NEWS UPDATE
http://www.mepmiddleeast.com August 2019 | MEP Middle East 11
PROJECT
Oman Tourism Development
Company SAOC has tasked SSH
and DAMAC International with
breathing new life into one of the
countr y’s sea terminals.
The Mina Sultan Qaboos Wa-
terfront Regeneration Project
seeks to revamp the coastal site
into one of the largest tourist and
lifestyle havens in the MENA
region.
The development – set in the
200-year-old historical centre of
commerce in Muscat – will in-
clude two main zones, namely
tourist port regeneration areas,
as well as other project sites
such as Shotayfi Village, Al Rabia
hilltop parcels, and Hay Al Mina.
SSH has been appointed to de-
tail the master plan and complete
the infrastructure of the mixed-
use destination.
In addition, SSH is carr ying
out design consultancy ser vices
for the buildings and components
of Zone 1, Bab Al Mina, which
covers a built-up area of approxi-
mately 150,000sqm and includes
a four-star hotel, residential
blocks comprising 430 units, and
several retail and entertainment
offerings.“SSH is ver y happy to be work-
ing collaboratively with respect-
ed companies such as Omran
and DAMAC on a project of this
calibre,” said Omar Nuri, general
manager for Oman at SSH.
“We look for ward to deliver-
ing an outstanding development
that will have a positive social –
as well as economic – impact on
Oman.
“The ultimate vision is that the
regeneration of the Mina Sultan
Qaboos waterfront area will con-
tribute to the sultanate becoming
a leading tourism destination in
the MENA region.”The expansive development, set in the 200-year-old historical centre of commerce in Muscat,
has aspirations of becoming one of the largest tourist havens in the MENA region
SSH selected to revamp Oman’s oldest port
into waterfront tourist destination
An artist’s impression of how the Mina Sultan Qaboos waterfront could look upon completion.
The Bab Al Mina proposals.