📋 Tender Overview
Scope of Work:
Construction of Mixed-use Mega Project Bilaj Al Jazayer.
Description:
Located on the Southwest coast of Bahrain, Bilaj Al Jazayer is set to transform Bahrain’s tourism landscape. Along with investors and strategic partners, the masterplan entails the construction of a string of hotels, entertainment and leisure facilities, restaurants, and retail and residential components. The project also includes a 3-km beach, which is the cornerstone of the masterplan. Bilaj Al Jazayer’s beach area was reopened to the public in November last year as part of the project’s BD5 million ($13.2 million) first phase, which covered coastal reclamation, parking spaces, service facilities, and a 1.2km walkway.
Edamah’s Chairman affirmed that the approved general masterplan is designed to achieve a balance between economic and social development and environmental sustainability in line with the Kingdom’s commitment to bring carbon emissions to net zero by 2060. The mixed-use coastal city will incorporate green and clean technologies to purify the air and reduce temperatures, as well as shaded walkways near key facilities to encourage walking and minimize the use of cars. The buildings will also be designed in a way that reduces heat exposure, thereby reducing electricity required for air conditioning. The supporting infrastructure will include water recycling facilities as well as facilities for generating electricity from solar energy, which enhances the Kingdom of Bahrain's global position in protecting the environment and supporting sustainable development.
Bilaj Al Jazayer is a key development for Edamah and it will contribute in advancing the Kingdom of Bahrain’s infrastructure and add value to the tourism sector. Edamah’s goal is to ensure that the Bilaj Al Jazayer general masterplan serves Bahrain’s economic and leisure interests, while at the same time minimizing the environmental impact. The overall project completion and commissioning is scheduled for the fourth quarter 2026, estimate of the project cost is $200 million.
Events:
Bilaj Al Jazayer Real Estate Development is expected to award the landscape design consultancy contract for its Bilaj Al Jazayer mixed-use project in the second quarter of 2023.
February 2022- Edamah, the real estate arm of Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Company (Mumtalakat), has announced that the general masterplan for the 1.3-million-sq-m mixed-use mega project Bilaj Al Jazayer has been approved by Bahrain’s Higher Urban Planning Committee.
