Creek City
http://www.creekcity.net

If you are looking at new concepts of living,Creek Towers is just the place. These spectacular high rise waterfront towers directly overlook the waters of Gizri Creek.The dynamic two building complex, offers unparalleled views of the Arabian Sea, Karachi Creek and Mangroues,and the DHA golf course. Being part of Creek Towers living means more than just living in a dream home perched high. It establishes residents as a member of a community of unparalleled distinction, in the most prestigious part of Karachi

First Phase Master Plan
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Creek Towers
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Creek Terraces
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Creek Stadium
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A full-facility, international level stadium with an open air design, with a modern sports complex and hostel facility is planed for use of the DHA schools and Creek City residents.This stadium would provide the venue to attract major sporting events. There would be an Olympic sized pool along with basket ball, tennis and volley ball courts outside the athleletic track venue.

Raffles Town Club
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Right next to the exclusive Creek Marina will be the talk of the town. A five acre international standard town club that will provide seven star facilities to its members. The DHA Country and Ggolf Club and the Marina Club will become a part of the town club. The Raffles Group of Singapore has entered into a joint venture with DHA, meinhardt to develop it as part of their international chain of hotels and recreational clubs.

Creek Golf Club
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The Defence Authority Country & Golf Club is laid out on an area of 130 Acres. It has 18 holes and its par value is 72 strokes. Total yardage of the course is 6693 yards. The course was laid out by Mr. Donald Steel, a well known British golf course architect. It was developed in two phases. First 9 holes were opened to public on 28 April 1997 in Phase-I. Back 9 holes were developed in Phase-II and were inaugurated on 30 August 1998. The facilities available at that time were, a snack bar, practice range and the course itself. Later,an administration block and club house were constructed to match it with other golf courses in the country. Defence Authority Country & Golf Club is affiliated with Pakistan Golf Federation and Sindh Golf Association. The Club holds major tournaments whenever deputed by various golf organizations.

Marina Club
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The DHA Marina Club is planned to shif to a new site over-looking the blue waters of Korangi Creek right in the picturesque setting of the Creek City. This club would be providing the facilities of Diving, Fishing, Water Skiing, Rowing, Sailing, Yachting, Canoeing, Wind Surfing and Para Sailing etc. There is a plan for holding Sailing Courses and Championships. The Marina Club facility would also be available for parties and musical concerts as well as other cultural activities

This project is off the HOOK !!!!

So its on the waterfront..... this would be a real good addition to the water front skyline !

great man, know this is what i was talking about in the other thread, karachi waterfront

JCR-VIS assigns first-ever rating to construction project

RECORDER REPORT

KARACHI (September 11 2004): JCR-VIS Credit Rating Company Limited (JCR-VIS) has assigned the first-ever rating in Pakistan based on securitisation of future receivables of a construction project.

These receivables pertain to the construction of six towers of the Creek Vistas project being undertaken by Associated Constructors Ltd (ACL) -the originator - under a contract with Defence Housing Authority (DHA), Karachi.

The preliminary rating of BBB- (Triple B minus) has been assigned to the ABS Certificates of Rs 100 million of Development Securitisation Trust (DST), the special purpose vehicle.

The outlook on the rating is 'stable'. The rating will be converted to final upon examination of all relevant legal documents.

The rating takes into account the adequacy of cash flows from the securitised future receivables for providing coverage to the debt-servicing requirements of DST and the inherent strength of ACL, which also carries an entity rating of BBB-.

ACL is securitising its future receivables to purchase specialised equipment for the construction work in the Creek Vistas project.

The structure of the transaction warrants that 40 percent of the monthly receivables from the project will be routed through DST to provide cushion for the debt servicing requirements.

The tenor of the securitised loan will be 30 months with nine principals and interest repayments at the end of each quarter with initial three-month grace period.

A reserve fund equivalent to one instalment will be built during the initial period to be maintained till the maturity of the ABS Certificates.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2004

just out of curiousity, how tall r these towers,

just out of curiousity, how tall r these towers,

16 - 20 storey' each

16 - 20 storey' each

oh ... thats not bad , but i thought they were taller than that .. especially the 2 main creek towers.

i think, there would be 30 of these buildings....

i think, there would be 30 of these buildings....

wow ok ... im surprised again! I didnt think there would be so many. This on its own will transform the Karachi skyline !

I'm saying 30 buildings cause look at the map below, you see all those white white buildings, a set of 3, 10 each, thats why i said, there are going to be 30 of them :)

and that stadium, i heard is going to be an Olympic stadium (Swimming probably)

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And if you look at the project as a whole, this project is in Zone G, and still is a small part of the whole waterfront project, so you can see the scale of the development, its HUGE !

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do you have bigger pictures of zone A, B, C and E, they look like there allready planed.

Sorry Pakboy, don't have them.

Yes, they are already planned, and the construction is probably started.

why do they only have a website for zone G, there must be a website for the rest of the zones.

this creek city will make Karachi waterfront very beautiful, i just hope this gets completed soon

this creek city will make Karachi waterfront very beautiful, i just hope this gets completed soon

I agree this is a majr project ... it will completely transform Karachi .. this could become a worl famous waterfront skyline!!

this is an old article i found


DHA launches $1.5bn Waterfront Development Project

Exchequer to get $76 million annual profit, 120,000 jobs to be created

By our correspondent

KARACHI: The Creek City--a 90 acre housing project to be built as one of seven phases of Defence Housing Authority's (DHA) Waterfront Development Project, was launched at the DHA Golf & Country Club, at a colourful and impressive ceremony that went on till late on Saturday night.

The housing project envisaging building of advanced and luxurious apartments in DHA Phase-VIII overlooking the beauty of the Arabian Sea, was launched jointly by Corps Commander, Karachi Lt Gen Tariq Waseem Ghazi and Secretary, Ministry of Defence Lt Gen (retd) Hamid Nawaz Khan.

The serene and green environment of DHA's Golf Club provided a bonus treat for the audience at the launching ceremony, who also enjoyed well the wet breeze blowing from the sea. The audience comprised dignitaries, high-ranking officials of the armed forces and civil administration, leading businessmen, industrialists and celebrities from show business, media and sports.

The ambitious and heavy-budgeted project having 4,000 residential units and spread over four phases, would also offer the unique facilities of clubhouses, community centres, amphitheatres, retail areas and day care centres.

Phase-I of the project, better known as Creek Vistas offering 17 1/2 acres of land for building of twelve 14-storeyed apartment blocks, providing 624 housing units in all, was estimated to be completed in a 30-month period.

The launching ceremony of Creek City also provided the formal commencement of the registration process for booking of apartments at Creek Vistas, which would be accorded through a balloting process to be held in August this year.

Another hallmark of the project was the vision to build 30-storeyed twin towers providing 240 housing units in Phase-II B of the Creek City to be be called as Creek Towers.

"The project once built and completed will truly usher Pakistan into the era of housing schemes of the 21st century and also elevate the status of residential facilities here at par with those offered in most advanced and developed countries," said a housing consultant associated with the Creek City Project at the ceremony.

While, a documentary and presentation shown on the occasion informed that the Water Front Development Project as conceived by DHA, envisages the development of the unspoilt, unexploited and virgin 14-kilometre shoreline from Old Casino to the Golf Course in DHA Phase-VIII.

The documentary especially produced for the occasion, divulged that the beach to be developed after dividing it into seven zones from A to G, would provide the construction of an office and commercial complex, monumental tower of 500-600 feet height, amusement park, five-star hotel, amphitheatre complex and water sports facilities.

Besides provision of two parking zones at each end of the developed beach accommodating 4,000 to 5,000 vehicles, the project envisages the transition facilities of a tramway, cable cars between the two parking zones and ferries to be plied in a canal running parallel to the tram track.

Secretary Defence, Lt Gen (retd) Hamid Nawaz Khan said that credit went to the past and present administrations of DHA for turning it into the premium housing society of the country.

While congratulating DHA for completion of 50 years since its inception, he also expressed the desire that the Authority would surely undertake efforts to convert Karachi into a modern metropolis of the country at par with international standards.

Hamid Nawaz, also chairman of the DHA governing body, accentuated the need for developing Karachi into a modern metropolitan keeping in view its centrality, as a hub of business and economic activities in the country.

He expressed his firm confidence that Creek City would certainly emerge as a model residential project for its competitors, willing to develop housing schemes on the most modern lines.

Commander 5 Corps Lt Gen Tariq Waseem Ghazi said that launching of the Waterfront Development Project had coincided with the golden jubilee celebrations of DHA.

