81= Metropolitan Development Strategy for Arriyadh
Project Overview
Also known as Medstar, the Arriyadh plan
aims to create two suburban cities and five smaller centres around Riyadh to help cope with its annual growth rate of about 8 per cent. The suburban cities will each house 500,000 people with the sub-centres housing 1.25 million people in total.
Project Analysis
Road sector poised for growth in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia plans to more than double its spending on roads infrastructure in 2012, but progress is likely to be slow due to inefficient tendering and design procedures
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Financial crisis benefits the constuction of cultural icons
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Housing crisis looms in Saudi Arabia
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Housing crisis looms in Saudi Arabia
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Developers rethink Gulf housing strategy
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Riyadh planning for a growing population
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Real estate contagion spreads in the Gulf
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Inside Saudi's business elite
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Light rail: A template for GCC public transport
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Major rail projects in Saudi Arabia
Company Profiles
Almabani General Contractors
The Saudi Arabian firm is focusing on its home market this year to increase revenues
Biographies
Saleh al-Hathloul
A key person working on redevelopment projects in the region
Tarek al-Shawaf
One of Saudi Arabia’s leading planners and designers of the built environment
MEED Events
Key Facts
Client: Arriyadh Development Authority
Sector: Real Estate
Stage: Study
Budget: $5bn
Completion date: Q4 2030
Location: Saudi Arabia
News
Riyadh metro future in doubt
Metro project has been left out of kingdom’s budget for the third time
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Riyadh to decide on Landbridge
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Riyadh plans $200m flyover for city’s busiest intersection
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Riyadh tackles environmental deficiencies
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Arriyadh Development awards $300m heritage city construction contract
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Work begins on $11.5bn university in Saudi
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Riyadh metro to be built using public-private partnership model
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Saudi government considering second land rehabilitation project in Riyadh
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Saudi Oger to finish Riyadh's King Abdullah Road this year
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Saudi Arabia delays tenders for Riyadh light rail
Tenders
MEED Projects
