Dubai - Mubasher: Nakheel signed on wednesday a Letter of Intent with Hilton Worldwide to manage a new 256-room hotel at Jumeirah Village Triangle, according to a statement. The 18-storey hotel will be managed under the DoubleTree by Hilton brand. 

Dubai master developer Nakheel has awarded the AED 1.5 billion contract to build the mall and hotel complex earlier this month. Construction works will commence in October 2016, with completion in 2019.   

“The hotel will have 256 rooms (including four suites), an all-day restaurant, coffee shop, lounge, outdoor terrace, pool deck, gymnasium and car park, as well as a leisure club with preferential membership rates for residents of the Jumeirah Village Triangle community,” according to the statement.