[Kish] Flower of the East | Cancelled

[shayan]

isnt lavan like that??

[Gilgamesh]

A mega tourism project to crown Kish by 2010

TEHRAN, Jan. 17 (MNA) -– A massive tourist attraction project began in 2004 is expected to finish by 2010. The Flower of the East project is the biggest project on Kish Island in the Persian Gulf, director of Urban and Architectural Office at the Flower of the East (Gol-e Shargh) Development Company Kambysia Karl Hakim-Meybodi told the Persian service of IRNA on Tuesday.
Flower of the East, the EUR1.7b project, is a real turnaround in Iran's tourism industry and one of the most gigantic projects in the world will be implemented on the area of 2.2 km² of the north-east side of Kish Island. In fact, putting up the world-class high-rise hotels along with a vast number of resorts and amenities will shape a modern tourism town in Kish and a real paradise in the middle of the Persian Gulf.

The project, which includes a 7-star and two 5-star hotels with over 1,000 rooms and suites, three residential areas, 4700 luxury villas and apartment complexes, coffee shops, luxury showrooms and stores, sports facilities with a 27-hole golf course, marina and a lot more, is scheduled for completion in 2010.

This tourist hub, to be equipped with all the utilities, will be able to function independently energy-wise and the island’s international airport is going to be a plus for direct flights from all over the world, the director added.

Dress and Sommer is the German firm in charge of whole project management of the mega holiday resort town in Kish Island.

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[Shayan_m]

The whole project is a great addition to Iran . We need more of those !

[shayan]

i think that this project will show the world (specially the islamic world) that kish is the spot to be for your holiday.
@prsn41ife I´ve sended a mail to the developer for some construction photos and i didnt get a mail back so i dont think that they have pictures at this moment (but i think i´m going to kish by july so i will take a lot of pictures)

[persis]

I don't know! is anyone who live in kish? who has any update on this project?
Do you have any photo from construction levels?

[shayan]

Ok i just went to there official site and it says that the Golf resort with the 27 hole golf course will be finished at the end of 2006..

[Rahmani]

Any new updates on this project? It has been over 4 months since the last post

[Rahmani]

I am going to Iran in September. One of the things planned was a weekend to Kish. But I decided not to, because of the regulations and the facts that I can’t lay on the beach next to my girlfriend and give her a kiss, before going swimming together. So we probably are going to Dubai instead.

[shugs]

Originally Posted by Rahmani

Any new updates on this project? It has been over 4 months since the last post

The last new update on the Flower of The East website was in January 06:

flower of the east to exhibit at 4th International Free Zone Exhibition on Kish

January 02, 2006

flower of the east will have a strong presence at 4th International Free & Special Economic Zones Exhibition 2006 at Kish Island, the premier economic-themed exhibition in the region, which will be held at Kish International Exhibition Center from January 10-13, 2006.

Following the success of previous exhibition in Tehran, the fourth Exhibition of Iranian Free Zones is intended to hold on a truly international level: Kish Island, the most attractive Iranian Free Trade Zone among foreign investors. Exhibition officials intend to provide opportunities for the transfer of technical and managerial knowledge as well as attracting foreign investors and establishing cooperative links.

Absolutely highlight at the flower of the east-booth is the showcase of latest masterplan version, designed by RKW-Architects (Düsseldorf). Real estate experts, investors and future customers are also provided with a variety of architectural models, as of golf villas, hotels and marina.

Setting benchmarks for quality, luxury and excellence on the Iranian market, flower of the east offers a complete range of business-facilities with state-of-the-art IT, unique residences as golf villas and luxurious apartments, sports and leisure facilities and provides an extensive range of properties for differing tastes and requirements.

Discover flower of the east on our booth in hall A at Kish's International Exhibition Center!

[Adaei99]

What is the construction schedule for this project (i.e. when will it start/finish). Is this project approved yet?

Are they doing any pre-sales?

[Rahmani]

The have some information on their site, but it is in German!


http://p1808.typo3server.info/117.0.html

[shayan]

it says nothing new... actually .. The only thing is that it says (zier sibilie) Is that the flower of the east will have liberal laws... so maybe a more relaxed dresscode??. alcohol??. we dont know... he didnt give a clear answer...It also says that the golf villas and stuff will be finished at the end of 2006...

[Gilgamesh]

More good stuff by intl news agencies lol

Golf makes a comeback in Iran


Mahmoud Reza Abbasi, project manager of two golf courses still under construction at The Flower of The East golf resort, shows the progress of the project as he drives in his car on the site at Kish island just off the Persian Gulf coast in Iran, Thursday Sept. 14, 2006. Golf is making inroads in the Islamic Republic. Two new courses are under development on this coral island just off Iran's Persian Gulf coast, the first in more than 30 years. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)


By JIM KRANE, Associated Press.

KISH, Iran (AP) - Golf never has been very popular in Iran. Even during the days of the shah, there was a single 18-hole course in Tehran: The Imperial Country Club.

And after the 1979 Islamic revolution, golf was derided as a peculiar western waste of time. The embattled Iranian duffer's options dwindled as the Tehran course sprouted weeds and had five holes expropriated by the Revolutionary Guards.

