JEDDAH l ON HOLD l Andalusia Gardens l 46F+44F l 279M.

[Saudi guy]

Originally Posted by Riyadhi

في تحالف مع شركات عالمية وبتكاليف ملياري ريال
"كنان" السعودية تطلق أكبر مشروع تجاري سكني في قلب جدة

أعلنت شركة كنان الدولية للتطوير العقاري عن إطلاق مشروع تجاري وسكني في جدة بتكلفة ملياري ريال (الدولار = 3.75 ريالا) على مساحة تتجاوز 40 ألف متر مربع في المنطقة الواقعة بتقاطع شارع الأندلس مع طريق الملك عبدالله، حيث سيزال مركز "بنده" التجاري الحالي في تلك المنطقة ليقام مكانه المشروع والذي يتكون من برجين عملاقين أحدهم تجاري يحتوي على مكاتب للشركات ولرجال الأعمال بمساحة بناء تبلغ 124 ألف متر مربع، ويضم فندقاً فئة 5 نجوم بمساحة بناء 35 ألف متر مربع، والبرج الثاني سكني ويحتوي على شقق سكنية فاخرة صممت على أحدث الطرز العالمية وروعي فيها الاستفادة من ضوء الشمس وتيارات الهواء لتحقق الجانب الصحي والتهوية السليمة وذلك بمساحة بناء إجمالية 74 ألف متر مربع، إلى جانب مركز تجاري بمساحة 34 ألف متر مربع يضم أفخم الماركات العالمية ومن المقرر أن يتم افتتاح البرجين وملحقاتهما مع بداية عام 2011م.




وبين الرئيس التنفيذي لقطاع العقار والتجزئة بمجموعة صافولا الدكتور محمد أمين قشقري في بيان تلقى "الأسواق.نت" نسخة منه اليوم الخميس 27-12-2007 أن الشركة تعاقدت مع شركة نكن سيكي المحدودة (Nikken Sekkei Ltd) لتصميم المشروع باعتبارها واحدة من أكبر شركات التصميم والاستشارات الإدارية والهندسية في العالم، حيث صممت مبنى البنك الإسلامي بجدة و20 ألف مشروع في أربعين دولة حول العالم.

كما تعاقدت "كنان" مع شركة مدرار للتطوير العقاري -شركة سعودية- لتقديم خدمات الإداري المطور لهذا المشروع لتميزها بكوادر من ذوي الخبرات المحلية والعالمية في مجال الدراسات والاستشارات لمختلف مراحل المشروع.

وأوضح الدكتور قشقري أن شركة كنان كانت قد أوكلت دراسة الجدوى وتقييم احتياجات السوق في المستقبل لشركة جونز لانج لاسال (Jones Lang LaSalle) التي قامت بتنفيذ الدراسة وفق حرفية عالية. وأشار إلى أن شركة "كنان" قامت بتعيين شركة هيل إنترناشيونال (Hill International) كمدير للمشروع، وذلك نظرا لكونها من ضمن أكبر 100 شركة أمريكية في مجال التشييد والإستشارات الهندسية وتمتلك الخبرة الكبيرة في هذا المجال لاسيما وهي متواجدة في 70 دولة حول العالم.

وأوضح قشقري أن قرب المشروع من المنطقة المركزية والتجارية والتاريخية في جدة وخصوصا الغرفة التجارية وبعض الوزارات على طريق الملك عبدالله يعطي المشروع بعدا استراتيجيا مهما لا سيما وتصميمه المتفرد الذي جاء متناسقا مع المنطقة المتميزة باتساع مساحاتها وتحقيقها للناحية الجمالية، وقال "إن المشروع يحتوي على منتزهات ومسطحات خضراء على أسطح المباني بمساحة 16 ألف متر مربع، وأيضا مواقف للسيارات تتسع لحوالي 4 الآف سيارة.

يذكر أن شركة كنان تأسست في عام 2004 بواسطة شركة صافولا تحت مسمى (شركة المرافق الحديثة) وفي عام 2006 تم زيادة رأس مالها إلى مليار و 700 مليون ريال بعد دخول شركاء جدد قاموا بشراء 70% من أسهمها واستقر أسمها على مسمى شركة كنان الدولية للتطوير العقاري وذلك بعد موافقة الشركاء في عام 2007.