He maintained that the credit for conceiving the Waterfront Development Project along with the Creek City could not be given to a single person, rather it was the teamwork of dedicated and committed professionals and consultants working in collaboration with DHA.

Lt Gen Ghazi, also president of DHA's Executive Board, said that only after he had assumed the charge of corps commander, a vision and plan was conceived and implemented for the development of the 14-kilometre waterfront under the jurisdiction of DHA. He commented that prior to his assumption of duties in Karachi, no desire, initiative or plan was present to productively exploit the premium shoreline of Karachi.

He was of the view that after the development of the Creek City project, the DHA was sure to become a modern and visionary housing scheme of the 21st century, abandoning behind, its posture of a conventional housing society.

About the economic dimensions of the Waterfront project, the corps commander said that a total investment of $1.5 billion had been earmarked for the project, while adding that the country's GDP was expected to be benefited to the tune of $4.4 billion with an annual benefit of around $76 million. He further informed that the project was estimated to make a profit of nearly half-a-billion US dollars every year.

The corps commander said that around 120,000 job opportunities were expected to be evolved from undertaking the project, consisting of around 80,000 direct employment opportunities with the DHA and the rest being indirect job openings related to the project.

He informed that with the revenue generated from the Waterfront Development Project, a rapid development of DHA Phase-VIII would also be undertaken, spread over a span of over five years, while redevelopment and raising of infrastructures would also be made underway in rest of the DHA phases within a time frame of three to five years.

Besides these prospective developmental activities for the benefit of DHA residents, Lt Gen Ghazi said that power generation and water-recycling facilities through desalination process would also be developed for uninterrupted supply of civic utilities at cheap costs.

Administrator DHA Brig Asif Ghazali said that spread over 9,000 acres of land and divided into eight phases, DHA was the largest real estate development scheme of the country.

He said that the quality of services and residential facilities being provided by the defence authority had made DHA synonymous with a lifestyle of cleanliness, calmness, tranquillity and affluence.

He said that the Waterfront Development Project envisaged the creation of a self-sufficient marina city with an integrated vehicular management system, indigenous water supply and power generation systems, five-star hotels and motels and recreational areas including the country's first amusement park of international standards.

Kaleem-ur-Rehman, President Askari Bank Limited, which is also commissioning the project said that his bank would provide every sort of facility and support for the comfort and convenience of those desiring to get registered for
booking of condominiums at the Creek City.

The launching ceremony hosted by leading showbiz artistes Moin Akhter and Samina Peerzada was followed by a lively and enthralling colourful fireworks show. Later, in the evening, a musical show was also held where country's leading pop singers performed.

i think this is zone F, next to creek city.


A UNIQUE WATER WORLD

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A UNIQUE WATER WORLD

Waterfront developments the world over show piece the city, mirroring the life and rhythm of its people. They are prime properties dedicated to harmonious living, casual entertainment, classy dining, multifaceted recreation, family outings- the ideal one-stop living environment. In Karachi, Pakistan Defence Officers Housing Authority (or DHA, as it is fondly called) has a virgin, unspoilt waterfront of nearly 14 kilometers begging to be developed. From the windswept Arabian Coast to the colored waters of Gizri Creek lies an opportunity that awaits fresh initiatives. The residents of Karachi are soon to see a qualitative change in their lives and in their concepts of relaxation style and fun.
DHA is constantly endeavoring to enrich the environment. It cannot choose to ignore the possibilities that its waterfront offers. Therefore, it has embarked on an ambitious and modern programme through a painstakingly produced master-plan for its water front developments.



PROCESS & RATIONALE

The master-plan for DHA waterfront developments has evolved over many hours of labor. It has been subjected to competitive evaluation and finalized through an integration of the best elements. A detailed Terms of Reference Memos was given to 19 outstanding architects in Pakistan. Their submissions were scrutinized by an 'Award Committee' that found the design concepts of Messrs Shakeel S Hyder, Consultant Tech International and Meinhardt as the top three entries. Mr. Shakeel S Hyder was then hired to integrate the leading designs under direct DHA supervision. The mater-plan divides the waterfront of 14 kilometers into seven distinct Zones (A to G) in harmony with the terrain characteristics. Parameters were then established to allocate compatible activities to each Zone. The aim is to achieve a harmonious blend overall, while ensuring that activities do not conflict within adjoining Zones.

ZONE E looks interesting

How old is that article ?

All the zones look interesting though zone D has me worried...

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Progress – Creek Vistas

1. Creek City Project is progressing in the way, as it has been
envisaged. By grace of Allah, project team is confidant to
achieve the results as promised to our worthy allotties.
We have progressed in following field till today:-

a. Awarding of contract for Creek Vistas to the well reputed
contractors.

b. Mobilization of the contractors / consultants on site.

c. DHA has established its own construction management
team on site.

d. Dedicated and highly qualified staff from DHA side has
appointed to over see the project.

e. Well netted system for dewatering is laid out so that
progress on piling continue with out any hindrance.

All the zones look interesting though zone D has me worried...


i dnt think zone D and F are planned yet. well not all of it.

and that article is about 1 year old.

So this means, the construction started a year back on this project!

This means a few more years to go till its complete! :D

Creek City is said to involve a direct investment worth $1.5 billion that would impact on the GDP of Pakistan to the tune of $4.4 billion earning for the government. This project when completed is expected to add $76.1 million in taxes every year. It is estimated that revenue that these activities will generate are estimated to the tune of $500 million annually.

clcik here to see the whole waterfront project

www.beyond2000pk.com/seaviewdev.php

if just creek city can earn that much for the goverment, imagine how much the whole waterfront project will earn,

I can't wait til it's finished... by mid-2007, Creek City should be completed... And have they started construction on the rest of the waterfront project?

yep they have

There seems to be a problem with the pics of this project ... any idea what happened, we've got to re-instate these somehow.

creek city main page has gone offline

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Can you tel me, when this project is finished?

Creek City could finish within a year...but the whole Waterfront project could take a couple and knowing this is Pakistan I'd add a few more years.

FOR WHOLE WATERFRONT PROJECT GO TO

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=175209

CREEK VISTA CONDOMINIUM, KARACHI, PAKISTAN

Creek Vista Condominium Phase III is built on a 77,464 sq m site with a scenic view. Conceptual and schematic designs for this project are provided by CPG-tss. It is a follow-on phase of the master plan for the development and conceptual design for Phase I and II which they have worked on previously.

The development will house bungalows and 762 condominium units comprising of 10 blocks of 26-storey towers. The size of these units will range between 300-sqm to 650-sqm for the penthouses with full condo facilities such as a swimming pool, tennis courts, gymnasium, etc.
The urban design plan of Creek Vista is to introduce luxury high-rise housing in Pakistan and also to enhance land value by increasing density of land use while creating an exclusive environment for the residence. Efforts have also been taken to weave in the internal layouts of traditional Pakistani houses into the interior design of the units so that residents feel 'at home'.

Creek Vista will be one of the first few luxury high-rise housing developments in Pakistan when completed.

Client : The Defence Housing Authority, Pakistan
Scope Of Services : Conceptual and Schematic Designs

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Great find!

Creek City could finish within a year...but the whole Waterfront project could take a couple and knowing this is Pakistan I'd add a few more years.

the whole Creek city or only creek vistas??

Those two towers should be completed within the year...the whole project itself could take God knows how long.

Creek City is just one of the projects...the whole DHA project is another but both are being built in the same area. Creek City should finish soon...

Thank for your answer CNtower!

Thank for you answer CNTower

Give us some idea on what's happening in Faisalabad!

the creekcity website went down.

defence karachi are now working on a new website, should be up shortly.

the new website:

http://creekcity.dhakarachi.org

i just need to know that is it possible for a civilian to book an apartment in this project or it is only for military personel. ???

i just need to know that is it possible for a civilian to book an apartment in this project or it is only for military personel. ???

Anyone can book an apartment in this project. DHA (Defence Housing Authority) is just the name of the company.

i visted the website and on the registration form, it is stated that only on service and retired miltary personel and their spuse, children,a nd widows are eligible. if you explain this , i will be realy grateful to you
the link of the registration form:
http://creekcity.dhakarachi.org/creekcity/registrationform.pdf

You prolly get some benefits, I.E Less Registration Fee or something .. because I remember they did not have any objections of me being "Not" an Army-man.

One flat in Creek City was around 80 Lacs when the project started.

what is it worth now?

Its probably the same , as Creek City is still U/C. Wait for it to complete and thats when itll go up!

Give us some idea on what's happening in Faisalabad!

