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Gwadar Golden Palms

Spanning over 1000 acres of land, the Gwadar Golden Palms is the zealous vision of Mr. Sadruddin Hashwani, after Zaver Pearl Continental Hotel at Gwadar. Surrounded by the pristine beauty of the Makran coastline, the township is one of most prominent projects situated at the western end of the city, and overlooking the Gwadar West Bay. Surrounding the harbor is a series of zones, with commercial, residential and amenity areas, the Gwadar Golden Palm is the symbol of Gwadar's meteoric rise and the grand intent of our truly unprecedented master plan.

Meinhardt, a Singapore based urban design company, has planned The Golden Palms with a meticulous attention to every detail.

Gwadar Golden Palms promises a wealth of quality amenities, breathtaking vistas, embodying the expectations of the modern professional and luxurious lifestyle to cater to the needs of the future residents of the city.

The scheme is divided into four quadrants or Zones, named after four palm families:

* Orania
* Scheelea
* Areca
* Salacca

Gwadar Golden Palms is an unprecedented offering at an unimaginable scale. The vision behind the concept is to create a world class destination for residents, visitors and businessmen.

ALLOCATION OF LAND

TOTAL AREA: 1000 ACRES



Residential Plots 51%
Commercial Plots 6%
Amenities 10%
Road, Lanes & Green Strips 33%

PAYMENT PLANS (http://www.gwadargoldenpalms.com/pricing.htm)

LOCATION :

http://www.gwadargoldenpalms.com/images/gmap.jpg

It's one of the first projects in Gwadar. Wonder how much it's progressed.

u happy or sad ?

This project is mainly a residential one and in a city that is currently just begun construction. I dont expect this to go anywhere atleast in 10 years..maybe just some part of it.

I mean lets be realistic, take Islamabad for example...cities take decades to go anywhere and that is perfectly understandable too. So apart from some commercial offices, a few hotels and some residential areas things would take time to go anywhere.

With the beginning of the oil city, the 2nd phase of port development, some export zones things would definitely start changing which would mean more worker/laborers housing including temporary ones, few site offices and few hotels for visiting executives. Offcourse, there would be a limited good housing too for the middle/senior management and port employees, and as can be seen from the above article the chinese companies might build offices and residences for their workers, and some millitary/navy establishment because Gwadar will also be a navy base.

But big construction boom in terms of highrises, infrastructure will only come say 20 yrs from now if and when the vision is a success, with basic infrastructure complete and later investment starts to flow in...which it should be keeping in mind the geographical location and the interest of both pakistani govt and foreign nations.

So what the hype about Gwadar unnecessary or was it overhyped? My answer to that is NO but certain people ( being skyscraper enthusiasts its understandable) thought that a new city could be built from scratch and it would have a construction boom out of nowhere. At best, they are impatient..thats all. None of Dubai, Singapore or Hong Kong were made in a decade and they are the best success stories around. Dubai, with all its stategic location and oil discovery since the 60s/70s took decades before reaching anywhere.

So while I dont know if and when it could be a world-class commercial hub, but it will certainly go places and should indeed be sizeable business/transportation/energy hub of the region.

Well, thats how i see it.

It's one of the first projects in Gwadar. Wonder how much it's progressed.

well google earth shows that land has been flatten on the area, looks quite big.

and according to hashoo it will be completed by december 2007 and they say they are on schedule

http://www.meinhardt.com.au/media/userimages/imageB3350813049.jpg

Golden Palms Residential Estate is one of the most prominent projects recently launched in Gwadar, the new port city of Pakistan. It is situated at the Western end of the city overlooking the Gwadar West Bay. This prestigious residential development, spanning 1000 acres along the pristine waters of the Gwadar beach, promises an exclusive lifestyle with its breathtaking vistas and wealth of quality amenities i.e. hotel, shopping plaza, community centers, sports facilities, urban parks and piazzas and ancillary facilities including a water desalination plant.

Meinhardt are the Principal Consultants - providing master planning, architecture, infrastructure engineering, and project / construction management services. Infrastructure planning and design include earthworks, roads, bridges, culverts, under/over-passes, water supply, sewerage, drainage, electrical and telecommunication networks.

That lone building by the sea is Marriott.

We could have topless chicks on Balochistans shores very soon. If the mullahs are kept away from Gwadar.

^^ Lets hope so.

I read in the news somewhere today that the new Gwadar airport will be completed and handed over to CAA in November 2010 (and the new Islamabad airport by December 2010)

I didn't know it was U/C

We could have topless chicks on Balochistans shores very soon. If the mullahs are kept away from Gwadar.

^^ Lets hope so.

IMPOSSIBLE!

People throng the beaches wearing Shalwar Kameez's and you guys are expecting topless girls there? Unless ofcourse you're talking about foreign women who might holiday at Gwadar. But them being topless would only be possible if the beach is made private and only foriengers are allowed to go there. Though the Elite would demand the same privilages as foreigners though.

EDIT: Those two girls at a beach in Karachi wearing the most proper beach attire in Pakistan were apparently part of an Office party by I think Telenor. They were Telenor employees. Thats what I found on the web.

IMPOSSIBLE!

People throng the beaches wearing Shalwar Kameez's and you guys are expecting topless girls there? Unless ofcourse you're talking about foreign women who might holiday at Gwadar. But them being topless would only be possible if the beach is made private and only foriengers are allowed to go there. Though the Elite would demand the same privilages as foreigners though.

Yes, I'm talking about foreign tourist girls. Pakistani girls won't be going topless for about another 100 years at least.

have the construction started ?

