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The local contractor submitted a price of SR13bn for the
project, which involves building 12 towers ranging in height from 30 to 45
storeys. SBG’s price is about 19 per cent lower than the price of SR16bn
submitted by the second lowest bidder, the local El-Seif Engineering &
Construction. The other bidders are Athens-based Consolidated Contractors
Company (CCC) at SR18bn, Nesma & Partners Construction at SR19bn, and the
local ABV Rock at SR21bn.
The towers will be built on top of a large podium and
three basement floors. The two 45-storey towers will be built at the centre of
the development and will have a single dome structure topping both buildings.
The other 10 towers will be 30 storeys high and will be built around the two
central buildings. Altogether, the towers will have 10,150 residential units
and hotel rooms. The podium will have a bus station, shopping mall, restaurants,
food courts, a conference centre and car parks. The total built-up area of the
development is 1.5 million square metres.
The development will be built in the Manafia area in
central Mecca, 1.7 kilometres away from the Grand Mosque. The 64,000-square-metre
plot is next to Ajyad road in the east, and the Kudai and Birka tunnels to the
west.
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