Sustainable housing project in next phase
MUSCAT: Oman’s first sustainable development project at Ras Al Hamra (RAH) will be home to more than 1,000 families by 2023.
It will also have an international school, a five star hotel, entertainment facilities as well as a medical centre.
Spread across a 281 hectare site east of Shatti Al Qurum, the multimillion dollar project is expected to have 1,067 residential units, including apartments, villas and townhouses for PDO employees and their families from 70 different nationalities.
“Since the commencement of construction in 2012, Phase 1 has seen the completion of a new 33kV electrical substation, expansion of the main approach road to become a dual carriageway, a new floodlit golf course (open to public), a medical clinic, mosque, primary school and kindergarten, as well as 272 new villas, townhouses and apartments for PDO staff and families,” said Ahmed Al Shaibani, Project Manager at the RAH development project.
“Phase two of the residential redevelopment is now underway, with a mix of apartments, townhouses, terraced houses and villas, totalling 195 additional residential units. Design and tendering for the remaining residential units will be completed in 2018, with delivery of the final total of 1,067 new residential units slated for 2023.”
The site also includes the Ras Al Hamra Recreation Club, which has recently had a new two-storey cafe added adjacent to the beach, and will see staged replacement and modernising of facilities over the coming years. Full story @ timesofoman.com/oman