The main reason residents are attracted to master-planned communities is the holistic approach to all elements of lifestyle in such projects. According to Nathan Hones, COO and partner at Carter Associates, that means residences sprinkled with natural parks, evenly distributed leisure facilities with supporting retail and food and beverage offers, places of worship spaced appropriately for accessibility, and so on.

“Dubai is a transient city, with an expatriate workforce of 80-85 per cent of the overall population,” he Hones. “Therefore, the more attractive, enjoyable, beneficial from a wellbeing perspective developers can make their community developments, the more likely residents are to stay.”

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