UAE-based Dubai Developments has signed a three-year contract with leading facilities  management company Farnek, to manage a range of facilities in Dubai including four key properties within the group's extensive portfolio covering retail, residential, commercial and mixed-use. 

 

Dubai Developments is a privately-held development company established by Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Minister of Finance of the UAE and Deputy Ruler of Dubai. 

 

Commenting on the contract, Director General Engineer Essa Al Maidoor, said: "As part of Dubai Developments’ strategy to improve service and achieve high customer satisfaction and happiness, it has decided to partner with a reliable and well-known FM service provider."

 

"Dubai Developments has reviewed the technical and technological capabilities of many service providers and has chosen Farnek to join Dubai Developments in their journey towards service excellence," he noted.

 

The buildings that are now come under Farnek’s remit include, the 72-storey residential Blue Tower on Sheikh Zayed Road, the residential element of Al Murooj Complex in DIFC, which covers over 140 serviced apartments and associated public areas;  the Village Mall in Jumeirah and the fully commercial Al Hudaiba Award Complex in Bur Dubai, comprising of nine floors over three blocks. 

 

Farnek CEO Markus Oberlin said:“This is our first contract with Dubai Developments and we are looking forward to a long and mutually beneficial working relationship, well beyond the initial three years."