Yes, I'm talking about foreign tourist girls. Pakistani girls won't be going topless for about another 100 years at least.

nah not a 100 years, 20 or 30 years at most. things will change fast. this is the 21st century.

a 100 years is 5 generations :nuts:

any update on this project guys. any pictures of construction anyone.

any pics of the site?

The project, what ever it really is, is still very much a live. They have been advertising it a lot on ether ARY or GEO. "This news update has been brought to you but Gwadar Golden Palms, a 40 year tax holiday".

pictures taken from their website......

http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee151/Jsultan/PICT0053.jpg?t=1229078677

http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee151/Jsultan/PICT0054.jpg?t=1229078749

http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee151/Jsultan/PICT0073.jpg?t=1229078776

http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee151/Jsultan/PICT0075.jpg?t=1229078813

http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee151/Jsultan/PICT0077.jpg?t=1229078839

http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee151/Jsultan/PICT0085.jpg?t=1229078868

http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee151/Jsultan/PICT0088.jpg?t=1229078907

http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee151/Jsultan/PICT0092.jpg?t=1229078933

http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee151/Jsultan/PICT0094.jpg?t=1229078964

dont know as to when these pictures were taken and what is the current status....

some good news at last, i guess.

woah !! the beach looks amazing this area could be easily developed into a tourist resort though i just hope that with the creation of the port the pollution does not have an adverse impact on the environment

those are reeallly old pictures buddy!!!

some good news at last, i guess.

Yeah good 2 see something on ground :)

woah !! the beach looks amazing this area could be easily developed into a tourist resort though i just hope that with the creation of the port the pollution does not have an adverse impact on the environment

I read somewhere that gwadar waters have a lot of sea snakes in them. There is even a picture of a dead snake on flickr. IMO, that's a big problem with marketing gwadar as a tourist spot.

they should shift the capital of balochistan from quetta to gwadar after another 5-6 years as they shifted the capital of sindh from hyderabad to karachi. this would help ensure the development of the area and would also lead to higher economic growth

I read somewhere that gwadar waters have a lot of sea snakes in them. There is even a picture of a dead snake on flickr. IMO, that's a big problem with marketing gwadar as a tourist spot.

^^ :ohno:

I read somewhere that gwadar waters have a lot of sea snakes in them. There is even a picture of a dead snake on flickr. IMO, that's a big problem with marketing gwadar as a tourist spot.

That is not a problem, if we were actually to WANT tourists to come sunbathe and swim on our beaches, we can put a net around a particular patch of beach to keep out any dangerous sea creatures.

Gwadar's beach is about a 100 times dirtier than Karachi's. Its water (or the liquid on the beaches) is worse than at Kemari. It's BLACK. I'm not exaggerating, it's actually black.

^^ I've been there, the water was Caribbean blue.

Thanks for sharing the pics J_Sultan!! :cheers:

dont know as to when these pictures were taken and what is the current status....

EDIT: Can I have the links to the pics too?? So that I try and find out when the pics were taken???

those are reeallly old pictures buddy!!!

Why don't you provide us with some new ones then????

they should shift the capital of balochistan from quetta to gwadar after another 5-6 years as they shifted the capital of sindh from hyderabad to karachi. this would help ensure the development of the area and would also lead to higher economic growth

NO!!!!! This is exactly what the Balochis are fearful about and one of the things that they, or atleast their sardars, resent the most about the Gwadar Deep Sea Port Project. They say that "outsiders", i.e. non-Balochis, want to turn Gwadar into a minority Baloch city or a non-Baloch city. The same way they say how Karachi got turned into a minority-Sindhi city. They say, that this way, they don't want Gwadar to turn into another Karachi, i.e. swamped with non-Balochi people.

Though to address this and their fears. The government did make it clear that the first priority of jobs would go to the people of the Makran Coast. Then to the people of the rest of Balochistan and then to people from every other region of Pakistan.

However, there was a condition I think, that said, that if the local people of the Makran Coast or the rest of Balochistan aren't qualified enough, then the jobs might go to people from other areas of Pakistan. Seen as Balochistan is the least literate province of Pakistan and that Gwadar's literay rate itself is just above 25%. One of the lowest in Pakistan. The "first priority basis" extends fully to unskilled & semiskilled jobs I think.

^^ I've been there, the water was Caribbean blue.
I've been there too. Exactly which part are you talking about? I'm talking about the beach along the hammerhead. The part where all the houses are and there's a road right next to the beach.

The development work is about 50% done, updating of web site is in process soon u can see the latest development of Deep Sea port as well as Golden PAlms.

From an official of Golden Palms Gwadar.

:cheers:

u better post em soon...

take pics yaar

Good news

they have a lot of updates....just check this website

http://www.gwadargoldenpalms.com/picture.htm#go

but thats nothing to do with the construction

Gwadar's beach is about a 100 times dirtier than Karachi's. Its water (or the liquid on the beaches) is worse than at Kemari. It's BLACK. I'm not exaggerating, it's actually black.

Uh... i think you mean Karachi's water is black and gwader's is not that dirty.
Just to let you know the water in Karachi is the worst ive ever seen it IS black.

they should shift the capital of balochistan from quetta to gwadar after another 5-6 years as they shifted the capital of sindh from hyderabad to karachi. this would help ensure the development of the area and would also lead to higher economic growth

So, you want millitants bombing/hanging around in gwader right?

yah man i would just love to see gwadar port blown to pieces.Seriously though intoxication already explained that to me no point in being so sarcastic i was simply suggesting an idea and every idea has a positive and negative side