Question 1

What is MiZa?

Accepted Answer

Rooted in Mina Zayed’s legacy as Abu Dhabi’s historic port and shaped by Sheikh Zayed’s enduring vision for progress, MiZa is an innovation-driven neighbourhood where bold ideas are shaped into transformative solutions. It is a place designed to address the complex challenges of Abu Dhabi and the UAE, generating both intellectual and material innovations not just for today, but for the future ahead.

Question 2

What is the leasing open call at MiZa about?

Accepted Answer

We are inviting businesses of different sizes (small, medium and major enterprise) to bring their business to MiZa and join our community in Abu Dhabi. We offer a wide range of spaces, from small units to large warehouses, and we’re seeking businesses across different life cycle stages that are ready to start, grow or scale up.

Question 3

What does MiZa aim to do?

Accepted Answer

At MiZa we believe that when you bring together businesses from diverse industries and founders who share a spirit of generosity, collaboration, and openness, new possibilities emerge. It is about cultivating cross-pollination, where ideas, practices, and disciplines intersect to spark solutions that no single sector could achieve alone. By curating this neighbourhood of innovators, MiZa imagines a future where collaboration itself becomes the engine of growth and transformation.

Question 4

What industries does MiZa cater to?

Accepted Answer

MiZa is based on positive, creative interactions between key sectors as opposed to clustering around one industry. Whether as an office, a retail shop, a food & beverage outlet, or a production or leisure space, MiZa’s model allows for a blending of industries to create new thinking, ideas and products that don’t exist yet. 
We are focused on sectors and businesses which are solving for the challenges of today and of tomorrow – companies leading creation, R&D and innovation – who want to work in an environment of collaboration and production, as opposed to consumption. At the same time, we are a complete innovation-driven neighbourhood, so we’re welcoming applications within everything from leisure and entertainment through to suppliers of the day to day staples of life.

Question 5

How does MiZa differentiate itself from other business hubs in the UAE?

Accepted Answer

MiZa is an innovation-driven neighbourhood for collective growth, where multiple industries meet and cross-pollinate. We are not a single-sector business park, but a place where curated spaces and programmes spark both intentional and unexpected moments of collaboration. Flexible leasing, purposeful programming, and access to a collaborative network give businesses the tools to evolve, grow or scale up alongside a multi-disciplinary community. At MiZa, we aim to create a neighbourhood where people can innovate, live, work, play and learn around the clock, with daily needs met within close proximity.

Question 6

What makes MiZa’s spaces unique?

Accepted Answer

MiZa’s spaces are intentionally flexible and adaptable, supporting innovation and customisation, and are spaces where businesses can invent, create and produce .

Its human-scale and walkable layout is being designed around principles of connection, putting pedestrians first. Planned features include shaded streets and parks, as well as laneways and sikkas that intersect and bisect buildings to encourage comfortable movement and the serendipitous encounters that spark collaboration.

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