MECCA l U/C l Holy Mosque Expansion .

[RANA AAA]

are they really going to run train beneath HARAM MASJID

[jamal1979]

slm brothers


YazakAllahou Gairan for posting pic's

stil 44 days for ramadan
this ramadan inshallah we have a hotel in shoaib Omer behind street of gazzah
i have a qeustion the way from there to the masjid haram is it dificult or not
can you place some pictur's from the mosq to the home of the birth of the profhet pbuh to see the way how it looks the day of today

may Allah reward everybody on this forum en all the moslims al over the world

[bizzybonita]

Originally Posted by Saudi guy

Dec 20, 2007
photo by brickboy

My fav

[bizzybonita]

Originally Posted by Shahid

How about now??

OMG OMG OMG ...

[RANA AAA]

This pic will take abt 20 to 30 years to complete then i would be a old man.

[Rody69]

this project (al shameyya) gonna finish in 2010.btw they already started to build 4 towers.and they demolished 70% from that area!! they're working 24/7

[Qatar Son 333]

Masha'allah that great but i really want the Retractable ummbrellas/manirates to be constructed

[bizzybonita]

BTW did anyone know about how much it cost ???

[bizzybonita]

[bizzybonita]

Makkah project finds a financier

Makkah's US $3.3 billion (SAR12.4 billion) Western Gate Road project in Jabal Omar has gained the backing of Saudi Arabia's Jadwa Investment to finance the construction.

The agreement between developer Jabal Omar Company and Jadwa is over 18 months.

The main construction contract was awarded last December to a consortium including The Binladin Group and Saudi Oger.

The project, located west of the Grand Mosque, includes seven 35-storey apartment towers, two 50-storey hotel towers, four 15-storey hotel blocks and a four-storey retail concourse.

It will create a model residential and commercial centre with new roads, pathways, tunnels, electric stairs and other facilities.

Infrastructure work on the project has already begun and the entire project is expected to be completed within 30 months.

"The plan includes a number of residential towers and 40 hotels," said Jabal Omar Company chairman Abdul Rahman Faqeeh.

According to Faqeeh, the project would cover an area of 232,000m2 and the towers will accommodate 34,500 pilgrims.

Concrete pours have started for the foundations of four towers overlooking the Ibrahim Street and two towers on the Umm Al-Qura road.

"It was a race against time to sign many agreements for utilities such as telephone, water and the sewage system to simultaneously serve 45,000 pilgrims," Faqeeh said.

Tenders from hotels like the Hilton, Sheraton and Movenpick are being assessed to manage several residential and hotel towers within the project. The development will create prayer areas comprising 94,000m2, including surrounding gardens for 78,000 worshippers, and will be linked to the Grand Mosque's sound system.

"These prayer areas could be considered an indirect expansion of the mosque," Faqeeh said.

A 2000-seat conference hall overlooking the mosque is also included n the plan.

The agreement between Jadwa and Jabal is for 18 months.

Faqeeh said the agreement reflected Jadwa's confidence in Jabal Omar Company, adding that Jadwa based its decisions on financial and market studies.

Jadwa will be providing both long-term and short-term finance. Long-term financing will be through Islamic sukuk distributed throughout the world.

"This is the second largest project for Jadwa in the Kingdom and we'll focus on projects in the Kingdom which is currently going through an economic boom," said Ahmed Al-Khateeb, managing director and CEO of Jadwa, adding that Jabal Omar is the largest financing provided by Jadwa.

[bizzybonita]

iam so free to update anything about this project any article any picture i will do my best it's one of my 1st concern in this website . much luv for everyone behind this thread elso .

Kind Regard

Bizzy

[Rody69]

Jasak Allah kheer

[Saudi guy]

thanks bizzybonita for these infos ,iam fascinating to see more pictures for construction

[cyborg81]

mashallah what a project,will reshape the entire landscape around the mosque!!

[mamss]

I took this photo from the MARWA tower of Abraj al Bait - 35th or 36th floor -depends how you work it out.
It shows the MASAA expansion very clearly.




As you can see the entire old MASAA is already removed and the new one is practically completed.
In the red highlighted area (see below), you can see the replacement of the old MASAA that has already been started. That piece is partly done. I seen it from the new MASAA and they are busy with its first concrete slab.

The other highlighted area shows parts of the areas of Shamiyya and also Gaza that have been demolished



at the bottom right you can also see where the new minaret is being built - compare it to this image and you will understand the progress and see where the old minaret was being taken down (bottom right covered in green tarp )

[Saudi guy]

oh what a massive shot bro ,i can see the new manarat rising up,btw i heard but not sure there a plan to remove al safa palace,princes & kings will owns the higest 5 floors on abraj al bait towers.

[Shahid]

Hajj is coming very soon...

how will people perform hajj in MASAA (run 7 time).

What is wrong with current MASAA? How many floors in MASAA will be?

[RANA AAA]

nice clear overal view thanks mamss

[Qatar Son 333]

Shahid, please view pages 1 to 8 before commenting thank you.... on the other hand... mamss thouse pictures are worth a million !!! thank you soo much

[Captain Kimo]

The mas'a after expansion will exceed the width of the two mountains (Safa and Marwa) .. Actually most of the scholars of the "committee of the Saudi grand scholars" opposed the expansion, and said that it will cause people to do Sa'i outside the path between Safa and Marwa .. they suggested building extra floors instead of increasing the width of the mas'a.