Muscat (TAN): Oman has engaged Dubai-based luxury property developer Damac Properties to transform one of Muscat’s historic sea terminals into a major tourist and lifestyle destination, media reports said.
Set in Muscat’s 200-year-old centre of commerce, the Mina Sultan Qaboos Waterfront is one of the city’s most popular attractions. The Mina Sultan Qaboos Waterfront Regeneration Project will comprise two main zones, tourist port regeneration areas and other project sites such as Shotayfi Village, Al Rabia hilltop parcels, and Hay Al Mina.
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While Oman Tourism Development Company (Omran) opted for Damac to revamp the port into a tourism hub, Dubai-based design company SSH will look after master planning, infrastructure, building design and construction supervision of the project.
Apart from completing the infrastructure of the waterfront destination, SSH will execute design consultancy services for the buildings and components of Zone 1 – Bab Al Mina, which covers a built-up area of approximately 150,000 square kilometres and consists of a four-star hotel, residential blocks with 430 units and retail and entertainment spaces.
“SSH is very happy to be working collaboratively with respected companies such as Omran and Damac on a project of this caliber. We look forward to delivering an outstanding development that will have a positive social as well as economic impact on Oman,” SSH General Manager, Oman, Omar Nuri was quoted by media reports as saying.
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“The ultimate vision is that the transformation of the Mina Sultan Qaboos Waterfront area will contribute to the sultanate becoming a leading tourism destination in the MENA region,” he added.
The project is expected to begin in November.
