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Barwa project to be ready by June 18

DOHA: Barwa 's Al-Sadd project is expected to be completed by June 18 of this year, ahead of schedule.

Barwa Chairman, Hitmi bin Ali Al-Hitmi accompanied by Abdulla Abdulaziz Al Subaie and Khalid Mubarak Al-Dulaimi, Board Member and a group of senior management executives visited the Barwa Al-Sadd project yesterday.

The visit comes in line with the Board's strategic directions to conduct field visits to project sites to ensure work that progresses in keeping with schedule.

Barwa Al-Sadd is a sizeable top-end commercial and residential complex covering an area of 27,654sqm, being developed on Suheim Bin Hamad Street (C Ring Road) in Doha.

The project consists of three office towers, two of them with 21 floors each and one with 18 levels, and a five-star hotel with 238 rooms and suites. All of these surround a four-level podium, two floors of which are dedicated to retail shops and the remainder providing for office space.

The Barwa Al-Sadd development includes three ten-storey apartment buildings, a three storey recreational building, three level basements, a five storey car park building that can accommodate 1,736 cars and a utility building.

"I'm keeping an eye on the progress of our projects through periodic reports and updates, but site visit is important to see the works completed. I'm really proud of the project, the project team and other Barwa projects team," said Al-Hitimi during his visit.

Another Barwa project -- Barwa City -- being built on a sprawling 2.7 million sq m plot in Mesaimeer and being developed in two phases is now 78 percent complete.

The first phase being developed at a cost of over QR7.1bn, is expected to be completed by the end of 2011. This phase of the development includes the construction of 128 residential buildings that will offer tenants nearly 6,000 apartments and would accommodate up to 25,000 people. Ready for occupancy by the middle of this year, this will also include schools, kindergartens, mosques, a bank, a health club, food and sports courts, a shopping mall, a multipurpose hall and other amenities that are expected to be in place by the end of 2011.

The development will also include district cooling for cold water and climate control. The second phase will include major additional projects including more schools, a 250-bed hospital, kindergartens, residential and commercial complexes, and a hotel.

Barwa Commercial Avenue which is currently around 65 percent complete is a ground-breaking 8 kilometer-long mixed use development close to Qatar's industrial area that will offer 547 retail spaces and 460 residential units and offices with a total built-up area of 1 million sq m.

Spacious public areas will have food courts, groceries, pharmacies, restaurants, shopping malls, and other amenities. Scheduled to be completed in the second quarter of 2012, the QR7.1bn Commercial Avenue has targeted Qatar's young entrepreneurs and investors with its modern and flexible design.

© The Peninsula 2011