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Facing page: Dubai skyline
Left and below: Durrat Marina, Bahrain
In May 2009 it was announced that Sama Dubai is planning to
resume work on the US$1 billion Salam Beach Resort & Spa in
Manama, which was put on hold due to funding problems. The
500,000-square-metre resort will include a five-star hotel, hotel
villas, residential units and retail outlets, and will be built on a
sandy white beach with a network of canals.
AA Janahi Holdings Company and ReeMoon BDC WLL Real
Estate Development are developing the US$700 million Marina
West Resort, currently under-construction in Budaiya on
the west coast of the Kingdom. The 346,372-square-metre
development will provide 1,280 luxury apartments, a 286-room
five-star hotel and a marina, as well as restaurants and retail
facilities. It is expected to be completed by April 2010.
Tameer is developing a master plan for its Bahrain Investment
Wharf in Hidd, worth US$2 billion. Set on the coast, the project
Bahrain involves the dredging of six million cubic metres and the creation
Work is progressing on the US$2 billion marina resort at Durrat of a 800,000-square-metre industrial park, a 190,000-metre
Al Bahrain, developed by Durrat Khaleej Al Bahrain Company logistics park, a 70,000-square-metre accommodation park,
and Tameer, and designed by WS Atkins. The 700,000-square- and a business park covering 320,000 square metres. In May
metre project is scheduled for completion in August 2013, and will 2009, it was announced that infrastructure work is on track for
include 50 buildings of between six to 30 floors. The focal point completion in March 2010.
is the marina, which will contain berths for 300 boats, as well as
restaurants and cafés. Construction work is well underway on Amwaj Islands, a US$1.5
billion freehold project on a series of manmade islands near
In the capital city of Manama, Gulf Holding Company is developing Muharraq. The highest value component of the development
the US$360 million Al Areen Desert Spa & Resort. The project is Ossis Properties’ Al Fanar Resort, worth US$500 million. The
includes a combination of commercial and residential facilities such resort encompasses a 200-room four-star hotel and a 250-room
as restaurants, cafés, high-end retail shops and public gardens, and five-star hotel, as well as a marina, schools, a shopping mall and
will cover 260,000 square metres. Construction began in October other leisure facilities. In February, sources close to the project
2008, and in March 2009 it was announced that the scheme is on indicated that construction started in December 2007 and that
track for completion in December 2010. Consultants include WS work is expected to b e completed in January 2010.
Atkins and KEO International Consultants.
Also under construction in Manama is the US$650 million Villamar
complex in Bahrain Financial Harbour, by Gulf Finance House and
Gulf Holding Company. The residential scheme features three
twisting towers – ranging between 137 and 220 metres – which
will contain 494 apartments, 54 floating villas and a terraced
podium with a spa, swimming pool, waterfalls and health club.
Construction of the 36,000-square-metre project is expected to
be completed by March 2010.
Another high-profile project in the capital is Nurana by Manara
Developments and NS Holdings Co. The US$1 billion development
will cover an area of two million square metres, with residential
units, retail spaces, hospitality and civic amenities. In June 2009,
the US$4 million contract for reclamation was awarded to Grear
Lakes Dredge & Dock Company.
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