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Construction Contractors News

Construction of

Yas Creative Hub reaches 95%

completion

Yas Creative Hub, the home for Abu Dhabi’s media, built to meet the future needs of this flourishing
gaming and entertainment sector, has reached the 95 sector and is one of the assets being developed under
percent completion mark, it was revealed on Thursday Abu Dhabi’s AED30 billion investment strategy for the
as twofour54 Abu Dhabi also announced that the first Culture and Creative Industries (CCI).
units will be ready to hand over to tenants by the end With construction on the project has reached 95
of this year. percent after more than 15 million man-hours without
The 270,000 sq m (2.9 million sq.ft) sustainable Lost Time Incident (LTI), twofour54 today released the
development will be home to a diverse group of global first official images of the campus. It also revealed
companies, local and independent businesses and continued high demand for units, with 93 percent of
freelance professionals. With the number of jobs in GLA already leased, and strong interest in the final
Abu Dhabi’s creative industry expected to triple to units on the market from local and regional media and
16,000 by 2031, Yas Creative Hub has been purpose- gaming companies.

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