Durrat Al Bahrain, the Kingdom's largest planned luxury residential, commercial and tourist resort development, today began to deliver the first wave of its luxury villas to new home owners.
Today's hand over marks the beginning of a phased handover programme which will see more than 1000 of Durrat Al Bahrain's luxury villas delivered to homeowners over the next few months.
Durrat Al Bahrain's villas have been designed to embody Bahrain's rich natural beauty and its affinity with the land and sea. Arranged across Durrat Al Bahrain's necklace of inter-connected residential islands, the villas offer every conceivable modern amenity to make the lives of residents as enjoyable as possible. Homeowners will be able to relax in their waterfront homes, exhilarating in the beautiful views across the crystal clear waters of the southern Bahraini sea.
Abdulhakeem Alkhayyat, Chairman of Durrat Al Bahrain, said, "Durrat Al Bahrain offers a unique lifestyle. Our new homeowners will now be able to live a life of island living in a thriving urban environment. Today marks an important day in the history of Durrat Al Bahrain. Only four years ago we set out to make our vision a reality, by taking this beautiful part of Bahrain and creating a new island-based city for the 21st century. Today, we can begin to see our vision becoming reality. I would like to thank everyone who has been involved with the project so far and we welcome our new homeowners to Durrat Al Bahrain, as they begin to experience the wonders of island living."
Commenting on the hand over, Jassim Al Jowder, CEO of Durrat Al Bahrain, said, "This is a proud day for all us associated with Durrat Al Bahrain. In a relatively short period of time we have done something very special here. We took a bold idea to create a unique island-based city and decided to create it. Today, as our first homeowners move in, we can see just how far we have come with our vision. More than 1000 luxury, waterfront villas will be handed over to homeowners over the next few months in phases. Over time, our homeowners will be able to increasingly experience the endless possibilities that Durrat Al Bahrain offers as we continue to create this unique island city. I would like to thank the employees of Durrat Al Bahrain and our partners for working so hard to get to this historic day. We still have much to achieve to complete our vision, but, in the meantime we welcome our new homeowners to their new lives in Durrat Al Bahrain."
Over the next several months, an increasing number of residents will be able to experience living their lives in Durrat Al Bahrain's modern, luxury villas. Villas range from three bed, 500m² houses to the spacious four to five bed houses designed across 1000m² to 1500m² of space. All of Durrat Al Bahrain's villas are meticulously planned, offering large, open-plan rooms appointed with high-quality finishes and kitchens. Home-owners will be able to relax outside on terraces, swim in optional swimming pools and look across their landscaped gardens to white-sanded beaches and the azure sea.
As development of Durrat Al Bahrain is completed, residents will be able to experience urban hub of the island city, The Crescent, where residents and visitors will be able to lose themselves in a vibrant, cosmopolitan world of sensational dining experiences and exclusive designer shopping, right in the heart of Durrat Al Bahrain. Residents, businesses and visitors will not only be able to live island lifestyles, but they will also be able to live in and visit the Golf Course, an 18 hole golf course designed by Ernie Els, the world-renowned golf champion. The Golf Course Precinct will comprise a challenging yet enjoyable course, a club house, a driving range, a luxury hotel complex and stylishly designed luxury residential villas and apartments arranged around landscaped waterways, beach and sea fronts. In partnership with Tameer, Durrat Khaleej Al Bahrain will also offer The Marina, one of the region's leading marinas covering 700,000 m²?, offering 400 berths in a stunning location across three islands. Residents and visitors will be able to sail, jetski, cruise on a motor boat or simply soak up the quay-side activity.
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About Durrat Al Bahrain
Durrat Al Bahrain is owned by the Durrat Khaleej Al Bahrain Company, in which the Government of the Kingdom of Bahrain and Kuwait Finance House - Bahrain each hold a 50 percent stake. Durrat Al Bahrain, a 21 km?² area of pristine waters and untouched beaches, once complete, is expected to be approximately the size of Manama, Bahrain's capital city.
Durrat Al Bahrain has been planned as a world-class residential, commercial and tourist destination, offering a unique island based urban lifestyle. It is where the buzz of a world-class city meets the beauty and tranquillity of an island. Upon completion from 2010 it is expected that there will be more than 60,000 permanent residents as well as some 4,500 visitors a day.
The master planner/architect of the project is Atkins, the renowned engineering design and consultancy; project/development manager is KMC Bovis, a joint venture between the Kuwaiti Manager Company and Bovis Lend Lease and HAJ is the quantity surveyor for the development.
For more information, please contact:
Rasha Al Alaiwat
Financial Dynamics
Tel: +973 17 537 072
Mob: +973 39736056
© Press Release 2009
