First green residential city agreement signed in Oman

Energy Thursday 26/April/2018 09:02 AM
By: Times News Service
First green residential city agreement signed in Oman

Muscat: Zain Real Estate Development handed over officially the contract for the much-awaited Al Muna Gardens project to the prestigious long term player SMC Infra LLC at a signing ceremony held in the InterContinental Muscat on Thursday.
Al Muna Garden project will be the first ever green residential city in the heart of Muscat, consisting of 122 villas divided into four categories of villas among the many options with the area being surrounded by green spaces and every facility that are required in a modern lifestyle.
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SMC Infra LLC will start its work from April end and the completion will last for a period of 33 months. Madhusudan P, Executive Director said, “We have been in the industry for almost a decade and ever since the operations which started way back in 2011, we have undertaken projects worth more than OMR 100 million.
We are extremely proud to be associated with Zain Property Development for the ambitious project of Al Muna Gardens. We, at the company, is well-equipped with the best of the technical, engineering and managerial skills and is confident to handover to the client within the designated time.”
SMC Infra LLC started its humble beginning with just five staff-members and in a short span of eight years have grown to over 3000 staff members with a mixture of nationals and different ethnicities.
The company has an impeccable safety record and has been thus credited from various private and public sectors. Some of the recent projects that the company has successfully undertaken are mall of Muscat, Oasis Mall ( Salalah) Dhofar Municipality Head Office etc.
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Biju Chandran, CEO said, “We have undertaken projects all across Oman including Salalah, Sohar, Kashab and Muscat. There are also projects that are in Tanzania, Ghana, Malawi and India. The company is fully ISO certified in quality, environment and health-safety. The Al Muna Gardens will be under regular inspection from a multi-national engineering team and experts during the entire 33 months."
The Al Muna Gardens will have an attractive entertainment center that shall include a gym with swimming pool, nursery for children, a cinema theatre, commercial spaces for rent suitable for the establishment of a cafe, spa, restaurant, clinic and mini market.
The project also has green areas and in addition to outdoor spaces for bowling, chess, football, weightlifting, hiking and cycling The city will also contain a waste disposal system and several entrances and exits, enabling the residents to access their villas smoothly and to ensure absolute security.
The city will be under 24 hours’ guard, as well as surveillance cameras, which will provide the residents with absolute safety and a sense of security.
Mishaal Mohammed al Raisi, Chief Executive Officer of Zain Property Development said, “We are happy to partner with SMC Infra LLC, their incredible records in the industry is highly applaud able.
The project is strategically located in the Al Muna area at Bucher Highlands and in the heart of the capital Muscat and is very close to the various services and centers that form the lung of life The city is only 10 minutes away from Muscat International Airport and is only 5 minutes away from the ministries area, Royal Hospital, Muscat Hospital, Mall of Oman and the most important shopping centers in Al Khuwair area, making it an ideal place to live amid luxury and green nature."
Khawla Mohammed Abdullah, General Manager of Zain Property Development, reviewed the company's track saying, "Zain's property development activity started 10 years ago and was launched in 2008 as a company specialized in the development of integrated real estate projects with the stamp of creativity and excellence and in accordance with the latest international standards inspired by excellence from its ambitious team, which put leadership first and last goal Through the experience gained by the company during the previous years, it has been able to draw its own mark through many major real estate development projects that stand the best witness to the creativity and spirit of brilliance by focusing completely on the details of the design in a balanced balance between modernity and Omani heritage and international specifications.”