In fact, I don't live in Faisalabad, I live in France in Paris, But I am come from Faisalabad

Paris is in France or France is in Paris..........lolz

"same difference"
Anyways, I heard that apartments of Creek City were already being traded on the real estate market and were fetching a pretty high price!

*sigh* ... its the Pakistani property market, so im not in the least bit surprised.

"same difference"
Anyways, I heard that apartments of Creek City were already being traded on the real estate market and were fetching a pretty high price!

Its the same at all Defense related properties Including DHA, Askari, PAF's & Navy's housing schemes. Flats & bungalows are allotted to officers at extremely low prices and these lucky allotees mostly sell their properties in Karachi's prime locations at the existing market rate, becoming Instant Crore-patis/Multi-Millionaire m)) .

E.g. current prices in armed forces Housing Schemes in KHI

1. Army's new Askari- IV scheme at Shahra-e-Faisal/Rashid Minhas Rd (Millenuim Mall):

*New 3 bed 2500 sq. ft Flat, Price Rs. ~1 Crore (Rs. 10 million/US$ 170,000), officers get at Rs. ~35 Laks(Rs. 3.5 mil)
*500 sq. yards Bungalow, Price Rs. 2 Crore (Rs. 20 mil/US$ 340,000), officers get at Rs. ~60 Laks

2.PAF Housing Scheme at Shahra-e-Faisal:
500 sq. yards Bungalow, Rs 2.50 Crore (Rs. 25 million/US$ 420,000)

3.Navy's Hosing Society in Clifton:
500 sq. yards Bungalow, Rs 2.75 Crore (Rs. 27.5 million/US$ 460,000)

NEWS

construction of this project has been stalled because DHA could not afford it, ARY digital have now brought some shares in it and thats why the website went offline.

Shouldnt they have thought of the cost well before!

Now we have a Mega project that has been U/C for I guess well over 2 years and now they say they cannot afford it!

Jesus!

they did have all the funds for it at the begining, but then they invested all there money into islamabad.

Where??

what a shi**y management! Also, that should be taken as deceiving people. If it were the United States, the company would have been sued. But unfortunately its not.

its not that bad, cos ARY have taken over so there shouldnt be a delay anymore and they have a much better managment then DHA.

so, it means now the work will be finished by ARY

they did have all the funds for it at the begining, but then they invested all there money into islamabad.

thats right. New GHQ+airport+land developmet in Isloo would cost big BILLIONS/Trillions to build. No money for others!

thats right. New GHQ+airport+land developmet in Isloo would cost big BILLIONS/Trillions to build. No money for others!

Quite an ignorant comment! :bash:
Do you really know how much trillion is?
Both projects(i.e. GHQ and airport) would not cast more than few billions...and anyone who has seens Islamabad airport will agree that capital of our country deserve a better international airport!

thats right. New GHQ+airport+land developmet in Isloo would cost big BILLIONS/Trillions to build. No money for others!


why would defence housing authoritie give the funds for GHQ and airport :weirdo: :weirdo: :weirdo: :weirdo: :weirdo: :weirdo: they only pay for there own developments. the goverment pays for the airport and GHQ

Alright lets just switch back to the topic!

The Govt., the GHQ and the Airport can be discussed in their respective topics/Sub-forums!

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The President of Pakistan was briefed by President Executive Board DHA, Administrator DHA and Project Director (CC & SP) DHA on the Waterfront Developments and Cogeneration Plant President General Pervez Musharraf issued directives intended to speed up work and r4emove obstacles in way of progress:

DHA Cogeneration Plant
The President appreciated the structuring, processing and efficacy of DHA Cogeneration Project for 94MW Power and 3MGD water supply. He directed that approval of NEPRA should be formalised within 15 days by Chairman NEPRA so that the project is completed within the stipulated time.

DHA Waterfront developments
While lauding the visionary plant of DHA Waterfront, the President noted the issues impeding its development. Following directives were issued:

Land Ownership Lease Issues with PQA and Karachi port trust
The President directed that the Ownership and lease of Land issues be resolved immediately.

Waterfront Land Reclamation.
The President was apprised of the extent of selective intrusion on DHA Waterfront Development Projects. He directed that any issue regarding the same be resolved in the meeting with Minister for Communication. He further emphasised that all incentives and facilitation should be provided to developers so that favourable investment climate within the country is utilised by foreign investors. He especially emphasised that “ paralysis through analysis” be countered.

Bundal-Buddo Islands
The President was briefed on the Potential of Bundal-Buddo Islands just 1.2km across DHA Golf Club. These Islands measuring approximating 10,000 acres are prime locations and formed a natural extension of DHA and its Waterfront Developments. The President stated that the has noted the potential of the proposal and will now personally look into the development of these Islands.

The President in his concluding remarks appreciated DHA’s performance and assured that all help will be forthcoming to DHA by the government with regard to its development projects.

when did this ceremony took place

KARACHI: Corps Commander, Lt Gen Syed Athar Ali, has directed Defence Housing Authority (DHA) to go ahead with its strategic plans and complete mega projects within the scheduled time frame ensuring highest degree of transparency, professionalism and credibility in its execution.

This was stated in a press release of DHA issued here on Thursday. It said the corps commander, who is also president of executive board of DHA, gave these directives while presiding over a high level executive board meeting spread over two days, held at the housing authority’s main office.

The executive board reviewed the technical, structural and financial aspects of some new projects, which are being initiated soon. The awards for construction of Creek Terraces, Creek View and various zones of DHA Water Front Development Project including Entertainment Zone, Commercial Zone and DHA Shopping Plaza to various foreign investors of repute would be announced soon.

The signs of construction work and development activity along the beach would be visible on ground by mid this year. Lt Gen Athar asked the DHA management to adopt a holistic and progressive approach towards project implementation strategy and to create optimum conducive environments for attracting maximum foreign investment required for developing an exquisite facility of international standard.

The corps commander stressed upon the need for carrying out town planning of commercial areas in DHA Phase-VIII with due diligence to ensure availability of adequate space and car parking facilities for the ever-increasing population.

The executive board was also informed that work on survey to carry out up-gradation and refurbishment of four commercial areas in DHA, that is, Zamzama, Stadium, Bokhari and Badar Commercials is nearing completion and refurbishment work would start soon.

The executive board decided that only registered real estate agents with DHA would be allowed to function in Defence Housing Authority to facilitate buyers and sellers in carrying out smooth and hassle-free transfer of property besides minimising chances of fraud and exploitation. The details and modalities of registration would be announced soon.

Lt Gen Athar directed DHA to further improve the property transfer procedure to make it more expedient and transparent for facilitation of the public. The corps commander asked Defence Housing Authority to bring substantial and tangible improvement in security situation in DHA.

He directed the housing authority to initiate effective monitoring and checking system at the entry and exit points of DHA to provide secure and peaceful living environments to the residents.

He also stressed on the need for carrying out beautification and cleanliness of roads, medians and open plots in DHA to give a neat outlook to the area. The executive board accorded approval for construction of a new DHA main office complex in Defence Phase VI with better accessibility and parking space.

Earlier, Administrator DHA Brig Maqsood Hussain gave a detailed resume of the ongoing development activities and the progress report on the mega projects. Senior representatives of the three services besides others attended the meeting.

http://www.jang.com.pk/thenews/mar2005-daily/04-03-2005/metro/k13.htm

The Creek City Hospital



Karachi being a metropolitan city and industrial hub certainly requires a world class hospital equipped with all modern facilities, Sophisticated equipment, professional doctors and well trained para medical staff, to cater for the need of not only the residents of Karachi but for people of the entire Gulf and South Asian Region, who now go to Far East or Europe for treatment.

Moreover, the necessity has also been felt because quite a large number of Pakistani businessmen go abroad for treatment, spending a huge amount of foreign exchange. Keeping in view this requirement, the hospital plot located in Phase VIII of DHA will soon be converted into a world-class private hospital, managed by International Hospital Group, UK.

Indeed, this Joint Venture between DHA, IHG and MAS group will go a long way in giving one of the best special hospital services to the people of Pakistan.

At the MOU signing ceremony, Brig. Maqsood Hussain, Administrator DHA said that the hospital should come up as an international level facility offering quality healthcare not only to the residents of DHA, but also should be built in a manner so as to attract patients from all over Pakistan as well as the regional countries.

Named as Creek City Hospital (CCH), this state of the art healthcare facility will be able to offer prompt services and unique facility. CCH aims at providing world-class services in health care with a holistic approach at an affordable cost, incorporating the latest technologies advances and ethical management practices.

