New golf course planned for Yas Island

Abu Dhabi-based developer Aldar Properties is teaming up with Dubai-based Zabeel Investments to develop a links golf course, a club house and luxury villas on Yas Island with an estimated development value of nearly $1bn. The course is being designed by Kyle Phillips. Yas Island will feature acres of green landscape dedicated to leisure activities, residential properties, and resorts. The first phase of YAS Island is set to be completed by 2009 with the final phase finished by 2014, at a development cost of around $40 billion.