The Pearl:
This multi billion man-made island covering 985 acres (400 hectares) of reclaimed land is Qatar’s first international real estate development and freehold property. It is a four-phase mixed-use development comprising 10 distinct, themed districts housing beachfront villas, town homes, luxury apartments, exclusive penthouses, 5 star hotels, marinas, schools as well as upscale retail and restaurant offerings. It will be a destination in its own right - a lavish, secure and exclusive island retreat with a Riviera-style community.

Lusail Development
The 5 billion Lusail Development, one of the major real estate and property development projects in Qatar, covers an area of about 35 square kilometres, north of the Al-Qutaifiya lagoon, in Doha. Bound by the sea to the east, the Ritz Carlton to the south, and the Al-Khor expressway, will consist of state-of-the-art buildings and eco-friendly infrastructure.
The Lusail Development will include a large blue water lagoon with two marinas, major residential areas providing quality, high and low density housing to meet all needs, extensive commercial districts and mixed-use areas, comprehensive leisure and entertainment facilities including two golf courses and an entertainment district, naturally functional silt-free beaches as well as all the necessary social amenities such as mosques, parks, schools, shopping centres and medical centres.

Energy City:
Located within the prestigious Lusail development in Doha, Energy City Qatar will become the Middle East's first ever integrated business energy centre, consolidating a range of industry and marketing services under one roof, attracting investment from significant global players in the hydrocarbon value chain and leading the development of the hydrocarbon industry significantly enhancing Qatar’s ability to reshape the dynamics of it’s oil and gas business and expand its role in the management of resources in the Gulf.
Covering a distance of 20 square kilometers, the multi-billion dollar Energy City Qatar will be home to a dedicated energy trading platform, the International Mercantile Exchange (Imex), which will be regulated by the Qatar Financial Centre Regulatory Authority. It will also offer research centre a Research Satellite for environment, renewable energy and regulatory policy.

Al-Khor Master Plan
A $5 billion tourism project, on an area of almost eight million square metres, will feature hotels and a marina with residential apartments, boutique hotels with leisure and residential units, beach chalets, sports facilities including a 18 hole golf course and bungalows. The project is expected to transform the area into a world-class tourist and property purchasing destination. Al Khor project is the third of it’s kind in Qatar that has been officially granted the right to offer full freehold property to buyers of any nationality, the others being The Pearl Qatar and the Qutaifiya Lagoon in the West Bay.
An eco-friendly green project, the crescent-shaped project - whose infrastructure construction will begin early next year - offers 13,000 apartments, 1,100 townhouses, 1,665 villas (both for ownership and lease) and 500 beachfront chalets, and is estimated to take five years to finish.

Qatar Science & Technology Park:
Qatar Science & Technology Park (QSTP), a home for technology-based companies from around the world, and an incubator of start-up enterprises is under the umbrella of the renowned Qatar Foundation. It aims at spurring the development of Qatar's knowledge economy, by providing the ideal location for companies to develop their technology and deliver it to the marketplace.
They provide an environment of office and laboratory space, support services, and programs which help accelerate the commercialisation process. They serve as a "free zone", making it easy and attractive for foreign technology companies to come to Qatar.

Education City
A series of projects are being launched at the Education City - a 10 million sq m multi-institutional campus. The promoter Qatar Foundation for Education, Science, & Community Development (QF) has awarded two contracts worth a total of $180 million, for the construction of a major accommodation complex at the City. Both contracts are scheduled to take about 16 months to complete. Other imminent projects include the construction of a 7,000- seat convention centre and the Texas A&M College of Engineering, with a gross area of 53,000 sq m.
Qatar Foundation also intends to build a new 350-bed medical care and research centre at Education City. The new digital care and research centre – known as the Specialty Teaching Hospital and being set up with the help of New York’s Cornell – will cost an estimated $900 million and be implemented on a fast-track basis, with completion scheduled for mid-2008.

The New Doha International Airport
The new Doha airport, a multi billion dollar project, will offer highest standards of safety and security, excellent service standards and convenience for passengers and visitors, unconstrained future jumbo aircraft operations, efficiency of operations keeping in mind environmental compatibility, effective transition from old to new airport in addition to taking into consideration the financial viability.
The airport will set new standards for airports of the future with respect to security, function and passenger convenience
By the time it is fully developed in 2015, it will have an annual capacity of 50 million passengers and allow for Qatar Airways’ continued meteoric growth.

New Doha Port
A new port and free trade zone involving a total investment of $205 million planned to be built over a 500-hectare reclaimed site near the existing port of Doha, east of the Doha International Airport. Port facilities will be able to handle three million shipping containers annually, compared to the current capacity of 100,000 containers annually at the existing Doha Port.
The port will be linked to the mainland via an 8.5 km long bridge. The entire new Doha port, as well as the airport area, is to be designated as a free trade zone.

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The construction sector in Qatar is enjoying a boom with a host of new projects on the cards. Several international firms are bidding for infrastructure and tourism projects. The boom has been fuelled to a great extent by the country''s selection to host the 2006 Asian Games. As part of the preparations, existing facilities are being upgraded and new facilities, including stadiums and an Olympic Village, have been built.

Among other construction projects there is the man-made Pearl Island, the $2 billion bridge between Qatar and Bahrain - the world''s longest, the $3 billion causeway between Qatar and Dubai, $15 billion for tourism and hotel projects, and $7 billion for modernisation of Qatar''s road and social infrastructure. The major roads under construction include Salwa Road, North Road and Dukhan road. Some roundabouts are also being transformed into signalised junctions and flyovers.

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The Pearl - Qatar
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