Al Mana’ Commercial & Residential Complex

Client : Sheikh Mohamad Hamad Al Mana’

http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/1643/manaja1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Project OverView :
Construction Cost: 27 Million U.S. $
Built-up Area: 40,000 m²
Design Completion Date: 2005
Construction Completion Date: 2006
Location: Doha - Qatar , suheem road,alsad area.

Engineering Services:
Design & Construction Supervision.

Project Description:
This residential/ commercial project is comprised of the following:
- A commercial center: (shopping mall) on the ground and first floors.
- Two towers: One is an offices tower and the other is a residential tower, each with sixteen typical floors. Each office floor is subdivided into 4 offices. Each residential floor is subdivided into 6 apartments.
In the basement floor, parking is accommodated for the office employees and residents. An elevated open parking of five levels is also available for the commercial center. All parking spaces accommodate a total of 460 cars.

Very good location.

this one is already under construction. I think they reached 4th floor.

it doesn't look unique or anything, just a usual design

Oh this is gonna be in al sad!! I have a question, anybody has been to Al-Sad road lately?? How does it look like? Did they make any changes or are they still making the roads

Al Sadd will soon turn into a true downtown area !!

how! Why? is there a lot of construction going on in there?
How about al naser?

Same thing, al nasser will become like a very famous strip. Sort of like Las Vegas strip of Hollywood blvd. hehe !!

Is Sheikh Mohamad Hamad Al Mana the King's brother?

??
who??

What king??

We don't have a king in Qatar. And if you meant the prince then no. The prince's last name is Al-Thani not Al-Mana.

Its in the construction pics. i'll post it here again so we have the renders in the same page.

http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/403/constructionphotos0534og.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

^^This building is sooo small

It actually doesnt in real life, but my pic quality is very poor since i took it in the night from Applebees restaurant which was just opposite. :) I'll try to take better pics.

Well, they look really big! I mean they are very wide. But they are kinda short. They still need some more time to rise...

^^But they only gonna rise 3-4 more floors

Well, I can't see clearly.
But I think that there are only 8 floors done. That's half the tower.

no it's like 11 or 12. There are few floors on the base

Are you sure that the base counts to the towers' floors?

Yeah I think so. Look it

All you guys are thinking of the Sheikh Suheim Bin Hamad road... Al Sadd road is perfectly fine and there are no towers being constructed there. Currently, there are two other buildings being constructed on the road if I recall correctly - La Cigale and another tower, forgot its name. An older building is also being renovated.

La Cigale and another tower, forgot its name. An older building is also being renovated.

the other tower is almana` . ur talking n its thread :)

This picture I took while driving alone and I couldnt get a clear shot but this is the best shot given the traffic on that road ;) I'll try to get a clearer shot--but I think you can see the point of this picture.

http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/8338/image000922fe.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

^^It's clear enough. Thanx for the pic. I heard that they are making traffic signals in there, is it true?

Yes, dave they are going to add traffic lights to Al-Sadd R/A and Shoora R/A soon. They are completing the road (which is a complete mess now)

Thanks for the new picture Halawala...

Yes, dave they are going to add traffic lights to Al-Sadd R/A and Shoora R/A soon. They are completing the road (which is a complete mess now)
Are they going to be done witht hem b4 the games??
And what will happen to Television R/A

^^ suhim road should be ready in july. airport signals should be ready too in same time

Suhaim road may be ready in July, but Airport road...Hmmm...I don't think so, do you?.

^^ lool i ment the signal only not the road

Then when is the road going to be completed??

Dave, they just opened up a chunck of the road yesterday, but the rest should open soon--maybe within a month. Its almost complete--except for a tiny portion.

Photo taken from the newly-opened road section:
http://img71.imageshack.us/img71/8559/image001456jd.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Almost one month from the last photo update! Today's ugly pic:

http://img122.imageshack.us/img122/7753/image001951sb.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Here is it; again the pic is tilted a bit:

http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/1931/09090642nw7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/9356/pb300150hz3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)


Thanks Suzan!

Nice pice, looks better than what I imagined from the render!

thats cool

Al Mana’ Commercial & Residential Complex



Client : Sheikh Mohamad Hamad Al Mana’

Project OverView :
Construction Cost: 27 Million U.S. $
Built-up Area: 40,000 m²
Design Completion Date: 2005
Construction Completion Date: 2006
Location: Doha - Qatar , suheem road,alsad area.

Engineering Services:
Design & Construction Supervision.

Project Description:
This residential/ commercial project is comprised of the following:
- A commercial center: (shopping mall) on the ground and first floors.
- Two towers: One is an offices tower and the other is a residential tower, each with sixteen typical floors. Each office floor is subdivided into 4 offices. Each residential floor is subdivided into 6 apartments.
In the basement floor, parking is accommodated for the office employees and residents. An elevated open parking of five levels is also available for the commercial center. All parking spaces accommodate a total of 460 cars.


Can I know who is that man in the pic? :lol:

^^loooooooooooooooooool!!!
I think the problem's from imageshack's side... :lol:

thats not a tower

a tower having a guy's image :lol:

:D I saw that too LooooL . someone should fix it.

mellinemal where are you ?

Halawala should be able to change it?

I dont have the original with me so I can revert itback. i just deleted it!

Better now! thanks!

It'll prolly be in the 2005 projects thread...
I'll take a look there.

Errrr!! It's not there! :(

:ohno:

Its almost finish, no need for it

I already found the render:
http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/1643/manaja1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Pic found at flickr.com

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/143/332369827_7fb53e1330_b.jpg

looking good

Almost done

http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/5761/dsc00013rf0.jpg

So, how many floors is it now Halawala?

Its structually comlpete now. The exterior is fully complete.. only a couple more weeks left.

