. please update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information . september 2016 smart city type ict and media park industry information technology business park genre infrastructure service provider founded 10 september 2007 founder tecom investments and sama dubai headquarters kalkara malta website http www.smartcity.ae malta index.php menuid 108 smartcity is a technology park under development in kalkara malta . the plan is to transform the ricasoli industrial estate into an information technology and media city on the models of dubai internet city and dubai media city . the project was unveiled on 10 september 2007 by then prime minister of malta lawrence gonzi . the project will cost at least 275 million . the whole development which covers an area of 360 000 square metres is to be fully completed in 2021 although the first offices opened in 2010 . 1 contents 1 outline planning 2 see also 3 references 4 external links outline planning edit on 23 april 2008 it was announced that the decision by smartcity malta to allocate more space for its business park meant that this park would employ more than 8 500 people when the agreed figure for employment there had been 3 000 . smart city malta would have the space to employ 11 000 making it one of the biggest economic concentrations in malta . smartcity malta formally submitted its outline planning application for the development at ricasoli to the malta environment and planning authority mepa on 29 april 2008 . the submission includes a full environmental impact assessment and traffic impact assessment . smartcity malta has applied for up to 158 500 square metres of business space which represents an increase of 54 per cent over the business space which smart city malta is contractually bound to develop . on the other hand the gross floor area of the residential component has been reduced by 30 per cent down to 60 000 square metres . in terms of the outline planning application the residential component makes up 19 per cent of the total gross floor area of the project . 2 the application also provides for a huge public open space of 118 000 square metres to serve as a primary recreational area for neighbouring communities . the energy requirements for smart city malta will be of 41.2 mw . 3 smartcity malta has been allocated a budget of 48 million for 2010 . smartcity has also drawn up plans to market the project in china japan korea australia and egypt . 4 see also edit smart city dubai media city dubai internet city smart city kochi malta references edit smartcity malta opens first building timesofmalta.com smartcity to have larger business park timesofmalta.com smartcity malta is leading energy efficient development http www.timesofmalta.com articles view 20100112 local smartcity malta allocated 2010 budget of 48m http www.timesofmalta.com articles view 20101010 local smart city inauguration of first block external links edit 1 official website tecom coordinates 35 53 27 n 14 32 25 e 35.89083 n 14.54028 e 35.89083 ; 14.54028 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title smartcity malta & oldid 739763373 categories buildings and structures under construction in maltaindustrial parks in maltakalkarahidden categories wikipedia articles in need of updating from september 2016all wikipedia articles in need of updatingpages using infobox company with unsupported parameterscoordinates not on wikidatause dmy dates from october 2010 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 16 september 2016 at 20 43 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view