{"id":1004045652,"date":"2012-08-17T06:27:31","date_gmt":"2012-08-17T14:27:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004044727"},"modified":"2022-12-05T06:54:24","modified_gmt":"2022-12-05T14:54:24","slug":"jabal-omar-development-to-open-10-hotel-towers-in-mecca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/jabal-omar-development-to-open-10-hotel-towers-in-mecca\/","title":{"rendered":"Jabal Omar Development to Open 10 Hotel Towers in Mecca"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/regions\/international\/jabal-omar-development-to-open-10-hotel-towers-in-mecca\/1004044727.html\/attachment\/jabal-omar-2-3\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1004044730\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1004044730\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/042512-530_fifth_ave_jamestown_exterior-150x150-50x50\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2012\/04\/042512-530_Fifth_Ave_Jamestown_Exterior-150x150-50x50.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"50,50\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"042512-530_Fifth_Ave_Jamestown_Exterior-150&#215;150-50&#215;50\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2012\/04\/042512-530_Fifth_Ave_Jamestown_Exterior-150x150-50x50.jpg?w=50\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-1004044730\" title=\"Jabal Omar 2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2012\/08\/Jabal-Omar-22.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"249\" height=\"350\" \/><\/a>By Gabriel Circiog, Associate Editor<\/p>\n<p>Jabal Omar Development Co. has announced plans to open 10 hotel towers in Mecca (a province in Saudi Arabia) next year as part of a 24 million-square-foot development project. \u00a0Bloomberg reports Sameer Al-Quraishi, executive general director for the Saudi Arabian company, said the master-plan project was designed to feature a total of 38 hotel towers, as well as the country\u2019s largest shopping mall.<\/p>\n<p>More than 10 million people come to Mecca each year and approximately 3 million pilgrims attend the annual Hajj (Islamic pilgrimage).\u00a0 Al-Quraishi said an increased demand for hotels is imminent as Saudi Arabia aims to attract more pilgrims to Mecca.<\/p>\n<p>With a total estimated cost of $5.3 billion, the project is being developed in five phases. Spread over 2,475,700 square feet of land, the development will feature a total of 38 hotels, which will be managed by 28 companies and will offer an extra 13,500 rooms to Mecca\u2019s hospitality industry, upon completion in five years.<\/p>\n<p>Al-Quraishi named Blackstone Group Inc.\u2019s Hilton Hotels, Marriott International Inc., Hyatt Hotels Corp. and Starwood Hotels &amp; Resorts Worldwide Inc.\u2019s Sheraton among the companies that will be managing properties in that area. Located around 1000 feet away from the Grand Mosque, the development will also feature a prayer area which will be able to accommodate 65,000 worshipers, a power plant, a water-treatment system and a parking facility.<\/p>\n<p>Nesma &amp; Partners is building the first phase of the project, which includes 10 towers. The contract for the second phase, featuring four towers, has been awarded to Baytur Construction Co. and Azmeel Contracting &amp; Construction Corp. The designs for the final two phases are expected to be ready in six months. The first three phases have been funded via bank and government loans, as well as an increase in capital and Mecca-based Jabal Omar is currently analyzing financing options for the final two stages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jabal Omar Development is planning to open 10 hotel towers in Mecca, to accommodate the growing number of annual Islamic pilgrimages to the area. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":264,"featured_media":1004535773,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21782,21808,21751,16,21742],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1004045652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-development","category-featured","category-hotel","category-international","category-latest"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.0 (Yoast SEO v28.0) - 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