The Next Palm Isn’t an Island. It’s a District.
DIFC’s $27B “Zabeel District” is a master-developer playbook upgrade.
On 27 January 2026, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum announced the largest expansion in Dubai International Financial Centre’s (DIFC) history: a AED 100+ billion (roughly $27.2 billion) development called Zabeel District.
The numbers are staggering:
17.7 million square feet of gross floor area. A capacity to more than double DIFC’s current footprint
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