The Sustainable City

The Sustainable City The Sustainable City is a practical implementation of Social, Economic and Environmental sustainability. The City embodies the true meaning of sustainable living though stakeholder engagement, innovative design and future monitoring to sustain itself. TSC comprises various land-uses such as residential, commercial, educational, urban farming, leisure, health care and The Diamond Innovation Centre. The Sustainable Plaza is a 15,000-square metre mixed-use area, located near the entrance of The Sustainable City. It comprises five low-rise (Ground plus three floors) blocs with shops, restaurants, cafes, offices and apartments available for lease ranging from studios to one-and two-bedrooms. The aim of the retail area is to provide sufficient services to the community to sustain their families, whilst providing destination facilities to encourage other residents in the Dubailand area to utilize, thereby securing an additional income for the community. Retail facilities are located on the periphery of an outdoor central plaza. The restaurants will offer a range of cuisines from the Levant, Thailand, Mexico, Uruguay and USA, among others. Diamond Developers will ensure these restaurants comply with the Green Restaurant Certification standards. Retail therapy will include a minimarket, petstore, laundry, florists and salons. The Sustainable Plaza offices have attracted many reputed organisations and businesses, including the Emirates Wildlife Society/World Wide Fund (WWF), aglobal NGO at the forefront of environmental conservation. The Diamond Visitor Centre will organise tours of the City, and retail environmental products such as up-cycle dapparel. The courtyard area between the 5 buildings provides a beautiful location for outdoor markets and stalls, which will encourage market style ambiance for shopping and relaxing-adding yet another delightful social and economic feature to the community.