Work on a new $100 million (BD37.8 million) resort will begin in Al Areen by the end of the year.

The Al Waha Resort project, launched last month will be executed out by Enshaa Development Real Estate Company. The project, coming up on an area of 53,000 sq m, is the first of a string of projects lined up by the $10 billion (BD3.78 billion) Bahraini consortium.
The family-orientated project is expected to be completed in three years and will include a luxury hotel, executive serviced apartments and condominiums.
Designed by Australian architectural firm Pentago Spowers International, the resort will be a mixed-use development, which will house a luxury hotel consisting of 206 rooms in addition to swimming pools, restaurants, a health centre and spa, a business centre and a huge ballroom with a capacity for 700 people.
In addition to the hotel, the resort will contain 110 serviced apartments of one, two and three bedrooms. Being developed to the north-east of Al Areen, it will also contain a residential area of seven buildings, comprising apartments for sale.
Meanwhile, Al Areen’s developers have revealed that investments on the project have crossed the $1 billion (BD378 million) mark with the launch of a $360 million (BD136.8 million) residential and commercial development.
Kuwait-based Gulf Holding Company (GHC) unveiled the master plan for Al Areen Downtown development designed by international design company, Erga.
GHC vice chairman Ahmed Al Ameer said Gulf Holding was in the final stages of completing the tender documents and specifications for the project. “The $360 million project is expected to be completed by late 2007,” he said.