This is a pic of Al-Majed Tower and Shopping Center which is supposed to be B+G+14 stories which is in Old Al-Ghanim Area. I apologize if this had already been posted, as I could not find it. Sorry for the horrible pic since i managed to take a photo at the last second before turning in one od Doha's roundabouts.

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don't be silly ya azizi, the pic is clear & the shooting angle is precise, too.
i like the design, somehow similar to gulf plaza in diwan road, just a little bit.

crap.. regular.

this is behind souq AL-Jaber, the location is terrible.

It is!!

any info ?????????????????????????????????????????????????

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Thanks for the update salman .... :)

nice and beautiful

I'll give it one more year or even less.

where's the Shopping Center?

^^In the corniche!

Having shopping centers is great.. but their design is not nice at all...

A shopping centre separated from the building?

http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/images/July2007/2hodarel.jpg


DOHA • Capitalising on Qatar's economic boom and an increase in the number of travellers visiting Qatar, a new four-star hotel is set to come up in the city and will open its doors in March next year.

The hotel, to be called Swiss-Belhotel International Doha, Suites and Residences, will be located a mere five minutes from the airport between the banking district and the old city centre. The Corniche will be a five-minute walk from the hotel.

The property will be owned by the Abdullah Al Majid Establishment and the management contract has been awarded to the Hong-Kong based Swiss-Belhotel International.

The property will follow a twin tower concept and has 17 floors built on a podium which will house shops selling well-known brands. The hotel will have 185 rooms, executive lounges and speciality restaurants. The property has been designed by Badih and Kantar of Beirut.

The hotel will also have fitness facilities, a swimming pool, basement parking, business centre and a 300-square metre ballroom.
The deal was signed yesterday by Ghazi Abdulla Ali Al Majid and Swiss-Belhotel President Gavin M Faull. Also present at the signing was Swiss-Belhotel Vice-President for Development and Operations (Middle East) Edgar Solenthaler.

Faull told media the Doha property will be the company's third in the Middle East. As of now, Swiss-Belhotel operates 18 hotels worldwide accounting for 4,000 rooms. "We are on the fast track here in the Middle East and in India and China. In two years we should have 50 hotels and 6,000 rooms," said Faull.

He highlighted that though new to the Middle East, the Hong Kong company brings with it progressive and new ideas added to the fact that it is a "fresh" brand.

Solenthaler stated the company recently entered into an agreement for a hotel in Kuwait and a resort in Sharjah. A new property is set to come up in Dubai and a spa/resort in Saudi Arabia overlooking the Red Sea.

Swiss-Belhotel also manages properties in the Philippines, China, Vietnam, Malaysia and Indonesia.

This is Al-Majed Tower and Shopping Mall. Thanks Qatar son!

don worry they are gettin rid of the souqs around.... so this place will luk gr8 wid parks all around..

^^ no there not there just renewing the other souqs so they al look like souq waqf and become part of souq waqf its gonna be a big souq next to this hotel:cheers:

so i understand that Al-Ahmad souq will be demolished and so is the areas around it like souq jaber and al aseeri and make it all look like souq waqf...? so one big traditional souq called waqf.........it sound like an amazing idea........i like it

IDEA!!! thats already started happening !! but i am not shure if there gona demolish it or just re decorate it will be fine if re decorated but if need to be majorly changed they need to rebuild

ohhhhhhhhhh lovely.........i am loving it.........good good

Yesterday most of the stores were closing, and some being demolished

It should actually be completed real soon now...

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Looks almost ready there! THanks again Bert!

great up date btw halawala can you please merge the thread that suzan had made with this one

Can someone please identify this on Google Earth? :)

Just trying to keep our map of Doha up to date.

^^Check the Merweb Hotel thread... I trust you'll have the best map of Doha thanks to us ;)

^^Check the Merweb Hotel thread... I trust you'll have the best map of Doha thanks to us ;)

That would be nice! :) The people on this site have been far more helpful than any of the ministries who have not answered any email enquiries or whose websites are frequently old and not up to date. :rant:

Swiss-Belhotel International group has announced it has commenced the soft opening of its business hotel Swiss-Belhotel Doha Qatar alongside opening Swiss-Belhotel Resort Masirah Island, in Oman. The Swiss-Belhotel Doha is the group's first property in Qatar and has 165 rooms and 78 serviced residences, while the Swiss-Belhotel Resort Masirah Island is a 4-star deluxe resort located 15 km off the southeast coast of Oman.
http://www.ameinfo.com/199122.html

^^thanks for the info