IHG will have a long-term exclusive management and operations agreement with CCH whereby it will have access to IHG’s global expertise and experience in the field of surgical and medicare service, as well as in setting up and developing hospitals of excellence throughout the world. Surgeons, doctors and paramedical staff will also benefit from IHG’s training and induction in critical surgical and Medicare services at IHG’s worldwide facilities.

The main hospital complex will be trail made as a specialized facility. Various departments will be equipped with the latest equipments supported by technically advanced systems. The hospital will have a mix of national and foreign staff in addition to visiting specialists from other countries.

Serviced Apartments

20-30 Services Apartments will be built on the CCH site.

These will be used for providing accommodation to expatriate doctors, paramedics, and specialists who will be visiting CCH for conducting surgical procedures and training. In addition, they may be used by the patients and their attendants requiring long stay.

Quality pre and post treatment care will be one of the focal areas of CCH. The planned serviced apartments for the patients and their relatives will ensure that serious patients have a place to stay within the hospital complex where they are looked after and completely rehabilitated before they go home. This complex will also accommodate the patients and their families coming from up country and abroad.

There is a plan to build 50 apartments for doctors and other essential staff on the site. The on site residence of doctors and essential staff will improve the medical services and help to retain quality staff in the hospital.

Health and Wellness Centre

The CCH will establish the H&WC in the first phase for the purpose of cardiac rehabilitation, executive check-up and healthcare service. Cardiac rehabilitation of a very essential component of cardiac treatment and will be given priority.

H&WC will also have

• Nutrition and dietetics
• Physiotherapy
• Aerobics and health treatments
• Spa facilities
• Oxygen and other treatment. etc…
• Patient rehabilitation

The basic vision of the wellness center will be to promote preventive health care for the whole family. It will promote fitness culture in the society where fitness is seen as a lifestyle. The center will employ well trained and qualified instructors, dieticians and therapists.

Medical Supermarket

A good pharmacy and availability of medical supplies near the CCH will be commercially and technically beneficial to CCH.

Information Technology

CCH will employ cutting edge IT technologies in maintaining patient records, built linkage between various departments so that a patient’s history is available to every doctor and paramedic in the hospital thereby ensuring patient protection.

The Creek City Hospital is poised to be Asia’s leading corporate hospital to introduce total care concept in hospital management providing holistic care to its patients. The core medical team will consist of eminent foreign and local doctors, surgeons and paramedical staff.

Healthcare Quality

CCH is poised to be Asia’s leading corporate hospital to introduce total care concept in hospital management providing holistic care to its patients. The core medical team will consist of eminent foreign and local doctors, surgeons and paramedical staff.

The Creek Hospital will add enormous value to health care in Pakistan. This new integrated medical facility will show that the practice of medicine is a cooperative movement of physicians on behalf of society. Each year medicine grows stronger in science, education, clinical acumen, and the organized delivery of health care. This will be a hospital of the future where the collective strength of the organization constitutes a common wealth of intellect, a republic of ideas, and the beat example of physician-directed health care.

At CCH, the design features will promote tranquility and patients will be less likely to suffer the disorientation know as “ICU-it is.”

A sophisticated incinerator will be built in the complex to safely dispose off hospital waste. This aspect of hospital management is crucial to make the hospital environment friendly, and to prevent the patients and staff from the harmful effects of the hospital waste. The incinerator will be of larger capacity and the hospital waste from other hospitals will also be disposed off here.

Project Schedule

CCH is designed to be a fast track project with the door opening of the hospital scheduled in Feb 2007. The project is to achieve the financial close by April 05. The special purpose company of the CCH has already been formed. CCH will boast of a sprawling structure spread over 16 acres and will be completed in a record breaking time of 2 years.

International Hospital Group. UK

IHG is a highly experienced healthcare company operating in today’s worldwide market. For over twenty five years. The company has successfully undertaken projects of all sizes and levels of complexity and has completed in excess of 400 healthcare contracts in more than 35 countries.

IHG’s clients include the United Nations, The World Bank, The International Finance Corporation, the European Union, and the British Government’s Department for International Development, the private sector and over 25 Governments worldwide.


IHG have proven experience of outstanding success in all areas of healthcare service. T can draw on a powerful range of skills and experiences in unusual and innovative ways, for example:

• The relationship between design, technology and operational management.
• Re-engineering clinical services to bridge affordability gaps.
• Brokering the shift in the boundary between primary and secondary care.

Quality Assurance

IHG is synonymous with quality healthcare. All work carried out by IHG complies with appropriate Quality Assurance Codes. IHG is ISO 9001 accredited and has experience of working with the requirements of British Technical Memoranda and other British and International codes of practice. The Company also has considerable experience of working to the US specifications of the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organization and the British King’s Fund for Organizational Audis.

MAS Group of Companies

MAS Group is a professionally managed group of companies undertaking project Management, marketing, technical and consulting service for the last twenty-nine years in Pakistan.

MAS Group has a vast and varied experience in various fields. In the health sector MAS has been involved with the introduction of Health Management Information System all over the country, setting up integrated health management systems in all the four provinces and trainers of health education officers’ master trainers in the Country.

:cheers: :cheers:

CLAP CLAP CLAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This project is as important as ANY top project in Pakistan. It actually deserves a whole new thread because of it's importance. We needed this sort of project(HOSPITAL) more than any 6 or 7 star hotel, housing complexes etc.

This is a very good step, im IMPRESSED :cheers: :cheers:

Im sure as a nation we'll have more than enough "daactors" to fill up new hospitals ... :lol: .. considering the amount that are studying medicine under parental pressure.

:eek2:


excellent, excellent, excellent project
What more can i say?:) i am at a loss of words.

Work on Creek City Hospital project to begin in August

* 300-bed CCH in DHA Phase VIII to be Asia’s leading corporate hospital

By Aziz Sanghur

KARACHI: The groundbreaking ceremony of the 300-bed Creek City Hospital Project will be held in the last week of August this year, and the project will be completed in a record time of two years, it is officially learnt here.

The Creek City Hospital will be a leading corporate hospital of Asia and will introduce a total care concept in hospital management, providing holistic care to its patients. The core medical team will consist of eminent foreign and local doctors, surgeons and paramedical staff. According to a source, the hospital plot located in Phase VIII of the Defence Housing Authority will soon be converted into a world-class private hospital, managed by the International Hospital Group, UK. It is a joint venture of the DHA, IHG and MAS Group and will go a long way in giving one of the best hospital services to the people of Pakistan.

The source said that a memorandum of understanding had already been signed between the DHA, IHG and MAS group. The hospital was designed to be a fast-track project, with its door opening scheduled in 2007, he said, adding that the hospital would boast of a sprawling structure spread over 16 acres.

The hospital plan shows that the hospital will be an international-level facility offering quality health care not only to the residents of the DHA, but also to patients from all over Pakistan as well as from regional countries. The CCH will aim at providing world-class services in health care, with a holistic approach at an affordable cost, incorporating the latest technologies and ethical management practices.

It is also officially learnt that the IHG, UK, will have a long-term exclusive management and operations agreement with the CCH, whereby the latter will have access to the IHG's global expertise and experience in the field of surgical and medicare service, as well as in setting up and developing hospitals of excellence throughout the world. Surgeons, doctors and paramedical staff will also benefit from IHG's training and induction into critical surgical and medicare services at IHG's worldwide facilities.

According to the source, various departments will be equipped with the latest equipment supported by technically advanced systems. The hospital will have a mix of national and foreign staff, in addition to visiting specialists from other countries.

He said that 20-30 services apartments would be built on the CCH site. They would be used for providing accommodation to expatriate doctors, paramedics and specialists who would be visiting the CCH for conducting surgical procedures and training, he added.

He noted that the planned serviced apartments for patients and their relatives would ensure that serious patients had a place to stay within the hospital complex, where they would be looked after and completely rehabilitated before they went home. That complex would also accommodate patients and their families coming from up country and abroad, he added.

According to hospital plan, there is another plan to build 50 apartments for doctors and other essential staff on the site.

The plan shows the hospital will establish a Health and Wellness Centre in the first phase for cardiac rehabilitation, executive checkups and healthcare services. Cardiac rehabilitation is a very essential component of cardiac treatment and will be given priority.

The plan says the basic vision of the center will be to promote preventive health care for the whole family, and that it will employ well-trained and qualified instructors and therapists.

Medical Supermarket: A good pharmacy and availability of medical supplies near the CCH will be commercially and technically beneficial to the CCH.

