Sunset Beach opens its doors

30 November 2001

One of the largest residential and tourism developments in the Eastern Province is to be inaugurated at the end of December by Second Deputy Prime Minister and Defence & Aviation Minister Prince Sultan bin Abdelaziz. The Sunset Beach project has been built at Aziziya, near Al-Khobar, by local investment group Fama Holdings.

The estimated SR 600 million ($160 million) development stretches along three kilometres of seafront, and covers a total area of 412,000 square metres. It comprises 251 chalets and villas, as well as leisure, sports and entertainment facilities and a marina.

Designs for the resort were carried out by Howard Field of the US and the local Zuhair Fayez & Associates. Turner Internationalof the US acted as project manager. Contractors that worked on the project include Al-Khodari & Sons Companyand Abdul Rahman al-Turki Group, both local, and the Riyadh-based Saudi Archirodon Overseas(MEED 28:11:97; 11:7:97; 1:11:96).

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