وتعمل شركة كنان حاليا بكل جهد لتشارك في التطوير العقاري للمشروعات التجارية والسكنية والسياحية والترفيهية في كافة أنحاء المملكة العربية السعودية. وكانت الشركة قد حصلت على جائزة أفضل مطور عقاري لمشاريع المراكز التجارية في المملكة خلال عامي 2005 و 2006 حيث قامت ببناء وتشغيل العديد من المراكز التجارية الضخمة في مختلف أنحاء المملكة، وتضم أصول الشركة حاليا 6 مراكز تجارية لهايبر بنده بالإضافة إلى 8 مراكز أخرى تضم أسواق سوبر ماركت بنده، كما قامت الشركة خلال عام 2007 بإفتتاح أكبر مركز تجاري في المدينة المنورة ويحمل إسم (عالية المدينة) ومركز آخر في ينبع يحمل اسم (دانة مول) ويجري إنشاء مشرع سكني (حي كنان-1 ) في ينبع يضم 240 فيلا سكنية فاخرة، ويأتي كل ذلك لتحقيق هدف الشركة بأن تكون الرائدة في التطوير العقاري في منطقة الشرق الأوسط

http://www.alaswaq.net/articles/2007/12/27/12975.html

Hill International Selected as Project Manager for Andalusia Square Towers in Jeddah

Wed Dec 5, 2007 4:01pm EST

MARLTON, N.J. & JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia--(Business Wire)--Hill International (Nasdaq:HINT), the worldwide construction consulting firm, announced today that it has been awarded a contract from Kinan International Company for Real Estate Development to provide project management services during the construction of the Andalusia Square Towers development in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The 42-month contract has an estimated value to Hill of approximately SR 45.8 million ($12.3 million).

The Andalusia Square Towers development is anticipated to further shape Jeddah's city skyline and will cover a total built-up area of more than 268,000 square meters (2,883,680 square feet). The project is planned as an integrated mixed use development including offices of up to 124,000 square meters (1,334,240 square feet), residential apartments of 70,000 square meters (753,200 square feet), a 5-star hotel of 35,000 square meters (376,600 square feet), high-end retail of approximately 39,000 square meters (419,640 square feet) and parking for 4,000 cars. The project is located close to Jeddah's Central Business District and strategically situated at the intersection of King Abdullah Road and Al Andalus Street. The project is designed by Nikken Sekkei Ltd., a world-renowned architectural firm, and is planned to be completed in early 2011.

"Hill is honored to be involved in such an exciting development project," said Raouf S. Ghali, President of Hill's Project Management Group (International). "We are confident that our experience in the Middle East on mixed-use and high-rise projects will help our client successfully achieve their ambitious plans," Ghali added.

Hill International, with 1,500 employees in 70 offices worldwide, provides program management, project management, construction management, and construction claims services. Engineering News-Record magazine recently ranked Hill as the 10th largest construction management firm in the United States. For more information on Hill, please visit our website at www.hillintl.com.

This press release may include certain statements that fall within the definition of "forward-looking statements" under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Any such statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, overall economic and market conditions, competitors' and clients' actions, and other conditions, which could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated, including those risks identified in Hill's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Accordingly, such statements should be considered in light of these risks. Any prediction by Hill is only a statement of management's belief at the time the prediction is made. There can be no assurance that any prediction once made will continue thereafter to reflect management's belief, and Hill does not undertake to update publicly its predictions, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

http://www.reuters.com/article/press...071205?sp=true

[Saudi guy]

Jan 8,2008

i feel sad when i seen them demolishing panda super market i have alot of nice memories in my childhood i bought a lot's of Animes (not only me loool)it have been built in early 80's by al waild bin talal and was first super market in jeddah (Sarawat super markets opened next in Al Barom Center maybe in same year!) i remember it was called Family Market before panda,as i know it is sold to another investor (Savola Group) in 90''s.
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[Saudi guy]

final design not selected yet that why it not showing in jeddah real estate exhibition,diffiently these project will be icon of business zone!



