• World Trade Centre Abu Dhabi Mosque will open to more than 900 worshippers on Friday 30 April
  • Reem Central Park Mosque will also open in 2021 bringing the total number of Aldar mosques to nine

Abu Dhabi: Aldar Properties (“Aldar”) has announced that both Yas Acres Mosque and World Trade Centre Abu Dhabi Mosque will welcome their first worshippers during the holy month of Ramadan. Yas Acres Mosque will open for Friday prayers on April 16, while the World Trade Centre Abu Dhabi Mosque will open on Friday, April 30.

Located on the main avenue of Yas Acres, the new 3,300 square metre mosque will serve residents of the development, as well as the surrounding communities. Designed with a modern and functional style, Yas Acres Mosque will have capacity to welcome 2,450 worshippers, with separate facilities created for men and women. The mosque will also feature a library and a classroom for teaching of the Quran.

Built over an area of more than 1,950 square metres, the World Trade Centre Abu Dhabi Mosque will have capacity to welcome more than 900 worshippers. The mosque is located on the World Trade Centre Abu Dhabi site and will welcome both male and female worshippers to a facility designed on three floors.

In line with Aldar’s commitment to creating places of worship within its integrated communities, the company will also open Reem Central Park Mosque towards the end of 2021, with capacity for 2,000 worshippers. As with each of the existing mosques built by Aldar, Yas Acres Mosque, World Trade Centre Abu Dhabi Mosque and Reem Central Park Mosque will be Pearl 2 rated – the second highest sustainability rating as part of the Abu Dhabi’s Estidama Pearl Rating System.

Fahad Al Mahmood, Chief Ventures Officer at Aldar Development said: “Across each of our communities, we prioritise the creation of prayer and worship spaces to cater to the needs of our residents and those living in surrounding neighbourhoods. Our mosques at Yas Acres and World Trade Centre Abu Dhabi have been designed in a contemporary style to provide an uplifting and spiritual experience for worshippers, while adhering to high standards of green building guidelines. These new mosques will bring the local community together at a most fitting time, to celebrate the holy month of Ramadan.”

As part of Aldar’s provision of leading community facilities, the company has previously built mosques located at Ansam, West Yas, Al Ghadeer, Al Falah, Golf Gardens and Watani.

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For further information, please contact:
Media/IR
Obaid Alyammahi
Aldar Properties
+971 2 810 5555

Joudi Issa
Brunswick
+971 2 234 4600
ALDAR@brunswickgroup.com

About Aldar

Aldar Properties PJSC is the leading real estate developer and manager in the UAE with a diversified and sustainable operating model centered around two core businesses: Aldar Development and Aldar Investment.

Aldar Development is a master developer of integrated, liveable, and thriving communities across Abu Dhabi’s most desirable destinations, including Yas Island, Saadiyat Island, Al Raha, and Reem Island. It is responsible for developing Aldar’s c. 65 million sqm land bank and includes three businesses: Aldar Projects, which manages Aldar's fee-based development management business, including AED 45 billion of government housing and infrastructure projects; Aldar Ventures, which incubates and nurtures new business opportunities and innovation areas; and Aldar Egypt, the platform focused on developing mixed-use communities in Egypt.

Aldar Investment houses Aldar’s core asset management business comprising an AED 16 billion portfolio of investment grade and income-generating real estate assets diversified across retail, residential and commercial segments. It also manages three core platforms: Aldar Education, Aldar Estates and Aldar Hospitality and Leisure. Aldar Education includes Aldar’s entire educational portfolio, including Aldar Academies, the leading education group in Abu Dhabi, with 20 schools, over 24,000 students and a growing network of 3,000 educators from over 100 nationalities, offering a wide range of curriculum and ancillary services such as a Teacher Training Academy.

Aldar Estates consolidates Aldar’s Retail Operations alongside existing Residential and Commercial real estate operations within Provis and will further include Community Management under one integrated property management platform. Aldar Hospitality and Leisure looks after Aldar’s portfolio of hotel and leisure assets, which are anchored around Yas Island and Saadiyat. It includes Aldar’s portfolio of 10 hotels, comprising over 2,900 hotel keys and managing operations across golf courses, beach clubs and marinas.

Aldar’s shares are traded on the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (Stock quote: ALDAR:UH), and is a profitable, cash generative business that provides recurring revenues, and benefits from a diverse and supportive shareholder base. Aldar operates according to high standards of corporate governance and is committed to operating a long term and sustainable business in order to provide ongoing value for its shareholders.

Aldar is driven by a vision to be a leading real estate developer and manager in the region by playing a key role in the development of quality, comfortable, desirable destinations that people can live in, work at and visit.

For more information on Aldar please visit www.aldar.com 

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