Information Technology: The CCH will employ the latest IT technologies in maintaining patient records, and to build linkages between various departments so that a patient's history is available to every doctor and paramedic in the hospital, thereby ensuring patient protection. Healthcare Quality: The CCH is will be Asia's leading corporate hospital to introduce a total care concept in hospital management providing holistic care to its patients. The core medical team will consist of eminent foreign and local doctors, surgeons and paramedical staff.

The Creek Hospital will add enormous value to health care in Pakistan. A sophisticated incinerator will be built in the complex to safely dispose of hospital waste. This aspect of hospital management is crucial to making the hospital environment friendly and to preventing the patients and staff from the harmful effects of the hospital waste.

About the International Hospital Group, UK, the source said the group was a highly experienced healthcare company operating in the worldwide market. The company had successfully undertaken projects of all sizes and levels of complexity and had completed in excess of 400 healthcare contracts in more than 35 countries, he added.

The source said that IHG's clients included the United Nations, The World Bank, The International Finance Corporation, the European Union and the British Government's Department for International Development, the private sector and over 25 governments worldwide. About the MAS Group of Companies, he said that the MAS Group was a professionally managed group of companies undertaking project management, marketing and technical and consulting service for the last twenty-nine years in Pakistan.

He said that MAS Group had a vast and varied experience in various fields. In the health sector it had been involved in the introduction of a Health Management Information System all over the country, setting up integrated health management systems in all the four provinces and trainers of health education officers' master trainers in the country.

Damn i know where to submit my resume in Pakistan when i move!

finaly after several delays its gona be launched, i also heard cc construction also restarted a while back/

http://www.urbanpakistan.com/modules/coppermine/albums/Creek_City_Update_Mehdi/normal_Creek09.JPG
http://www.urbanpakistan.com/modules/coppermine/albums/Creek_City_Update_Mehdi/normal_Creek08.JPG
http://www.urbanpakistan.com/modules/coppermine/albums/KCC_25April/normal_creektowers6.jpg
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I visited the construction site of Creek City yesterday, and here are my observations:
- Work is going on fullspeed ahead on all six/eight towers of the first phase, and at a very fast pace.
- Theres lots of machinery on site including cement mixers, cranes, excavators, etc.
- The ground floor and three storeys upwards have been almost completed, the construction looks to be high quality and strong. Looks world class from everyaspect.
- I observed a tent city set up beside the project, which seems like the place where the laborers on site have been accomodated. Very nice idea.
- Judging by the speed of construction, I would say the towers might be completed within three years or less inshallah.

I took a few photos as well, but at present unfortunately, I cannot upload them.

But overall, progress gets a rating of 10/10 from me.

thanks Swerveut
i was looking for eye-witness information
thank you very much lookin forward for the pictures

I visited the construction site of Creek City yesterday, and here are my observations:
- Work is going on fullspeed ahead on all six/eight towers of the first phase, and at a very fast pace.
- Theres lots of machinery on site including cement mixers, cranes, excavators, etc.
- The ground floor and three storeys upwards have been almost completed, the construction looks to be high quality and strong. Looks world class from everyaspect.
- I observed a tent city set up beside the project, which seems like the place where the laborers on site have been accomodated. Very nice idea.
- Judging by the speed of construction, I would say the towers might be completed within three years or less inshallah.

I took a few photos as well, but at present unfortunately, I cannot upload them.

But overall, progress gets a rating of 10/10 from me.
man where have you been?

i havent seen you on MSN for months! :runaway:

I have been passing by the Creek City site very frequently lately, and heres what I have to report:
Work is going on full steam ahead on all the twelve towers of the first phase. The site looks very impressive and one of the buildings has reached fifth storey height. On average, the other buildings are two to three storeys high at the moment. Construction is going on ver fast though, and even on site visit, you can see that it is a massive project. Looks like you are somewhere in the middle east or something. Truly world class.
The prices, unfortunately, have also become world class with the price of the pent house well above Rs. 10,500,000 and 3 bed 5,100,000.

The construction site though looks very busy during the day, and very beautifully serene by night.. with all the nightlights in an otherwise sparse area.

This is one HOT PROPERTY!

I have been passing by the Creek City site very frequently lately, and heres what I have to report:
Work is going on full steam ahead on all the twelve towers of the first phase. The site looks very impressive and one of the buildings has reached fifth storey height. On average, the other buildings are two to three storeys high at the moment. Construction is going on ver fast though, and even on site visit, you can see that it is a massive project. Looks like you are somewhere in the middle east or something. Truly world class.
The prices, unfortunately, have also become world class with the price of the pent house well above Rs. 10,500,000 and 3 bed 5,100,000.

The construction site though looks very busy during the day, and very beautifully serene by night.. with all the nightlights in an otherwise sparse area.

This is one HOT PROPERTY!

Pictures dude Pictures! Please take some pictures! I have a spare digicam lying around, if you want ill send it to you so you can take pictures of all the stuff thats going on in Karachi, whaddya say?

^ thats good to hear. And yeh man. we would love to see some new pics. Please get some pics. Will be greatly appreciated.

thats great news and the other good thing is that we have an eye witness

good news, try and get pictures.

haha typical 5 stories!

in the pictures they made it look like 20 stories high!

^ dude. 5 stories have been COMPLETED.

I just wish Pakistan could come up with better names rather than stealing them from the UAE... point in case, isn't there a city being developed north of Karachi to be named "Dubai City"?

^ And what exactly does that have to do with this topic?

wat does creek have to do with dubai, it is in many countrys.

haha typical 5 stories!

in the pictures they made it look like 20 stories high!

yeh you idoit it's not only 5 more coming read befor you speak idoit...

creek city ..
http://www3.worldisround.com/photos/2/585/425.jpg
http://www3.worldisround.com/photos/2/585/424.jpg
http://www3.worldisround.com/photos/3/127/41.jpg

Creek Club
http://www3.worldisround.com/photos/3/168/422.jpg
http://www3.worldisround.com/photos/3/127/79.jpg

could you please host those pictures on imageshack.us?

images not working

to see images, copy the link and open it in another browser
These are the old renderings of the creek city

Be prepared to view massive quantities of awesome Karachi photos by mid-August (inshallah) I have been taking numerous photos over the past few days but cant upload them because of bad internet and wrong computer. So, please be patient, cause the reward is greatent.

^ Thank you! Waiting Anxiously! :D

thank you

cant wait

You mentioned something about old renderings? Have the changed the designs of Creek Towers?

Why we have too many stickys? Remove the sticky, there is no need to keep it on top all the time.

Done....

http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/7277/post24811188852474at.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

i think the towers are 14 story. not tall enouth it would've been better if they made it taller.

This is a picture I got a few days ago of the site. I have more pictures that I will be uploading in some time.

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b2/swerveut/CreekCityKarachi01.jpg

looks great, when are you gona put all your pictures up.

need some more time unfortunately...
maybe by end of next week.

^ woudl love to see more close up pics of the buildings and see hwo the works coming along :D
thanks buddy

These are the recent pictures from the Creek City construction site:

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b2/swerveut/Projects/CreekCityKarachi19.jpg


http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b2/swerveut/Projects/CreekCityKarachi15.jpg


http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b2/swerveut/Projects/CreekCityKarachi14.jpg


http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b2/swerveut/Projects/CreekCityKarachi11.jpg


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http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b2/swerveut/Projects/CreekCityKarachi10.jpg


From the back side:

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b2/swerveut/Projects/CreekCityKarachi08.jpg

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b2/swerveut/Projects/CreekCityKarachi07.jpg

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b2/swerveut/Projects/CreekCityKarachi03.jpg

The tallest block so far:
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b2/swerveut/Projects/CreekCityKarachi04.jpg

^ nice. lets see what it looks liek after completion. i hope its not white!!!

swerveut.............................Those are exellent creek city U/C images. good job.

swerveut.............................Those are exellent creek city U/C images. good job.
yaar U/C buliding ki ithni thariff pehli baar suon raha ho lolzzzzzzzzzz

yaar U/C buliding ki ithni thariff pehli baar suon raha ho lolzzzzzzzzzz


Acha WAQAI???? :eek2: :shocked: :runaway:

wow, construction madness.

HOW HIGH IS IT

yaar U/C buliding ki ithni thariff pehli baar suon raha ho lolzzzzzzzzzz


go to the burj dubai topic, in uae forums.

HOW HIGH IS IT


there not very high only 18 storys.

Whats more important for this project is not its height, but the scale of the development. The Creek Vistas phase of the project, which is currently under construction consists of 12 towers of about 18 storeys each whereas, three more phases each of about 12 towers are in the planning. Apart from this, the area coming under the project is to be extensively landscaped and would also contain two 50 storey office towers, a modern hospital, schools, and a mall.

swerveut can mark the exact location of this project on google and post here please.