But now golf is making inroads in the Islamic Republic. Two new courses are under development on this coral island just off Iran's Persian Gulf coast, the first in more than 30 years.

A US$2.2-billion golf resort, dubbed The Flower of The East, is under development by an Iranian businessman based in Germany, backed by German and Swiss investors.

The investors believe they'll have little trouble attracting players - and buyers of luxury homes - among the 1.1 million tourists who visit Kish each year. They say the rigours of operating in Iran's isolation are outweighed by Kish's attractions: fine white beaches, and no taxes or restrictions on sending home profits.

But construction has been slowed by the nuclear dispute between Iran and the West. If the United Nations imposes sanctions, developers fear the course and surrounding resort could be delayed - or scuttled.

Ingolf Burstedde, the German engineer overseeing the development, says the German government appears to be withholding normal insurance guarantees to German contractors and architects waiting to build the resort.

"Yes, we're afraid," Burstedde said in his Kish office. "Sanctions would cause a delay, at least. Maybe we'd stop work for a while."

Construction was going ahead last week, with Iranian contractors sculpting a huge patch of land under direction of a Dubai-based golf course designer. Furthest along is a nine-hole course and driving range aimed at first-time golfers.

A tour of the course-to-be last week found backhoes scraping artificial lakes and piling excavated limestone into future bunkers and fairways. The result was a lunar landscape of bleached white hills and dales.

"This is the end of Fairway 4," said project manager Mahmoud Reza Abbasi, giving a tour in his four-wheel drive vehicle. "This is Island B. This is the start of Lake 12."

A French firm will handle the final details, since Iranians have no experience designing golf courses, Abbasi said.

A full 18-hole course planned for a neighbouring site is aimed at foreign tourists and homebuyers, mainly wealthy Iranian expatriates who live in Los Angeles, Germany and across the Persian Gulf in Dubai, Burstedde said.

By 2009, Burstedde said two finished courses will be surrounded by luxury villas and townhouses marketed, in some cases, for millions of dollars each.

A second phase, which developers hope to finish by 2012, would contain a luxury hotel, yachting marina and apartments on a manmade peninsula jutting into the harbour.

Burstedde said Iran's laws mean the resort will lack for two things: integrated bathing and liquor. The Islamic Republic still segregates men and women in the island's swimming pools and beaches. And alcohol is banned in Iran.

"Can you imagine going to the bar and you can't get a whiskey?" Burstedde lamented.

In reality, though, men and women do swim together and any taxi driver on the island can find smuggled alcohol. And Burstedde said his resort is preparing for the day those laws are overturned. Spas and swimming pools are designed with easily removable barriers between men's and women's sides.

"When the laws change we simply remove the walls and men and women can mingle," he said.

[Gilgamesh]

Iranian women look at the architectural model projects presented by Flower of the East development company at Kish island's airport in Persian Gulf, Iran, Thursday Sept. 14, 2006. A group of European investors headed by an Iranian-German has begun work on a sprawling US$2.2 billion (euro1.7 billion) golf resort.

[ThePersian]

any news on this project?

[germx]

I havent even seen construction pics of this place, I'm beginning to think its a huge hoax...

[Spade87]

When I visited kish with my family about 2 or 3 years ago, our taxi driver said that the German companies have bought this land from Iran. Now I don’t know if this is true. But according to him women don’t need to wear head scarfs, because it will be like a part from Europe in the Middle East, with European laws. They have built walls around it and Iranians have to get a visa in order to enter the place. They are also building an underground channel system so visitors who arrive at the airport can take a boat strait to the resort.

Now like I said I don’t know if it’s true.
But the channel thigh I know for a fact is true because I visited there.
It’s the ancient underground caves that have been expanded.
Btw I think there’s a thread about that in this forum.

[Gilgamesh]

Originally Posted by Spade87

When I visited kish with my family about 2 or 3 years ago, our taxi driver said that the German companies have bought this land from Iran. Now I don’t know if this is true. But according to him women don’t need to wear head scarfs, because it will be like a part from Europe in the Middle East, with European laws. They have built walls around it and Iranians have to get a visa in order to enter the place. They are also building an underground channel system so visitors who arrive at the airport can take a boat strait to the resort.

Now like I said I don’t know if it’s true.
But the channel thigh I know for a fact is true because I visited there.
It’s the ancient underground caves that have been expanded.
Btw I think there’s a thread about that in this forum.

It's not true, it's just a lame rumour like the other one saying beckham bought a house in Shahr aftab lol. Read the article in post 56 "Burstedde said Iran's laws mean the resort will lack for two things: integrated bathing and liquor. " and "Spas and swimming pools are designed with easily removable barriers between men's and women's sides. "

[Spade87]

Thanks for clearing that up.
I’m glad that it isn’t true because that would suck.
Iranians getting a visa to enter there own land.

[mahdial_x5]

sik man i went there 2 years ago, the underground city i have alot of photos.
and i dunno about the german buying land...but they have made private beaches before no? for tourists only so its mixed?