Office - built up area 123,000 sqm
Residential Apartments - Built up area 70,000 sqm
Retail - Built up area 35.500 sqm
Hotel - Built up area 30,000 sqm
Parking Garages - Up to 3800 Cars Park

[Riyadhi]

big lot... i wonder how high could those "towers" be. Some of the developers abuse the word tower and call any 5+F building a tower!

[Saudi guy]

nop Riyadhi as the salesman told me it will be massive,i think around 70F.

[Rody69]

I'm sure it's going to be a super Land Mark..
btw,Nikken Sekkei Ltd is the designer of the impressive land mark Bank of China Tower..

[Saudi guy]

March 27,2008
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[Saudi guy]

i see the render in magazine at jarer bookstore,it was damn small picture,for first imprison i don't like it,there was two high tower but poor designs,i will phone Kinan tomorrow to get more infos inshallah!

[XP]

Two renders I found recently

This mixed use urban development, conceived to revitalise the centre of Jeddah is an extremely forward thinking endeavor. The clients brief was to capitalise on the new unlimited height, special project status given to various parts of the city by the Municipal planning authorities. Rather than simply provide another iconic Middle East tower, the development of the design philosophy was to fulfil the need for an urban complex of local and unique character, that could become synonymous with the Jeddah skyline. In other words, a tower that belonged only to Jeddah. The futuristic tower has a "fulcrum" role, addressing the Andalusia Circle, CBD and Jeddah harbour, in front of the property; and the residential, new city areas "behind" it, fusing together its prominent cusp location in the city. The side views of the tower provide a profile to the larger city and the corniche beach esplanade area. The tower is ultra modern, adopting a minimalist approach, while utilising local idioms of "mushrabiya" screens and air capturing terraces as "elements in the sky".

Traditional timber screens and old decorative components are reworked in glass and stainless steel finishes. Maximum use of photovoltaic cells is made to form the "crown" of the building, emphasising the importance of the sun in this ancient desert city. The commercial tower sits proudly above the circle and provides drama at the front of the site, above a two level retail podium. This podium also supports a boutique hotel and residential tower with terraces interacting with the mall below. The linearity of the site is used to maximum effect to distribute activity along its length and to the extremes of the site. Pedestrians are able to access the circulation spine off four street entrances, while parking is neatly arranged below the full length of the circulation spine and adjacent to the commercial tower. The complex becomes a 24/7 environment and a true internalised urban space, opening up to the sky with roof terraces and a retractable skylight to enjoy alfresco shopping and dining in good weather. The modern environment will house specialised and boutique retail and become a series of "urban rooms" where residents, workers and shoppers interact in an open, lively atmosphere.

[womfalcs3]

That actually looks really nice.

[Saudi guy]

looks better in big size,the towers designs is good but the podium need more enhancements!

[thefreestyler]

I got this from MEED........but itz a Subscriber Only content :

Five local companies have been prequalified for the main construction contract on the $560m Andalusia Square Towers project in Jeddah

[thefreestyler]

http://www.meed.com/saudiarabia/news...r_project.html

[thefreestyler]

Five firms pre qualified for Andalusia Square Towers project
MEED reported that five local companies have been pre qualified for the main construction contract on the USD 560 million Andalusia Square Towers project in Jeddah.



The companies are
1) Saudi Binladin Group
2) Saudi Oger
3) El Seif Engineering & Contracting
4) Saudi Freyssinet
5) Al Mabani

Tender documents are being drawn up for the work and are expected to be finalized by July 2008.

Andalusia Square Towers is a 268,000 square meter mixed use development, at the intersection of King Abdullah and Andalus streets. It will include offices, residences, a five-star hotel and retail outlets.

Kinan International Real Estate Development Company is the developer. Japan's Nikken Sekkei is the consultant and the US' Hill International is the project manager. The project duration is about 3 years.

[arch.ahmad]

[thefreestyler]

wow gr8 arch ahmad.............but any news.........?

[Saudi guy]

great exterior design and the shopping center is two floor!wondering the mid building what using for!? thanks AA

[thefreestyler]

hye SG any construction news.....?

[RANA AAA]

ya what abt construction site pics..??

[Saudi guy]

nothing started yet!