It has a distance of 2 km (1.2 mi) north of downtown Manama, on Bahrain Island.

The investors were Lulu Tourism Company (a subsidiary of Mouawad Group), and the Government of Bahrain, 50% each.

Cost of the Project: $1.5 billion [1][2] Designed by Spowers and Pentago, the housing project comprises a five star hotel resort, waterfront apartments, yacht club, boutique retail, villas, a spa hotel, lagoon apartments, a thirty floors apartment tower, marine retail, theater/exhibition halls and a marina.

All buildings are developed in a landscaped garden setting unique to Bahrain.

Access for yachts up to 110 meters in length is provided and a number of beaches enhance the relaxed lifestyle inherent in Reef Island.