Early contracts have been signed for a 64-hectare development on the waterfront of Muscat in Oman.

Signings include Foster & Partners and Hoehler and Al Salmy as architectural consultants to the development.

Oman Tourism Development Company (Omran) launched the Mina Al Sultan Qaboos Waterfront project at an official ceremony. Phase one of the integrated mixed-user scheme is projected to be completed by 2020. It will transform the current commercial Port Sultan Qaboos area into a major tourism-based development with business and residential zones, a shopping centre, six hotels, recreation amenities and tourist attractions, as well as docking facilities for cruise liners and yachts.

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