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KOA Real Estate is a Dubai based real estate company known for developing and bringing various residential, commercial and retail properties to the country.

History
The real estate company was founded by Mohammed Bin Zaal, the former CEO of 18-million-square foot Al Barari green villa community in Dubai and Nurai private island homes in Abu Dhabi.

As the company's CEO and for his previous entrepreneurial efforts, Mohammed Bin Zaal was named among 2016's "100 most powerful Arabs under the age of 40" by Arabian Business, and by Scoop Empire in "22 most powerful emiratis under 40". He is consistently in Construction Week Online's "construction week power 100".

According to Mohammed Bin Zaal, KOA targets Generation Y of Dubai for its choice of life style and the real estate market gap they have been facing previously.

Canvas
Canvas is the first real estate project of the company; a building known as "Canvas" with 70 apartments and co-working spaces. The building is reported to be built near the Mohammed bin Rashid Gardens, 20 minutes from the nearest city. The building will contain a market, day care facilities, a fitness studio, swimming pool and landscaped areas with native plants. Canvas, as a real estate project, further claims to preserve the ecological balance and sustainability of the local area by such design and use of these native plants in conjunction with landscaping.