Barwa Group () is a real estate company based in
Doha
Doha ( ar, الدوحة, ad-Dawḥa or ''ad-Dōḥa'') is the capital city and main financial hub of Qatar. Located on the Persian Gulf coast in the east of the country, north of Al Wakrah and south of Al Khor, it is home to most of the coun ...
,
Qatar
Qatar (, ; ar, قطر, Qaṭar ; local vernacular pronunciation: ), officially the State of Qatar,) is a country in Western Asia. It occupies the Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East; it sh ...
. Established in 2005, it is listed on the
Qatar Exchange
The Qatar Stock Exchange is the principal stock market of Qatar. QSE is a full member of the World Federation of Exchanges and was recently upgraded by the MSCI and the S&P Dow Jones Indices.
History
Established in 1995, the Doha Securities Mar ...
, with 45% of its shares held by the
Qatar Investment Authority
The Qatar Investment Authority (QIA; ar, جهاز قطر للإستثمار) is Qatar's sovereign wealth fund. The QIA was founded by the State of Qatar in 2005 to strengthen the country's economy by diversifying into new asset classes. In 2021 ...
, via its Qatari Diar subsidiary.
[Barwa Group]
Our Beginning
It is primarily active in
real estate development
Real estate development, or property development, is a business process, encompassing activities that range from the renovation and re-lease of existing buildings to the purchase of raw Real Estate, land and the sale of developed land or parcels ...
and related financial services. It is Qatar's largest real estate group. It is chaired by
Salah bin Ghanim Al Ali
Salah bin Ghanim Al-Ali ( ar, صلاح بن غانم العلي; born 1966) is a Qatari politician and Qatari Minister of Youth and Sports.
Education
Al-Ali studied Management Engineering at the University of the Pacific.
Career
From 1 ...
.
Projects
Mesaieed
In 2012, Barwa Group launched a construction project in the southern zone of Mesaieed to establish a large tourist resort over an area of .
Mesaimeer
In February 2009, a development project was launched in
Mesaimeer
Mesaimeer ( ar, مسيمير, Musaymīr) is a district in the municipality of Al Rayyan in Qatar. Located south-west of Doha, it shares borders with the Doha Industrial Area to the east, Umm Al Seneem, Abu Hamour and Al Mamoura to the north-west ...
, a district of
Al Rayyan
Al Rayyan (; also spelled as ''Ar Rayyan'') is the third-largest municipality in the state of Qatar. Its primary settlement is the city of the same name, which occupies the entire eastern section and largely surrounds Metropolitan Doha and funct ...
by Barwa Group. Entailed in the project are 1,000-capacity residential housing units, a supermarket, a nursery, and a mosque; all within a gated compound.
Barwa Al Baraha
Barwa Group launched a project to construct
Barwa Al Baraha
Barwa Al Baraha ( ar, بروة البراحة; popularly known as Barwa Village) is a residential and commercial area mostly for expatriates in the Doha Industrial Area located south of the Industrial Area in Al Wakrah Municipality in Qatar. T ...
, a city designed for laborers, in the
Al Wakrah (municipality)
Al Wakrah Municipality (also spelled Al Wakra Municipality; ar, بلدية الوكرة Baladīyat al-Wakrah) is a municipality of Qatar located bordered by the municipalities of Doha and Al Rayyan. The municipal seat is Al Wakrah city.
Etymol ...
at a budget of around $1.1 billion. The project was completed in 2010.
Madinat Al Mawater
The
Madinat Al Mawater
Madinat Al Mawater ( ar, مدينة المواتر, , Motor City) is a planned community of Rawdat Rashed in the Al-Shahaniya Municipality, central Qatar. Its first phase of construction was launched in May 2016. The community will occupy an area ...
project is located close to
Rawdat Rashid area and Salwa Road. The project holds built-up area of around 167,072 square meters, which includes apartments, used-car lots, shops and workshops. The completion of phase one of the project was announced in March 2017.
Other
Barwa has been a sponsor of the Spanish motorsport
Addax Team
Addax, or Barwa Addax was a Spanish motorsport team owned by the bank Addax Capital, which competed in the GP2, GP3 and GP2 Asia Series.
Team history
GP2 Series
Barwa Addax was formed as a result of Alejandro Agag purchase of the Campos Rac ...
.
References
External links
* {{official, http://www.barwa.com.qa
Companies based in Doha
Real estate companies of Qatar
Real estate companies established in 2005
2005 establishments in Qatar
Companies listed on the Qatar Stock Exchange