community lifestyle, the superb infrastructure, landscaping and overall environment of Dubai Maritime City will create a relax yet modern setting that will leave a lasting impression on the people who live and work here. It promises to be multi-use environment that balances the working and the living conditions of the community with its many facilities for office, residential, retail, recreational and leisure purpose. Dubai Maritime City has its own jurisdiction and will operate as its own municipality. Added to this, the world class services and its pro business stance make this the destination of choice and a centre of excellence for global maritime businesses from all over the world.

Dubai Maritime City shall be, without a doubt, the first choice of maritime businesses not just because of the facilities provided. Its strategic location, its unique environment for the integration of marine players around the world, the famed lifestyle and infrastructure of Dubai and its world-renowned financial clout will be just some of the factors influencing smart investors and entrepreneurs of the world.

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Dubai Maritime City will have six area; The Marina District, The Marina Centre, Academic Quarter, Harbour Residences, Harbour Offices and the Industrial Precinct.