Amman New Downtown
An economic hub for Jordan

Project description

Amman’s New Downtown aims to be the hub of economic activity of the Jordanian capital. The masterplan serves a population of 45,000 and includes a pedestrian mixed-use development, an open-air shopping center (the Abdali Mall), high-rise office buildings, upscale hotels, residential quarters, and a modern convention center.

The brief

Abdali aimed to achieve three objectives:

  • Executing a successful land-based PPP in Jordan
  • Generating economic development opportunities in Amman
  • Achieving the target rate of return for investors

 

Our response

  • Advising the client on development strategies that would enable achieving the project objectives
  • Developing a masterplan and development briefs that were used as a basis for attracting investors into the project. The masterplan introduced new typologies of residential, commercial, retail, and office spaces into Amman’s market
  • Designing a project that identified a powerful center for the city and towards which neighborhoods gravitated
  • Designing a project that promoted a high quality public realm, and successfully attracting residents and visitors to the area
  • Developing transportation and infrastructure schemes in collaboration with Amman’s municipality, leading to a successful functional integration between project and city
Location
Amman, Jordan
Area
1,750,000m2 built-up
Capacity
45,000
Cost
USD 3.5 billion
Client
Abdali Investment and Development psc
Year
2012
Services provided
Architectural design
Landscape design
Mechanical engineering
Electrical engineering
Structural engineering
Programme management
PROJECT TEAM
Abbas Atwi
Abdel Hafiz Sidani
Abed Al Rahman Al Shamaa
Abir Joumaa
Ahmad Dakhil
Ahmad Hajjar
Ahmad Kassem
Ali Alameh
Ali Deeb
Ali El Kassem
Ali Karaki
Ali Najdi
Amine Nasser
Andira Younes
Awni Rahma
Ayman Bou Ghannam
Bassel Ismail
Bilal Ali Mohamed
Bilal Ghotmi
Bilal Naboulsi
Camille Dagher
Carine Lteif
Carole Salamani
Chadi Hilal
Dahlia Melki
Darine Younes
Elissar El Samad
Fadi Afandi
Fadi Mahmoud
Fadi Mallat
Fadi Nassim
Farah Jaber
Farid Hajj Shehade
George El Khoury
Georges Abou Ghannam
Ghanem Moussa
Ghassan Hajjar
Ghassan Khaled
Ghazi Ali
Ghina Sinno
Ghinwa Eido
Hala Ramadan
Hanadi Mohty
Hanan Jaber
Haneen Abdul Samad
Hassan Rizk
Hayssam Kassab
Hiba Karaki
Hisham Hajj Shehade
Ibrahim Fakih
Ihab Karanouh
Jamila Jaber
Jana Gossayn
Joseph Khabbaz
Karim Tourba
Lina Zeidan
Maher Chebbo
Maher Nasser
Malakeh Moumneh
Malek Ayass
Mansour El Zarif
Mariam Nasser
Marlène Badran
Marwan El Mabsout
Marwan Saleh
Maryam Al Amine
Masa Charara
Maya Arnous
Maya Hamdan
Maya Rammal
Mayada Badreddine
Maysaa Basbous
Mazen Saridar
Mohamad Achour
Mohamad Barbar
Mohamad Shbeeb
Mohamed Chawa
Mohamed Katergi
Mohamed Totayo
Mohamed-Saltuk Atshin
Moslem Mokdad
Mounir Hajjar
Muhieddine Berjawi
Muhieddine El Soussi
Nada Babetty
Nada Matar
Nader Osseiran
Nadine El Marouk
Nayef Dakdouki
Nayla Al Akl
Nisrine Baghdadi
Nisrine El Hougeiri
Nisrine El Meselmani
Nour Tawil
Noureddine Alameh
Ola Baghdadi
Omar Kaaki
Omar Saijari
Oussama Moussa
Rabih Sraj
Raed Jawhar
Rami Mahfouz
Rami Saad
Rana AL Kaakour
Rana Nassar
Rania Mustapha
Rasha Nasser
Reem Saboune
Rikaz El Bsat
Rima Jaber
Rima Jarrah
Roula Aouad
Sadek Awwad
Sahar Yassine
Samah Hajjar
Samer Mehio
Sawsan Kreidieh
Souad El Sbeity
Suzan Hamad
Tarek Majzoub
Wael Debian
Walid Bayoumi
Wissam Ajineh
Yasmine Naffaa
Zanoubia Shukur
Zeina Kalash
Ziad Bitar
Ziad Naamani