Google maps doesnt seem to have a map of Karachi, but on its satellite photo Google map photo (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=karachi+pakistan&ll=24.770759,67.091360&spn=0.046495,0.071347&t=k&hl=en) this project is located on the block towards the northern tip of the green patch (the DHA golf course) on the DHA peninsula.

do you mean this patch next to golf course
http://img392.imageshack.us/img392/6807/dhak6wo.jpg (http://imageshack.us)to golf

Yups! was just about to update this myself.

There you go...

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b2/swerveut/Satellite/DHApeninsula.jpg


http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b2/swerveut/Satellite/creekcitysite.jpg

nice. thanks for providing the exact locatiion. good job swerveut.

hey anyone know when the next phase of Creek City, Creek Marina it is i think, starting and will be open for booking?

And whats the current oon money/price for Creek vistas?

http://www.creekmarina.com/cmlogo1.jpg
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The area where Creek City is being built, has somewhat of a grid pattern developing (for roads).

Creek City is one of the seven phases of the waterfront development plan. In about 7 years CDGK plans to develop the whole waterfront area, lets see how far they go in there plans, and lets hope they can achieve them.

atlast marina about to be launched.

There is a huge rendering of Creek Marina in todays newspaper

can you get a scan/

The area where Creek City is being built, has somewhat of a grid pattern developing (for roads).

Creek City is one of the seven phases of the waterfront development plan. In about 7 years CDGK plans to develop the whole waterfront area, lets see how far they go in there plans, and lets hope they can achieve them.


DHA Karachi is based on a grid pattern. If you look at its satellite picture, most of it is a gird.

CREEK MARINA (http://www.creekmarina.com)

http://www.creekmarina.com

There is a huge rendering of Creek Marina in todays newspaper

Scan it man !

Swerveut,

Can you please point out where Creek Marina is being built using google ?

You could share your map here,

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=254865

Creek Marina has its own thread now, for further discussion on that project, click here:
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=255010

creektowers.com

is also coming very soon.

Dayyam! Property in Pakistan is selling like hot cakes these days!

the Creek City website not working...?

http://www.creekcity.net

address has changed for it. go to karachi dha site/

http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/2700/karachicreekvistaconstrgb7.jpg

http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/6979/karachicreekvistaconstrfw4.jpg

http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/3665/karachicreekvistaconstrhr4.jpg

http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/6813/karachicreekvistaconstrlb9.jpg

http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/6092/karachicreekvistaconstrst5.jpg

http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/6684/karachicreekvistaconstrmi1.jpg

http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/3788/karachicreekvistaconstrdx7.jpg

http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/7915/karachicreekvistaconstrex4.jpg

http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/2241/karachicreekvistaconstrtc7.jpg

http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/1503/karachicreekvistaconstrpr2.jpg

cant c the pics

thanks, its been great to have you one this forum.

i think topic should be re-named 'CREEK VISTAS' and we should keep them all seperate.

Whats the current website of Creek city which actually"works".

http://creekcity.dhakarachi.org/creekcity/

MQM should surly be licking there lips now, this project would bring $88 million in tax every year. imagine if they can use that money wisely, they could setup good infranstructure around the waterfront and clifton.

unless it all goes up to the federal capital and gets spent elsewhere like it always does.

Anyways, nice updates Musiddiqui!
Thanks!

awasome

Great photos...

Can anyone in Karachi post updated photos or reports of this project? I am curious to see how much has been built so far

http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/3544/karachicreekvistaconstrpo2.jpg

http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/2572/karachicreekvistaconstrxy0.jpg

http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/7863/karachicreekvistaconstroo5.jpg

http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/7020/karachicreekvistaconstrsl1.jpg

http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/1797/karachicreekvistaconstrpc8.jpg

http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/8862/karachicreekvistaconstrpu8.jpg

great update, huge progress made since last time.

Salam,

Yes. Visible change has taken place. These are impressive pictures of progress. Gives me a sense of actual development taking place in Karachi.

Peace.

@ musiddiqui, thanks alot for the update. :)

Karachi is on its way to become a real develop mega city.

GO KARACHI!! :okay:

wow thats great.....

great pictures man many thanks for the effort...its great to see actual progress taking place :)

Thanks for the pictures musiddiqui!

wow! is this Karachi or the birth of another Hong Kong?

Many thanks Musiddiqui!

Can't wait to see it finished. ;) :)

now i can see creek vistas from my roof but only the top part of the buildings and the cranes

Dont worry soon you will see more from your roof and soon some from your window INSHALLAH!

now i can see creek vistas from my roof but only the top part of the buildings and the cranes

Where do you live?

near SKBZ on kh-e-rahat

http://www.umarsiddiqi.com/albums/Professional/under_construction.jpg

Creek City (underconstruction) from Marina Club :)

http://www.umarsiddiqi.com/blog/category/photoblog/

Nice pic!! Shows the scope of the construction activity.

superb shot, when completed the waterfront will look beautiful.

This picture is still from 7th feb. About the time we had the last update.

Can anybody in Karachi get current photos or update on how far the project has progressed? I am pretty sure all towers must've reached full height by now. Also, would be interested in updates on Dolmen city and creek marina.

nice picture

No I have seem them now they are not gone to much height still i have taken pictures of them too.But they have become higher than what is seen in the picture.The View at Khayaban-e-Itehaad connecting Sea with Defence at Marina Club look has start looking brilliant because of these towers.Lighting at night on this project is also great.

any chance you can post your pictures here?

Guys, is creek city the same as creek marina? Creek city site has different rendering. Creek city is made up of these red colored buildings and the Creek marina looks like blue glass and stell... What will these building look like?

Creek City is different from Creek Marina, but its part of the same project.

pictures pictures! its been soo long since somebody gave picture updates on creek city or creek marina!

Guys, is creek city the same as creek marina? Creek city site has different rendering. Creek city is made up of these red colored buildings and the Creek marina looks like blue glass and stell... What will these building look like?


wat people on this forum call creek city is actully called creek terrece.

and yes your right all of these projects are located inside creek city, which is the new name of the whole area.

So how many buildings are going up in total? What are the proposed designs?
The buildings that are going u now, are they the greying silver building on the creek marina site, or are they the redish building that someone posted here?

wat people on this forum call creek city is actully called creek terrece.

and yes your right all of these projects are located inside creek city, which is the new name of the whole area.

In this thread, what people are usually referring to is Creek VISTAS.

Also, @Newyork,
there are about 12 buildings of about 15 stories going up in this phase of the project. They are the ones with the reddish roof.

http://creekcity.dhakarachi.org/creekcity/vistamasterplan.jpg

Creek Marina project has just started and not much construction has been done on it yet, but it is also part of the whole Creek City project that includes these two phases.

Creek Vistas
http://creekcity.dhakarachi.org/creekcity/aerialview.jpg

can someone living in karachi post pictures of the cinstruction site PLEASEE!!!

creek city photos :
at the bottom of the page on this url:
http://www.geocities.com/mehdi_cs/index.html

Dear Mehdi.. your geocities page is no longer accessable.. max bandwidth reached..

anyway, the stats on your page are still of the 1500 ft. PTC, while i've been hearing about a 1947 ft ? do you have any updates on that ?? thanks

creek city photos :
at the bottom of the page on this url:
http://www.geocities.com/mehdi_cs/index.html


would it be possible for you to upload your photos on Imageshack.us and share it with us? Your website has exceeded its bandwidth capacity and is no longer accessible.

thax 4 sharing

Due to bandwidth issues on Mehdi_cs's website, I am posting the images on his website through imageshack.
I have done minor photo enhancements to them, and the copyright still belongs to Mr. Mehdi.
Additionally, Mr. Mehdi, if you have any objections to my posting your pictures through another hosting, please PM me and I will remove them.

Excellent update! It seems like the towers have reached full height already and are being capped by the top floors now. All that would be needed would be completion work. Also, as you can see in one of the pictures, theres an additional construction work going on on a structure beside the buildings. Maybe its a clubhouse?


http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/1204/creek1013nq.jpg

http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/2064/creek1215wr.jpg

http://img67.imageshack.us/img67/4928/creek1112hq.jpg

http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/4183/creek1417qb.jpg

I hope they use tiles on the facade, instead of paint...

I hope they use tiles on the facade, instead of paint...

Yes, paint would suck really bad. I hope the designers have thought about the maintenance.

anyone know which pakistanis are involved in this development?

anyone know which pakistanis are involved in this development?

