Bahrain Financial Harbour ( ar, مرفأ البحرين المالي, commonly abbreviated as BFH) is a waterfront commercial development project located on the northern shore of

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, the capital city of

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. Costing $1.5 billion and covering an area of 380,000 square metres, the two main Harbour Towers were officially opened in May 2007. As a result of the

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, the project suffered numerous delays for much of the next decade before construction finally resumed in 2016.

Overview

The commercial complex is located on the northern shoreline of

, adjacent to the King Faisal Highway which links Manama to

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via the

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. The majority of the project, like the nearby

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, is being constructed on

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on the former site of the Manama pier. Construction of the Bahrain Financial Harbour started in 2003 and the two main Harbour Towers were completed in May 2007. However, construction of the rest of the project including the Bahrain Performance Centre, residential Diamond Tower and Villamar apartment buildings was delayed largely due to the

. The BFH project consists of multiple ''construction phases'' such as:

Harbour Towers

The two tallest twin-towers, Harbour Tower East and Harbour Tower West, are listed as the second tallest completed towers in Bahrain, with a height of with 53 floors. The towers provide a total of 100,000 square metres of

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Harbour Gate

Also called Harbour Mall (harbour), it is a six-storey building that houses the

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and various investment firms. It has approximately 22,000 square metres of

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and is connected to both Harbour Towers at the second floor.

Harbour Heights

The Harbour Heights Towers (formerly Villamar) are 3 residential skyscrapers located to the north of the Harbour Towers. The towers are 54, 43 and 52 storeys high and boast 437 apartments, 52 villas, and 17

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in addition to a health club and restaurants. With a cost of $650 million, construction began in 2006 and was originally scheduled to be completed by 2009. However, repeated delays saw the project being put on hold in October 2011 due to the Bahrain uprising, the

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, and a liquidity problem at the parent company, Gulf Holding Company. Construction briefly restarted in 2012 when it was estimated to have been halfway done before construction ceased again. The Bahraini government in 2015 formed a committee to oversee stalled projects in the country. In 2016,

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Financial Group announced that work on the towers would recommence in the same year.

Harbour Row

The project consists of a row of luxury homes alongside a commercial waterfront

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. Construction of the $150 million project started in 2016 after its building permit was issued.

Unfinished projects

* Bahrain Performance Center * Diamond Tower * Dhow Harbour * Residential North * Residential South

Tenants

* BNP Paribas *

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– Headquarters on Floors 9, 32, and 33, Land Transport office on Floor 32Contact Us
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. Retrieved on February 7, 2014. "Ministry of Transportation (Headquarters) P.O. Box 10325 Kingdom of Bahrain Tel: +973 17 534534 Fax: +973 17 534041 Courier address: 9th/32nd/33rd Floor, East Tower, Bahrain Financial Harbour" and "Land Transportation P.O. Box 10325 Kingdom of Bahrain Tel: +973 17 534534 Fax: +973 17 534041 Courier address: 32nd Floor, East Tower, Bahrain Financial Harbour
Address in Arabic
: "وزارة المواصلات (المقر الرئيسي) صندوق بريد 10325 مملكة البحرين هاتف: 0097317534534 فاكس: 0097317534041 العنوان: الطابق 9، 32، 33 مرفأ البحرين المالي - البرج الشرقي " and "النقل البري صندوق بريد 10325 مملكة البحرين هاتف: 0097317534534 فاكس: 0097317534041 العنوان: الطابق 32 مرفأ البحرين المالي - البرج الشرقي " * Newton Legal * Norton Rose *

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* Al-Tamimi & Company * Ministry of Industry, Commerce & Tourism *PricewaterhouseCoopers

Gallery

File:Bahrain Financial Harbour 2013.jpeg, Bahrain Financial Harbour at night File:MOW RD3.JPG, Overview of Manama File:6 Days Left (2423450605).jpg, The Harbour and the Bahrain World Trade Centre

References

External links

*{{official website, http://www.bfharbour.com 2004 establishments in Bahrain Commercial buildings completed in 2009 Buildings and structures in Manama Neighborhoods of Manama Towers in Bahrain Twin towers