Anantara Resorts Hotels & Spas will operate a luxury waterfront hotel in Dubai’s Culture Village district to launch in early 2018, directly facing the Dubai Creek.

The 270-bedroom hotel is being developed by Dubai Properties Group, a subsidiary of state-owned Dubai Holding and is being designed by lead architecture company DAS. The project will break ground in Q4 of this year.

This will be Dubai Properties’ third project after the new mixed-use development named Dubai Wharf and the luxury residential project Manazel Al Khor. “This is part of a growing portfolio of hotels for Dubai Properties which we will develop in key areas of Dubai,” said Mohammed Al Habbai, chief officer of urban planning and infrastructure at Dubai Properties Group.

MSpa International, the spa operators in charge of managing Anantara-branded spas – in addition to Avani, Mandara, Aequalis and the Individually Tailored Spa Collection – has confirmed that there will be a spa at the hotel. “The deal was signed a few days ago,” said Kathryn Moore, group director of spa for Asia, told Spa Opportunities. “The facilities for the spa will not be confirmed for at least a year.”

The hotel will also feature a rooftop pool, various F&B and retail outlets in addition to a promenade and marina.

Other leisure, hospitality and residential projects that are already underway in Culture Village include the six-star Palazzo Versace Hotel that is set to open this year – whose spa is being developed by GOCO – and the neighbouring D1 Residential Tower set to be complete this year.