Amwaj Gateway Completes the Piling Works Two Weeks Prior the Scheduled Date

Amwaj Gateway- Manama: The high-end luxury property project Amwaj Gateway coming up on Amwaj Island off the Muharraq coast is on the fast track, completing the piling work two weeks ahead of schedule. The project is headed for commissioning in the last quarter of 2009.

Piling work commenced on October 26 and global soil and foundation works provider, Keller Grundbau GmbH, executed the works that spanned 1,641 piles in all with a total pile length of more than 2.5 kilometers.

"To meet big goals, the initial targets should be met with successfully, making the climb to success inevitable" Board member of Amwaj Gateway Mr. Hassan AlMansoor said, expressing happiness at the pace of the works.

"We are delighted to announce the completion of piling at this period of time, and this once again reflects our responsibility to be the best in each area we operate in" Mr. AlMansoor added.

"We have load tested one pile of each size and all the 1641 piles will be tested for integrity once trimming of pile caps is completed" said the General Manager of Amwaj Gateway Mr. Rizwan Mumtaz.

Buoyed by the progress, the company was planning to open the units for sale after the Ramadhan season and hand over the keys to buyers by the end of 2009.

The RealCapita and Yara Investment Company developed Amwaj Gateway has awarded the BD51.5 million construction contract to Turkey-based Cukurova Construction Industry and Trading last month. A mixed development venture consisting of beachfront townhouses and residential towers with a staggering 2 million square feet built up area; the project has 94 duplex and triplex seafront townhouses and 550 assorted apartments varying from one bedroom to five bedroom units.

"With Bahrain property market booming, all the players have their hands full. Quality would have suffered if we had given the contract to the already busy contractors somewhere down the line. With an idea of giving our buyers the best of quality, we chose to go for a new company with a rich experience in other parts of the world," AlMansoor added.

The project is being developed by RealCAPITA, to provide different types of townhouses and apartments housed in three 20-stories towers. The project accommodates more than 600 different residential units. The development will house the necessary facilities and infrastructure that comes at the forefront of luxurious living such as serviced apartments, restaurants, commercial outlets, swimming pools, gymnasium and a private beach all within a gated community embodying the true "access to luxury". The location of the development is unique in terms of its zoning. It´s the only plot in Amwaj Islands to contain such an integrated mix of facilities with unrestricted sea view and its own private beach.

The Strategic partners, besides RealCAPITA, are: Alkhuzama Investments, Yara Investments, Kuwait Commercial Markets Complex Company, Ali and Sons, and Salam Group from Qatar.