It is a joint project between DHA and Meinhardt.
You can find more details on their website: http://creekcity.dhakarachi.org

Also, theres another project by the same collaborators, Creek Marina, and their website is: www.creekmarina.com

Some more pictures from yesterday (April 16th, 2006)
Courtesy of my sister.

http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/6623/picture154lq.jpg

http://img122.imageshack.us/img122/2240/picture169vf.jpg

http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/6825/picture171uu.jpg

http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/9763/picture180xh.jpg

http://img53.imageshack.us/img53/1166/picture195jo.jpg

http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/3074/picture205uc.jpg

The buildings seem to have reached full height by now and construction is being carried out on the rooftop penthouses. Also as you can see in the second and third photos, it seems like they are testing the exterior finishing on one of the floors.

Those buildings are really close... Almost seems like the inner courtyar will never see any sunlight...

Those buildings are really close... Almost seems like the inner courtyar will never see any sunlight...

yeah , i noted the same thing. lol

^^ they are as close as they were in the rendering. Right now it looks congested because of all the machinery cluttered around and the unplastered unfinished walls. Once thats done, I am sure it will bring a lot of lightness to the place. Whats good is that I havent observed these people diverging from their original plans during construction just to mint more money. Which of course, means that the developers are well intentioned and focused on quality.

These are hardly what you would call high rises, at max these must be around 12 to 15 stories.

this isnt a high-rise project. Its just unique for its quality. Its a medium-rise housing development, but is part of a larger plan of having very modern and well planned world class apartment communities and other urban facilities in that area.

Hey I found this on some website. Is this Creek City?

http://www.pakwheels.com/images/forums/2006/4/9/gettogether_064_KJ2_PakWheels(com).jpg

http://www.pakwheels.com/images/forums/2006/4/9/gettogether_016_IZR_PakWheels(com).jpg

http://www.pakwheels.com/images/forums/2006/4/9/gettogether_042_N68_PakWheels(com).jpg

Looks like it

This is a very nice development. Projects like this are despretly needed in Karachi and I hope more come up. :)

Seems like this area is well developped. Look at the megaconstruction in the back.

http://www.pakwheels.com/images/forums/2005/11/27/pakwheels_gettogether_khi029_T41_PakWheels(com).jpg

These are hardly what you would call high rises, at max these must be around 12 to 15 stories.

What constitutes a high rise?

It is hard to find a common accepted definition.

Emporis.com defines a highrise as:

Highrise, defined by the Emporis Data Committee is "a building which is 35 metres [115 feet] or greater in height, and is divided at regular intervals into occupiable floors" [1]. All skyscrapers are highrises, but only the tallest highrises are skyscrapers. Habitability separates skyscrapers from towers and masts. Some structural engineers define a highrise as any vertical construction for which wind is a more significant load factor than weight is. Note that this criterion fits not only highrises but some other tall structures, such as towers."

So Creek City is a highrise project by that definition. (A 10 storey building with 3.5 m for each floor fits the criteria or a 12 storey with 3 m per floor).

nice cars!

http://www.pakwheels.com/images/forums/2006/4/9/gettogether_042_N68_PakWheels(com).jpg

Forget that, check out the shirt of the guy with the cap on, and the one thumb inside the pocket :|

^ :D

Looks like Dubai.

Looks like Dubai.
That is definately Karachi.

well its creek inn infront of dha golf club

dont know if these are already posted or not if so feel free to delete them

B” block -16th Floor Work in progress at Penthouse Level 2http://creekcity.dhakarachi.org/creekcity/VISTA/HRL___BLOCK___B.JPG

“C” block - 14th Floor Work in progress
http://creekcity.dhakarachi.org/creekcity/VISTA/HRL___BLOCK___C.JPG

“D” block - 15th Floor Work in progress at Penthouse Level
http://creekcity.dhakarachi.org/creekcity/VISTA/BAL___BLOCK___D.JPG

“E” block - 14th Floor Work in progress
http://creekcity.dhakarachi.org/creekcity/VISTA/BAL___BLOCK___E.JPG

“F” block - 13th Floor Work in progress
http://creekcity.dhakarachi.org/creekcity/VISTA/BAL___BLOCK___F.JPG

G” block - 4th Floor Work in progress
http://creekcity.dhakarachi.org/creekcity/VISTA/ACL___BLOCK___G.JPG

“H” block - 15th Floor Work in progress at Penthouse Level 1
http://creekcity.dhakarachi.org/creekcity/VISTA/ACL___BLOCK___H.JPG

“I” block - 15th Floor Work in progress at Penthouse Level 1
http://creekcity.dhakarachi.org/creekcity/VISTA/ACL___BLOCK___I.JPG

“J” block - 16th Floor Work in progress at Penthouse Level 1
http://creekcity.dhakarachi.org/creekcity/VISTA/ACL___BLOCK___J.JPG

“K” block - 12th Floor Work in progress
http://creekcity.dhakarachi.org/creekcity/VISTA/ACL___BLOCK___K.JPG

“L” block - 14th Floor Work in progress
http://creekcity.dhakarachi.org/creekcity/VISTA/ACL___BLOCK___L.JPG

man..only if these buildings were 25 floors each.. would have been great.. but somethings better than nothjng ofcourse.

nice pictures from the creek city website!

its nice to see good quality construction work in pakistan, done by upstanding reputable companies... as opposed to the shoddy work done by the developers of margalla towers

Look so boring..

What do you expect?

They obviously wont start landscaping just yet and all you can see is the structure!

Seriously what were you expecting?

^ Yeah I know they can be boring at times, especially if their incomplete .. plus the buildings just stand there so one gets tired of them after a while, maybe we can have the buildings walk? That would not be boring ..

It seems one of the buildings have got its pyramid cap constructed. I saw that from a distance and couldnt take a shot of it at that time. Can anyone go there and take a few nice snapshots of it? I will try to go there in a few days.

here is the name of the pakistani construction company which is carrying out the actual construction of the creek city vistas. Meinhardt is actually just the supervisor and engineer. The company is called "Associated Constructors Limited" and seems to have alot of experience in civil construction projects in Pakistan from 1966.

www.acl.com.pk
http://jcrvis.com.pk/op_pr/op_05172004_acl_e.PDF

What is the current price in Creek Vista ( 4 bedroom apart)? Because I remember when they started the project, the offering price was 75 lakh, I wonder what it is going now?

I am intrested in buying one for myself and if anyone has any info for the seller, please let me know.

Thanks in advance.

What is the current price in Creek Vista ( 4 bedroom apart)? Because I remember when they started the project, the offering price was 75 lakh, I wonder what it is going now?

I am intrested in buying one for myself and if anyone has any info for the seller, please let me know.

Thanks in advance.

It must be above 2 Crore now ....

It must be above 2 Crore now ....

You must be talking about Creek Marina, because Creek Vista's price was started at 75 lakhs, it cant be above 2 crore..

Some pic's I took today;

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e78/Fahadzkhan/DSC00022.jpg

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e78/Fahadzkhan/DSC00023.jpg

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e78/Fahadzkhan/2fa35db7.jpg

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e78/Fahadzkhan/c338bd0d.jpg

looks nice and more like a high riser now,

some cool photos of Creek Vista City, Construction site of Creek Marina and Dolmen City taken today by my camera phone.
Cranes are up in Creek Marina construction site.
in the first 2 photos you can see the construction progress of Dolmen city, its slow.
All in the First Collection in my public collections of photos on PixSense.
http://beta.pixsense.com/Hussain/

I went to the construction site of Creek Marina aswell, but there was no visible construction just Cranes setup.

Fahad Khan,

Do you know by any chance what is the price of 4 bedroom apartment in Creek Vista nowadays ( I am not talking about the official price), because I am looking to buy one of this apartment, thanks in advance.

here is the link where you can see all the photos of creek city construction i took last week.

http://beta.pixsense.com/SharedGridView.aspx?Referred=bWVoZGlAcGl4c2Vuc2UuY29t&ReferredCollID=MjczOQ==&SenderName=SHVzc2Fpbg==

previously, i couldnt give a proper url.

sic5770: I believe a 4-Bedroom Apartment in Creek Vista will cost you around 1.5-2 Crores.

sic5770: I believe a 4-Bedroom Apartment in Creek Vista will cost you around 1.5-2 Crores.

Actually I just found out that the price of 4 bedroom in Creek Vista is 2.5 crores..

DHA announced to make one more story on top of Creek vista ( just to add one more floor) and they have asked for an applications for 2 and 3 bedroom apartments. The official price of 3 bedroom apartment is now 1.85 crore. The own of these apartments after 1.85 crore are 85 laks. So three bedroom apartment is 1.85 crore plus 85 laks.

