在阿布扎比与迪拜之间长达80公里的区域内，目前多为农田、工厂和仓库，但如今这里正吸引着数十亿美元的房地产项目。阿布扎比最大的开发商Aldar与沙迦的Arada公司携手，共同投资150亿迪拉姆（约合41亿美元），计划在两酋长国交界处的Seih Sdeirah地区开发一片别墅与联排住宅区。此外，Arada还购下了亚斯岛上的三块土地，这是其首次进军阿布扎比市场。
The 80-kilometer stretch between Abu Dhabi and Dubai — a barren expanse of farms, factories, warehouses, and not much else — is now drawing multibillion-dollar property projects. Aldar, the capital’s biggest developer, and Sharjah’s Arada formed a 15 billion dirham ($4.1 billion) partnership whose centerpiece is a villa and townhouse community in Seih Sdeirah, on the border between the two emirates. Arada is also buying three Yas Island plots in its first move into Abu Dhabi.
这一新项目只是该区域众多开发计划中的一个。未来几十年内，这一地带有望发展成为一座大型城市群。去年，阿布扎比港口集团与一家迪拜开发商合作，投资24.7亿迪拉姆用于建设一个集住宅、酒店、高尔夫球场、学校及购物中心于一体的综合社区。埃及亿万富翁纳吉布·萨维里斯也计划在两酋长国交界处投资100亿美元开发项目。— 玛娜尔·阿尔巴拉卡蒂
The new project joins others along the strip that may eventually form a megalopolis in the coming decades. Last year, AD Ports and a Dubai developer partnered to build a 2.47 billion dirham mixed-use community, including housing, hotels, golf courses, schools and, of course, a mall. Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris is also planning a $10 billion project along the border of the two emirates. — Manal Albarakati