Masdar City breaks ground on The Link

Masdar City breaks ground on The Link

- Multi-use development with a gross floor area of 30,000 square meters connects sustainable offices, residences, a visitor center, a multi-use hall, and leisure amenities

- Development to be built to LEED Platinum, WELL Gold, 4 Pearl PBRS Estidama, and LEED SmartPark Silver certification standards

Abu Dhabi: Masdar City, Abu Dhabi’s flagship sustainable urban community, broke ground today on The Link, an innovative, 30,000-square-meter development featuring the region’s first net-zero energy shared working and living facility.

In addition to the net-zero energy co-lab building that will house both office and residential space, facilitating a new way of living and working, The Link will feature four other low-carbon buildings that will include event space, outdoor plazas, shaded courtyards, recreational and fitness facilities, and retail. The project is expected to create more than 2,000 jobs in the UAE.

Ahmed Baghoum, the acting CEO of Masdar City, said, “The Link will model a new kind of sustainable community by connecting shared working and living space with other elements of a thriving neighbourhood, including places to shop, play, and relax, and local transportation. It is a key component of Masdar City’s ‘green-print’ for sustainable urban development and a wonderful way to honor this Year of Sustainability as the