Dubai planning neighborhood dubbed Palm Springs in honor of famed California resort city

Dubai developer Nakheel Properties has unveiled plans for a residential community called Palm Springs, borrowing the name of California’s desert resort city. The project would sit beside Palm Jebel Ali and is intended to house 50,000 people, though its cost and completion date have not been announced.

The 3.8 million-square-metre development would include 15 neighbourhoods of villas and townhouses, with prices expected to range from just over $1 million to $2.45 million. Plans also include a hospital, two schools, six mosques, a country club and fitness, recreation and retail facilities, alongside energy-efficient infrastructure, water-management systems and climate-responsive landscaping.