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Sunday, December 6 - 2009

Emaar, The Economic City wins 'Best Industrial Development' award

Emaar, The Economic City (Emaar.E.C), the Tadawul-listed company developing King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC) won the Best Industrial Development award at the inaugural Arabian Property Middle East Awards 2008.

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  • (R-L):Eng Imad Hashem, Senior Director - Communication and External Relations, Emaar, The Economic City, receives the award for 'Best Industrial Development' at the inaugural Arabian Property Middle East Awards 2008, from Mr Karam Awad, Deputy Managing Director, ITP Digital Publishing and ITP Executive Publishing.
    (R-L):Eng Imad Hashem, Senior Director - Communication and External Relations, Emaar, The Economic City, receives the award for 'Best Industrial Development' at the inaugural Arabian Property Middle East Awards 2008, from Mr Karam Awad, Deputy Managing Director, ITP Digital Publishing and ITP Executive Publishing.
The award recognises the contribution of Emaar.E.C in developing a strong industrial infrastructure project that promotes inward investments to Saudi Arabia.

Eng Imad Hashem, Senior Director - Communication and External Relations, Emaar.E.C, received the award from Mr Karam Awad, Deputy Managing Director, ITP Digital Publishing and ITP Executive Publishing, the Dubai-based media company that instituted the awards.

Emaar Properties PJSC, a key shareholder of Emaar.E.C, won the 'International Achievement' Award for the company's geographic expansion and business segmentation, and its established presence in 36 active markets globally.

Eng Hashem said:

"Emaar.E.C is honoured to win the inaugural Arabian Property Middle East Award for Industrial Development, which underscores our focus on building a socio-economic growth engine through our flagship project - King Abdullah Economic City. The mega-project has the Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority as its prime facilitator and complements SAGIA's Vision 10 x 10 to make Saudi Arabia one of the top ten competitive nations by 2010. A full-fledged Industrial Zone is one of the six zones within KAEC, which has already gained strong international investor response. Since its launch last year, more than 800,000 sq m of the Industrial Zone has been leased out and over SR32bn is expected as international investments."


Covering over 63 million sq m, the Industrial Zone recently added on a dedicated Plastics Valley, which was unveiled by The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin AbdulAziz AlSaud during his tour of KAEC.

Designed solely with the needs of manufacturers in mind, the Zone is expected to host over 2,500 industrialists.

It also benefits from the neighbouring Sea Port - which is currently being developed in partnership with Dubai World.

Spread over 168 million sq m on the Red Sea Coast, KAEC also features a Central Business District, Educational Zone, Resort District and Residential Communities.

The first phase of KAEC comprising the Sea Port, Industrial Zone and Residential Communities was launched to overwhelming investor response.

Work is progressing on accelerated schedule with the first homes and industrial land to be handed over early next year.
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About Emaar, The Economic City:
Emaar, The Economic City (Emaar.E.C), established in September 2006, is a Saudi joint stock company managed by Emaar Properties PJSC, one of the world's largest property developers, and a number of high profile investors from Saudi Arabia. Emaar.E.C has a share capital of SR8.5 billion consisting of 850 million shares of nominal value SR10 each. Thirty per cent of the equity, worth SR2.55 billion, was offered for public subscription.

Emaar.E.C leads the master-planning and development of the 168 million sq m King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC), a project being built on a pristine location off the Red Sea in the north of Jeddah. SAGIA (Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority), the body responsible for inward investments into the Kingdom, is the prime facilitator for KAEC.

KAEC, a New Age City being built today for tomorrow's generation of Saudi citizens, has six components - sea port, industrial district, educational zone, central business district with commercial, mixed-use, retail outlets and financial island, resorts and residential area.

The mega-project works closely with the Kingdom's on-going drive to expand the economy, create employment opportunities for its youthful population and function as a catalyst to attract foreign investment, global trade, commerce and industry. Based on initial forecasts, the project and its several components will create up to one million employment opportunities in the various industries and service-oriented companies that will open in KAEC. It will also be home to 2 million residents.

For more information, please contact:

Bashar Kharbat / Rayyan Dahlawi
ASDA'A Public Relations
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Tel: (+966 2) 6575194/ 195/ 196

Nivine William / Kelly Home
ASDA'A Public Relations
Dubai, UAE
Tel: (+971 4) 334 4550

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