Abu Dhabi completed 5,592 residential units during the first nine months of 2016, while the number of buildings reached 2,794, A report released by the emirate’s Statistics Center revealed that the number of residential units completed in the emirate during the third quarter of 2016 reached 1,763, bringing the total number of residential units completed during the first nine months of 2016 to 5,592 residential units.
According to the report, the average estimated cost per square meter in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi during the third quarter of 2016 between 2,519 dirhams and 2,568 dirhams, depending on the building area and region.
The report noted that completed residential buildings accounted for the vast majority of buildings completed in the capital, totaling 986 buildings, while the number of completed commercial buildings stood at 29, followed by industrial buildings, totaling 25, then public facilities, with 15, and finally mixed-use residential and commercial buildings, with 11.
For the first time this year, Al Ain accounts for the largest number of completed buildings in the emirate, with a total of 593 buildings, of which 57% are located in the Jebel Hafit area, followed by Abu Dhabi with 454 buildings, 67.6% of which are in the cities of Khalifa, Mohammed bin Zayed, Al Shamkha, and Shakhbout, then the Western Region with 19 buildings, 84% of which are in Zayed City.
