Nakheel is one of the world's largest privately held real estate developers, and a key player in realising the vision of Dubai for the 21st century: creating a world class destination for living, business, and tourism.

Nakheel is developing an iconic portfolio of innovative landmark projects in Dubai, and now in key markets around the globe, across a range of sectors - residential, commercial, hotels, retail and leisure. Nakheel's projects are conservatively estimated to be worth US$80 billion. Upon completion Nakheel's waterfront projects will have added more than 1000km of shoreline to Dubai's coastline.

Nakheel's Dubai portfolio currently includes landmarks such as The Palm Jumeirah, The Palm Jebel Ali, The Palm Deira, The World, Waterfront, Jumeirah Islands, and Ibn Battuta Mall. Nakheel Hotels newly formed hotels division has an impressive international portfolio of iconic properties such as the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in New York City, the One&Only Resort in Palmilla Mexico, and the Metropole in London, as well as a significant investment in the Kerzner Group.

Nakheel is a key entity within Dubai World. Dubai World is one of the world's largest holding companies and supervises a portfolio of businesses and projects for the Dubai government across five continents and more than 100 countries.