BEIJING, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- China United Engineering Co., Ltd. (UNEC) and Nakheel, a local property developer in Dubai, signed a 1.14 billion U.S. dollar contract on Nakheel’s Deira shopping center project, according to report from bhi.com.cn.
Covering an area of 4.5 million square feet, the shopping center is designed to hold 1000 stores, cafe shops, restaurants and entertainment venues, with a 3.8 million square feet parking area and a retractable glass roof.
The project will start construction in the first quarter of 2018 and will be finished in 2021.
(Edited by Yang Qi, kateqiyang@xinhua.org)