Real estate development in Makkah and Madinah has been on the upsurge over the past year, particularly following the opening of the sector to foreign investment and the renewed focus on religious tourism in the wake of the decline in the number of coronavirus cases globally.

It has been a year of major milestones at the $27-billion Masar Destination, a cultural destination that aims to transform the western part of Makkah under an ambitious redevelopment programme. The masterplan of Masar Destination includes 3.8 million sq m of buildings serving the hospitality sector comprising 40,000 hotel rooms and apartments; 2.

Work is ongoing on a massive development that involves the construction of a total of 46 towers uniquely located right in the vicinity of Islam’s holiest site, Grand Mosque in Makkah.

When entrusted with creating a reality model of the second-holiest city in Islam, Ala Abdulhadi & Khalifa Hawas Consulting Engineering Company (AHCEC) turned to an innovative and interoperable digital solution from Bentley Systems, a US design and construction software development company.

An innovative product from Niagara Conservation’s bathware collection has proven itself over a decade and has maintained its lead over its contemporaries, says the Dubai-based Mac Al Gurg, a part of the Easa Saleh Al Gurg Group, which is the exclusive distributor in the Middle East and Africa region for products from the leading US manufactur