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By 2007, Palm Jumeirah was already home to hundreds of residential buildings. Reuters
By 2007, Palm Jumeirah was already home to hundreds of residential buildings. Reuters
Timeframe: Dredging Dubai's Palm Jumeirah, one of the world's greatest engineering feats
Planning for the project began in the 1990s, with land reclamation starting in 2001