New Abdali is an area in the

Al-Abdali Abdali ( ar, العبدلي) is an area in the Greater Amman Municipality, it is named relative to King Abdullah I who founded it during the 1940s. It covers an area of in the heart of Amman, with a population of 165,333 in 2015. Large parts o ...

district in

Amman Amman (; ar, عَمَّان, ' ; Ammonite language, Ammonite: 𐤓𐤁𐤕 𐤏𐤌𐤍 ''Rabat ʻAmān'') is the capital and largest city of Jordan, and the country's economic, political, and cultural center. With a population of 4,061,150 a ...

Jordan Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Rive ...

. Its development plan, launched in 2005, consisting of hotels, apartments, offices, commercial outlets and entertainment to be developed on of land, intending to create a total built-up area of over . The area already hosts and will further host nearly all of the tallest buildings in Amman, including the current two tallest completed buildings of Amman which are Amman Rotana and W Amman. The first phase of the project is nearly complete with the second phase being still on hold.

History

The project's idea was conceived in the early 2000s during a meeting between the then Lebanese prime minister and business tycoon

Rafic Hariri Rafic Bahaa El Deen Al Hariri ( ar, رفيق بهاء الدين الحريري; 1 November 1944 – 14 February 2005) was a Lebanese business tycoon and politician who served as the Prime Minister of Lebanon from 1992 to 1998 and again from ...

, and King Abdullah.

Project components

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Phase I

It is envisioned as the commercial and business center of Amman. Phase I contains the following built up area: * Residential 287,000 square metres (28%) * Offices 363,000 square metres (35%) * Hotels 111,000 square metres (11%) * Retail 273,000 square metres (26%) Total: 1,034,000 square metres

Phase II

It is envisioned with a central green park. Phase II contains the following built up area: * Hotels 62,000 square metres (9%) * Retail 47,000 square metres (6%) * Residential 457,000 square metres (63%) * Offices 156,000 square metres (22%) Total: 722,000 square metres

Overall project

* Hotels 173,000 square metres (10%) * Retail 320,000 square metres (18%) * Residential 744,000 square metres (42%) * Offices 519,000 square metres (30%) Total: 1,756,000 square metres

Developments

Phase I of Abdali Project

=Completed developments

= *Abdali Mall Company (

Abdali Mall Abdali Mall ( ar, العبدلي مول) is a $300 million shopping mall located in Amman, Jordan. Developed and owned by the Abdali Mall Company, the mall opened in May 2016 and is part of the Abdali Project. The multi-level shopping mall curre ...

) *Emirates Tourism Investment Company LLC ( Amman Rotana) *Abdali Boulevard Company ( The Boulevard) *Saraya Abdali for Real Estate & Investment (

W Hotel W Hotels is an American upscale lifestyle hotel chain owned by Marriott International that is marketed towards a younger age group. History W Hotels was launched in 1998 with W New York, a conversion of the former Doral Inn hotel on Lexington ...

) *Al Riyah Real Estate Development Company (Kawar Keystone) *Jordan Dubai Properties for Land Development Company (Business Square) *Jordan Dubai Islamic Bank *Al Eqtidar for Real Estate Development *The Orphan Fund Development Corporation *Mr. Ziad Asaad Odeh *Mediterranean & Gulf Insurance & Reinsurance Company *AJIB Real Estate Investment Company *Juba Investment & Development Company (Commerce One) *Matrix Development (Crystalle Residence) *Sawa International Company *Irsa'a Real Estate Company *Sultan Bouran, Ishaq Bouran & Fawaz Shalan *Advanced for Real Estate Investment Company *Al Taher Real Estate & Development Company *Al Waleed Real Estate *Audi Bank *EDGO Ventures Ltd (The Atrium) *Adnan Saffarini & Sons *Societe Generale de Banque-Jordan *Abdali views (The Edge Tower) *Al Seraje for Real Estate Development (Abdali Gateway) *Damac Properties Company LLC (The Heights, Lofts & Courtyard) *Abdali Medical Center (AMC)

=Planned developments

= *Abdali Mall Company (Abdali Mall Tower) *Saraya Jordan (Capital Tower) *Abdali Investment & Development PSC (Al-Hamad 1B Tower) *Philadelphia for Commercial Complexes LLC (The Avenue) *Bank al Etihad (K Tower)

Phase II of Abdali Project

Reception

The Abdali development has been critiqued as creating a

neoliberal Neoliberalism (also neo-liberalism) is a term used to signify the late 20th century political reappearance of 19th-century ideas associated with free-market capitalism after it fell into decline following the Second World War. A prominent fa ...

"urban enclave," the "auto centric" design of which "essentially exclud sthose who do not have access to a private vehicle."

Gallery

File:Al Abdali Project March Amman.JPG, One of the buildings in March 2010 File:Abdali Boulivard Amman 1.jpg, The Boulevard File:Regency Palace Hotel, Marriott, Le Meridien Amman,Le Royal Hotel, Housing Bank Center and Abdali.jpeg, View of Rotana Hotel Amman File:Eastern side of Abdali Project in Amman showing; from right to left; Abdali Gateway, The Heights and Clemanceau Medical Center in 2013.jpg, Eastern side of Abdali Project in 2013 File:Abdali Project 1.jpeg, Eastern side of Abdali Project File:Abdali Hospital.png, Abdali Hospital at night

References

{{reflist Buildings and structures in Amman Buildings and structures under construction in Jordan Economy of Jordan Tourism in Jordan