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KEZAD Musaffah (ICAD)

Operator: KEZAD Group (AD Ports)

The Industrial City of Abu Dhabi (ICAD), run by KEZAD in Musaffah. It is a base for heavy and light manufacturing and, since September 2026, has a direct Etihad Rail freight service from Fujairah Terminals with customs clearance on site.

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Emirate
Abu Dhabi
Setup
Free zone
Uses
Manufacturing, Heavy industry, Light industry, Warehousing, Logistics, Energy, Automotive, Food

Best for

  • Manufacturers serving the oil and gas industry
  • Plants that need piped gas and a large leased plot
  • Importers moving containers by rail from Fujairah

Consider elsewhere if

  • You ship mainly through Khalifa Port: KEZAD Al Taweelah sits next to it
  • You need a free zone unit for re-export only: confirm the jurisdiction here, or look at KLP Free Zone units in Al Ma’mourah

Free zone licensing

KEZAD offers both free zone and Domestic Economic Zone (mainland) facilities across its zones, so check which applies to the plot or unit you are offered. Since September 2026 ICAD has its own UN location code (AECAD), so cargo can be booked to ICAD and inspected, cleared and released there.

Tenure. Land is leased from KEZAD. Delmon Industrial Complex (November 2024) and Jotun Abu Dhabi (January 2026) both signed 50-year land leases in ICAD. AD Ports Group says KEZAD land leases run 25 to 50 years (April 2026).

Who locates here

  • Steel pipe and oil and gas equipment manufacturing
  • Chemicals production
  • Paint and glass manufacturing
  • Pharmaceutical manufacturers
  • Food production
  • Vehicle manufacturing

Property

Mostly owner-built industrial buildings on leased plots, plus KEZAD pre-built warehouses such as KLP 1 and Aldar’s Abu Dhabi Business Hub in ICAD 1. In January 2024 KEZAD said it was building more than 153,000 sq m of leasable warehouse space in ICAD 3.

Formats. Serviced land plots, Pre-built warehouses, Light industrial units, Truck parking

ICAD has a piped natural gas network (KEZAD, July 2024). Etihad Rail runs three freight trains a week between Fujairah Terminals and ICAD (AD Ports Group, 20 September 2026). Q Mobility is developing an 84,000 sq m truck park in ICAD I (KEZAD, August 2025).

Our view for tenants

ICAD suits plants that need gas, a large plot and rail access for imported inputs. Parts of the area have needed road upgrades, which KEZAD began in 2023, and truck parking is still being added. Confirm jurisdiction, utilities and plot condition before you commit.

Our view for investors

Demand here is led by manufacturers on long land leases, often building their own plants. Investable multi-let stock is thinner, though Aldar owns the Abu Dhabi Business Hub in ICAD 1. The Fujairah rail link may add logistics demand, but it only started in September 2026.

Notable

  • Jindal Saw. New steel pipe and tube plant covering about 400,000 sq m in ICAD, announced in November 2025. kezadgroup.com
  • Jotun Abu Dhabi. Manufacturing facility on a 50-year land lease in ICAD, signed in January 2026. kezadgroup.com
  • ROX. Vehicle manufacturing centre of 10,000 sq m in KEZAD Logistics Park (KLP 1), due to start in the second half of 2026. kezadgroup.com
  • Abu Dhabi Business Hub (Aldar). Light industrial park of office and warehouse buildings in ICAD 1, owned by Aldar. aldar.com

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Sources

Reviewed 7 Oct 2026.

Drive times: Valhalla routing on OpenStreetMap data (valhalla1.openstreetmap.de), car, free-flowing traffic, computed 7 Oct 2026.

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