The Sustainable City named ‘Happiest Community’ at Gulf Real Estate Awards 2018

The Sustainable City, the first fully-operational sustainable community in the Middle East, has been named ‘Happiest Community’ at the closing ceremony of the Gulf Real Estate Awards 2018, which took place on 21st March at the Jumeirah Hotel, Dubai. The community also won the award for the ‘Best Real Estate Project’ in the ‘Master Development’ category and Diamond Developers won ‘Best Real Estate Developer – Sustainable’ in the ‘Green Development’ category

Faris Saeed, CEO of Diamond Developers — the property and real estate developer behind The Sustainable City — accepted the accolades on behalf of the company and commented: “At The Sustainable City, we are proud to be providing the world with a living blueprint for Happy Communities and  low carbon living showing  how the emissions gap can be closed through disruptive innovation and transformational societal change. We are honoured to have received these awards, which build on our success at the last edition of the Gulf Real Estate Awards and will motivate us to continue our important work as we progress with phase two of the community.”

The Gulf Real Estate Awards were launched in 2017 by the Dubai Real Estate Institute to foster competition and innovation in the region’s real estate sector. The awards programme celebrates and recognises the very best operators in the industry, providing companies with a chance to tell their success stories, showcase their achievements, reward their staff and benchmark their success against competitors. Winning a Gulf Real Estate Award is a prestigious symbol of excellence in the real estate sector.The latest awards add to The Sustainable City’s growing roster of accolades, which are a testament to the measurable outcomes it has achieved across the environmental, social and economic pillars of sustainability.

At the 2017 edition of the Gulf Real Estate, The Sustainable City was named ‘Happiest Community’ and ‘Best Real Estate Developer – Sustainable Green Development’. In the same year, it also received the ‘Best Mixed-Used Development in the Middle East’ and ‘Best Public Service in the Middle East’ titles at the International Property Awards 2017, as well as the ‘Best Residential Development’, ‘Best Residential Property’, ‘Best Mixed-Use Development’ and ‘Best Public Service Development’ accolades at the Arabian Property Awards 2017.