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Nakheel has hired Mar Marine to form a new beach and rebuild the shoreline serving the Bay Villas community, with works due by Q4 2027.
On 8 October 2026 Gulf News reported that Nakheel has appointed Mar Marine & Building Contracting to carry out coastal works along the western shoreline of Island B at Dubai Islands, where the Bay Villas community is being built. For buyers, the step is a concrete sign that the beachfront amenities tied to the development are moving from the masterplan on paper to work on the ground.
The contractor will build new breakwaters, remove the existing protective rock revetments, form a new beach next to Bay Villas and refurbish the beach areas already in place along the island's western side. By data from Gulf News, 8 October 2026, the scope adds about 320 metres of new beach frontage and covers roughly 3 kilometres of Island B's western shoreline.
The coastal programme is scheduled for completion in the fourth quarter of 2027, running in parallel with Bay Villas, a community of 636 villas and townhouses on Island B. Khalid Al Malik, CEO of Dubai Holding Real Estate, described the aim as a high-quality coastal environment that develops alongside the wider masterplan.
Beachfront access is a central part of the pitch for homes on Dubai Islands. Seeing a named contractor and a defined completion window attached to the shoreline, rather than a general promise, gives off-plan buyers a clearer basis for judging how the amenity they are paying for will be delivered.
A practical read is to track the coastal works against the stated Q4 2027 target as Bay Villas itself is handed over. We deliberately avoid any price or return figures that are not in the source: the announcement covers the scope and timeline of the beach works, not sales values.
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