Nice developments! these apartments have grown up beautifully!

Hopefully they will look even better when finished.

Also, Dolmen City doesnt seem to be making much progress. Wonder what kind of construction methods they are using that the project is going so slow.

^ Dolem is probably building slowly because of financial restraints. Either their project isn't completely sold out yet, so all that they're investing is probably from their own pocket. There are a lot of issues...i dont care if they build it slowly...but as long as they ARE building it! :D

^ I happened to pass through Dolmen City a few days back and unfortunately it hasnt made any real progress since the last update.

Hadn't been at this topic for a while...saw some of the photos on the other page...looking nice...

Looks like a recent picture by p0lly on Flickr.com

The towers seem to have topped out. Already looking like it would turn out to be a nice lively place to live in.

http://static.flickr.com/66/158311048_6d29383b6a_b.jpg

Salam,

Google Earth's database sure is VERY old. I don't even see a dot of construction on the site where the members have pointed out that the construction has taken place..!

I wonder, how much of Karachi (AND GWADAR) must have changed since they took all those high-resolution pictures!

Peace.

^^ Google Earth's imagery of the Karachi main city dates back by at least 3-4 years if not more, judging by the landmarks and other things visible in the city.

any updates?
somebody in Karachi go take photos.

no updates on this project either. I bet they would have started work on the exteriors and finishing of the buildings by now.

We need an update on this project... SOMEBODY! ANYBODY!!

If I lived in Karachi, I would make pictures of all the places in Karachi all day/every day. But I don't. Sorry that I can't help out.

The price of 4 bedroom appartment these days is 15 -17 million. The projet is going to be completed in time i.e by Jan 2007 it would be handed over to the allotees.

hey guys can u pla tell me if the creek city and creek marina are 2 different projects or are they same...
thanx...

They are two diffrent projects..

These are two different projects. Creek vistas is totally DHA owned where as creek marina is a private venture duly approved by DHA. Both are being developed by the same company i.e Meinhardt. Marina is at the Northern end of the Golf course whereas the Vistas are on the Sout Western end. Vistas are in the completion Stage whereas marina has just been started.

Actually I just found out that the price of 4 bedroom in Creek Vista is 2.5 crores..

DHA announced to make one more story on top of Creek vista ( just to add one more floor) and they have asked for an applications for 2 and 3 bedroom apartments. The official price of 3 bedroom apartment is now 1.85 crore. The own of these apartments after 1.85 crore are 85 laks. So three bedroom apartment is 1.85 crore plus 85 laks.

Can you update us on when and how applications have been asked for 2/3 bedrooms appartments? I think on top of every tower they are constructing pent houses(type A/B) As tese are in final stages of completion the prices must have shot up but not so much as you are stating. Can you quote the actual prices at this point of time

Can somebody give us the layout of the blocks i.e what all blocks are towards the sea side? Any information about the expected rent rates there?

Can you update us on when and how applications have been asked for 2/3 bedrooms appartments? I think on top of every tower they are constructing pent houses(type A/B) As tese are in final stages of completion the prices must have shot up but not so much as you are stating. Can you quote the actual prices at this point of time

Actually the real estate prices in Karachi slow little bit and there is no real movement in the market. People does not know the real value of this Creek Vista project and will realize its importance once the project will be completed and comes out in real shape.

One bed room apartment in Manhattan is double the price in a good location of Newyork's 3-4 bedroom house. Once this project will be completed the prices will be sky rocketed and people wont find any apartment less than 20 million (Minimum). The best thing about the project, all the people will belong to high class ( who could afford to live in a minimum of 10 million apart ( Lets say someone has bought at the time of draw!!). In other areas most of the people have bought their houses when the prices are cheap, so there are mix kind of people still living in high class areas but in this place, all the people will belong to same class and this will raise the value even higher..

Salam,

The pictures from last time seems like the the project is very near to completion. Any idea how far we have come from that time?? I am particularly interested in this project, as I see it as a trend-maker on the DHA peninsula!

I am wondering if ALL the buildings have been constructed... or just a few of them. It looks like from the pictures that they started all the buildings at the same time..!! Thats a new :) in Pakistan. Cool, for the project.

Peace.

Actually the real estate prices in Karachi slow little bit and there is no real movement in the market. People does not know the real value of this Creek Vista project and will realize its importance once the project will be completed and comes out in real shape.

One bed room apartment in Manhattan is double the price in a good location of Newyork's 3-4 bedroom house. Once this project will be completed the prices will be sky rocketed and people wont find any apartment less than 20 million (Minimum). The best thing about the project, all the people will belong to high class ( who could afford to live in a minimum of 10 million apart ( Lets say someone has bought at the time of draw!!). In other areas most of the people have bought their houses when the prices are cheap, so there are mix kind of people still living in high class areas but in this place, all the people will belong to same class and this will raise the value even higher..

I agree that there will be a quantum jump in the prices as soon these are completed. Is there any body who can give us any lattest update in its completion? I think it should be in the final stages.

A friend of mine who is leaving at Karachi has told me that the project is geting completed before the schedule date.As this is the first project of its kind therefore the administration is paying for more attention to it. The prices are going up with a rapid speed.At present the cost of three bed room appartment at tenth and beyond storey is about 17 million and that of the 4 bedroom at the same height is 19-20 million. The rent as he was telling me is Rs 75000 for 3 bedroom and Rs 100000 for 4 bedroom. Leaving there is a status symbol. Only high class people would be leaving there.

Can nobody in Karachi get current pictures of this project??

Is there anyone who has purchased an apartment in these new developments in Creek City? We could learn a lot from them and get a reality check on what is going on with the development.

Even a 20 million rupees is not a bad price for 4 bed room. You have to look what you are getting with this price. If you are going to get a rent of 100,000 rupees per month and the value is going to be appreciated for future, this is awsome investment. Keep in mind, 5 years from now the price will be 40 million beause the whole area will become a prime real estate not only in Karachi but also for Pakistan.

Even a 20 million rupees is not a bad price for 4 bed room. You have to look what you are getting with this price. If you are going to get a rent of 100,000 rupees per month and the value is going to be appreciated for future, this is awsome investment. Keep in mind, 5 years from now the price will be 40 million beause the whole area will become a prime real estate not only in Karachi but also for Pakistan.

Its true that investment here will catch alot. The 500 yds plot are over 15million in phase 8 i.e the phase of creek vistas.

Its true that investment here will catch alot. The 500 yds plot are over 15million in phase 8 i.e the phase of creek vistas.

Actually the price of 500 plot in phase 8 is 10 million but it will cost another 10 million to build a house. You have to keep in mind that 4 bed room apartment in creek vista is 3700 sqft and the apartment has its own security and all the aminities ( swiming pool, gym and security) while the house is not secure and will take at least 10 years to develop the area, but this apartment complex is going to be ready in next couple of months.

here are a few photos of Creek city, Dolmen city and the unknown UC tower at Shahra-e-Faisal, that i took from my mobile phone on 10th of this month.

http://beta.pixsense.com/SharedGridView.aspx?Referred=bWVoZGlAcGl4c2Vuc2UuY29t&ReferredCollID=Njk5OQ==&SenderName=SHVzc2Fpbg==

A very well done job by Mehdi cs. From the pics, it seems that masonary work has been completed. Only the interior and painting etc is left. So the announcement of its completion is round the corner. Mehdi you could have added your views about the completion ( Ankhoon dekha hall) which could give a fair idea to the readers, especiallly those who are abroad. Any way a good job done.

Now if any one living in Karachi could give an idea of its price and rental value?

Another thing I observed from the pics is that the towers are quite closer to each other . They are not as away from each other as is shown in the Creek City site. Can mehdi comment on it?

A very well done job by Mehdi cs. From the pics, it seems that masonary work has been completed. Only the interior and painting etc is left. So the announcement of its completion is round the corner. Mehdi you could have added your views about the completion ( Ankhoon dekha hall) which could give a fair idea to the readers, especiallly those who are abroad. Any way a good job done.

Now if any one living in Karachi could give an idea of its price and rental value?

Another thing I observed from the pics is that the towers are quite closer to each other . They are not as away from each other as is shown in the Creek City site. Can mehdi comment on it?

They appear to be quite closer to each other as all the blocks make boundry of the covered area. the rendering that we mostly see is from the top where we can see the central open area, while its hidden by the boundary buildings while looking from any direction outside the premises. i think the project has (dont know if its the same as we see in the rendering) some space in the center.

about finishing, they have a few blocks needed to be completed. the top portion is left. while they are painting a few apartments. probably as model.