RO 400m seafront project to come up in Mawaleh

Complex consists of hotels, more than 1,200 homes

A new waterfront development project at a cost of RO 400 million will be developed in North al Mawaleh Beach in Wilayat of Seeb in the Muscat Governorate.

A Memorandum of Understanding in this regard was signed by Ahmed bin Nasser al Mehrzi, Minister of Tourism and Mamas Christodoulides, Chairman of Amouage Hotels & Resorts, which is the main developer and investor of the project using the usufruct system on Thursday.

To be developed in an area of 400 thousand square metres, the project — Naseem A’Sabah — consists of more than 1,200 housing units and hotel rooms. It will have a world-class five-star hotel within its premises, and a business hotel with a total capacity of 600 rooms.

In addition to 696 units of world-class design and quality, a marina and yacht club, as well as a thriving mixed-use resort village comprising restaurants, cafes, shops and commercial outlets, office suites, various restaurants, and many other recreational and service facilities will also be a part of the project.

The sea-facing project will be developed in two stages with construction work in the first phase is expected to start by next year.

On the occasion, the minister said, “In keeping with the Omani Tourism Strategy 2040, ‘ Naseem A’Sabah’ is one of the integrated tourism complexes projects, through which we aspire to achieve a number of objectives related to the development of the tourism sector in the Sultanate”,

Naseem A’Sabah will be built by a renowned team of international architects, engineers and consultants to be a residential tourism complex with high quality services and international quality standards; and will keep in mind important factors such as sustainability, environment, the Omani culture and the nation’s people.