
Durrat Al Bahrain has announced the award of a BD6.99 million ($18.5 million) contract for the construction of 83 villas on one of the 13 islands of the residential, leisure and tourist resort, the kingdom’s largest planned mixed-use development.
The contract, awarded to Bahrain-based Projects Construction Company, is the first of many contracts to be announced for the development of residential villas in the $3 billion development, where dredging and reclamation work is in its final stages.
Work on the villas on Petal 1 Island is expected to commence shortly, following the award of the contract. The villas will take 12 months to build.