Tall & Urban News

ICD Brookfield Place opened its doors to the public and its first wave of tenants the week of 21 September, 2020. The 54-story, 1.1 million square feet (102,000 square meters) commercial property offers dining, retail, and community spaces alongside Grade A modern workspace. EY, the building’s anchor tenant, expects to move into the property in October, while the highly anticipated Arts Club will open later this year.

“ICD Brookfield Place is a new destination for Dubai and a remarkable addition to the city’s renowned skyline. With a growing call for workplaces to evolve in the face of a ‘new normal," we are proud to offer a world-class workspace within an urban setting in the heart of the city, which will be home to regional headquarters of some of the world’s leading companies,” said Khalid Al Bakhit, Chairman, ICD Brookfield. “ICD Brookfield Place offers numerous reasons to return to the workplace; the richness of amenities, best-in-class technology, wellness features, and hotel-standard property management will elevate the standards of the commercial property market in the UAE.”

Located in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), ICD Brookfield Place is Dubai’s is a new placemaking destination. The precinct features 990,000 square feet (92,000 square meters) of Grade A office space alongside 160,000 square feet (14,900 square meters) of amenities including private members club, The Arts Club, a chef-driven food hall, health and fitness club, and a community hub. The building also benefits from over 140,000 square feet (13,000 square meters) of green space, including a 31-meter-high public atrium to be enlivened with arts and cultural events.

The building sets a new standard regionally in workplace design with column free floor plates and an optimal internal planning grid. This enables efficient workplace design, providing for a variety of office layouts that can adapt as businesses evolve. 

Aspects of the base build, such as the air filtration system which increases fresh air by 30 percent, along with UV air treatment, helps protect against the spread of infection. 

“As businesses transition back to physical workplaces, finding ways to respond to the health and safety of the workforce is more important than ever before. ICD Brookfield Place is at the cutting edge of health-centric building design,” Khalid Al Bakhit added.

For more on this story, go to Construction Business News.