This pic doesn't seem up to date, but it's good to have an elevated shot for this area..

http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/2886/ringroadnearramadarl4.jpg

I dont like the facade of this tower! Very old style

well is gud to have something tall like this inside the city.... boost for al sadd

nice picture of the area massilia i really like it although its still out-dated but defenetly nice

(suzan if its not old style then soon all the Qatari population will forget there hertaige our culter or even our relegion and spend all the rest of our stinkin lives going to the bar getting drunk all time taking drugs and lots of suicide !!! let the tower look like that :nuts: :lol: :ohno:)

^^ That doesn't make sense at all... It's like, have an ugly tower so that the country doesnt get drunk? No relation at all!!!!!!

Bigger render:

http://qacs.net/db3/00273/qacs.net/_uimages/ALMANA-TWINTOWERS.jpg

I don‘t like this towers but thanx suzan

guys would you please remind me......is this a hotel or appartments.......?

guys would you please remind me......is this a hotel or appartments.......?

One tower will be residential complexes and the other will be offices. :)

I don't know if you guys paid attention to this detail, but next to Al Mana towers there is this old ugly concrete building (visible on previous pages of this thread), it is being entirely covered by a new cladding, it makes the tower look brand new! Almost magic! ; )

http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/5986/dsc00340cl3.jpg

http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/6030/dsc00341tb2.jpg

http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/8146/dsc00342cg3.jpg

^^ Yeah! Thanks for the photos, but these two twin towers are complete? No?

it's Al-Obaidly tower, one of the oldest & probably first modern towers in doha, along with Al-Tadamon (Al-Malki) tower.
i love the new look of the tower.

cool i love it since the old one wasent that good btw i also think its completed :D

btw in you pictures massilia there seems to be a new tower next to almana towers or is that just a new single storey shop ?

^^ it's a 8-storey residential, but there is no render on the project board, and it's getting built behind the single storey shops (restaurants) you are talking about. So I guess these will stay (they are nice by the way!)

Halawala: the Al Mana towers are lighted at night, and you can see they are working on the interior finishings, you can especially notice how dirty the glasses are as of now! Will need a serious clean up but overall they don't look bad I guess : )

Wakrah-wi-bas: what is Al Tadamon - Al Malki tower?

Wakrah-wi-bas: what is Al Tadamon - Al Malki tower?

it's on B-ring road (known as al-handassa street), south of al-jaidah tower, opposite Hafsa school for girls, u can't miss it.
it was named after its owner, Ahmed al-Malki, one of the richest men in the country during the 70's & 80's, but died, and left behind him a huge debt that estimated at QR 200,000,000. he invited me once for lunch in his office at the rooftop of the tower in 1993. of course the view wasn't as i will call "panoramic" or "breathtaking", judging from the surrounding area at that time!

it's on B-ring road (known as al-handassa street), south of al-jaidah tower, opposite Hafsa school for girls, u can't miss it.
it was named after its owner, Ahmed al-Malki, one of the richest men in the country during the 70's & 80's, but died, and left behind him a huge debt that estimated at QR 200,000,000. he invited me once for lunch in his office at the rooftop of the tower in 1993. of course the view wasn't as i will call "panoramic" or "breathtaking", judging from the surrounding area at that time!

I always wondered about Al-Malki Tower, who owns it. 200 million debt is huge; what did he spend it on?

^^ the tower ?

it's on B-ring road (known as al-handassa street), south of al-jaidah tower, opposite Hafsa school for girls, u can't miss it.
it was named after its owner, Ahmed al-Malki, one of the richest men in the country during the 70's & 80's, but died, and left behind him a huge debt that estimated at QR 200,000,000. he invited me once for lunch in his office at the rooftop of the tower in 1993. of course the view wasn't as i will call "panoramic" or "breathtaking", judging from the surrounding area at that time!

Ok I clearly see which building it is now...it could easily be customized to something cool :P I had a talk about that with someone today and I was told the tower belongs to the heirs of Ahmed al Malki (his son is the manager of Al Khaliji bank). Anyway that area in 1993...I would have paid to see that! : )

it does look brand new.......so modern and attractive........but is it getting renewed from the inside as well.........?

PS: the tower is getting its new cladding only from three sides.......ahaha......not the side from the back......the back side look as old as it used to be.....was driving around it this morning......they are not even working on it.....

there not working because its friday !

no man.....i meant like there aren't any progress on or temptation to clad that side of the tower for a reason......

Hello everybody, this is my first post outside the other introduce yourself thread, i went to this complex today and entered the shopping mall, its named (The Boulevard) and its icon (symbol) is 2 towers connected by a podium (mana towers haha).
even though the Mall didnt fully open and has a long way to go it seems like a nice city mall that seems it will attract alot of attention since they have "Bhs" there !!! other shops that opened include "unitd colours of benetton", "sunglass hut", "Womens secret", and another decoration shop that i cant remmember... the cafes include "the coffe bean" and "Glorias coffe".... (did i mix the names ? not sure myself) but it was a nice double floor mall, the parking building could be accesable through the second floor via bridge...

I don't know if you guys paid attention to this detail, but next to Al Mana towers there is this old ugly concrete building (visible on previous pages of this thread), it is being entirely covered by a new cladding, it makes the tower look brand new! Almost magic! ; )

http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/5986/dsc00340cl3.jpg

http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/6030/dsc00341tb2.jpg

http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/8146/dsc00342cg3.jpg

hey did u guys see the back of this building.. you will be scared...

Yeah nihad it looks worse than the old front of the tower.... wonder why thy didnt cover it...... it would have been better.... and offcourse cleaner (more hygenic)....

btw i hope you red what qa1994r said about the mall, seems cool.... better go to take pictures next time :D since as usual.. I LOVE MALLS !!!!!!!!!