The board of directors of SmartCity Kochi, a joint venture of Dubai Holdings and the Government of Kerala for building a knowledge hub on the lines of SmartCity Dubai, will meet in Abu Dhabi on Thursday to review the ongoing construction work at the project site at Edachira near Kochi.

The meeting will be attended by Kerala Industries Minister PK Kunalikkutty, who is Chairman of SmartCity Kochi, SmartCity Dubai CEO Abdullatif Almulla and SmartCity Kochi CEO Gigo Joseph, a company press note said.

The 6.5 lakh sq ft first building of the project is expected to be commissioned in December this year. It will house many top companies in the the ICT, media, finance, research an innovation fields.