A Dubai government-linked developer focused on retail, hospitality, and mixed-use destinations rather than residential towers. Meraas built City Walk (the open-air district connecting Jumeirah to Business Bay), Bluewaters Island (Ain Dubai, Caesars Palace hotel), La Mer (the beach strip in Jumeirah 1), and The Beach at JBR.

The Meraas approach is environment design rather than unit count — the goal is to create destinations that attract the city broadly, not just those who live in them. It produces places that photograph well and are used by everyone, which is a different kind of success from tower sales.