10 April 2006
Dubai: The Emirates Properties will build three new complexes worth Dh623 million, according to a company communique.The first project is the development of the ministries complex in Khalifa A district, which houses ministries and federal authorities and other agencies, at a cost of Dh500 million.
The project will take a year and a half to complete, and is now in the stage of consultation and design, said Abdullah Khalifa Al Huraiz, general manager of the establishment.
The second project is the Ministry of Health building at a cost of Dh70 million.
The project will be built near the Etisalat Academy on Shaikh Zayed Road, and construction, which is expected to start next month, will take 13 months to complete.
The third project is the building of the UAE embassy in Ottawa, Canada, at a cost of Dh53 million. Construction began in January.
Between 2000 and 2005, the establishment has completed several projects in the UAE including the Ministry of Education, Dubai Educational Zone, the main building of the Ministry of Public Works and Housing, the Ministry of Labour and the Ministry of Social Affairs.
It also completed projects outside the UAE including construction of the UAE embassy and the Ambassador's residence in Berlin, and the UAE consulate and a health attach annex in Munich.
The establishment has bought a number of properties outside the UAE during the same period, such as the Ambassador's residence in Ottawa, Canada; location of the UAE permanent mission to the United Nations in New York; the UAE embassy site in Colombo, Sri Lanka; the Ambassador's residence in Colombo, the Consulate and mission's residence in Pakistan; the Ambassador's residences in Bahrain and New York; villas of the diplomatic mission in Japan; female students dormitory in Amman and Irbid in Jordan, and in Cairo.
By Mohammad Ezz Al Deen
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