Amwaj Islands,
referred to in Arabic as Juzur Amwaj, is the first
freehold development that will be built in the Kingdom
of Bahrain. The BHD 567 million (US$ 1.5 billion)
project will be a series of man-made islands, reclaimed
off the northeast coast of Al Muharraq Island. The
mixed use development will cover an area of 2.8
million square meters (30 million square feet) and
provide 9.5 kilometers (5.9 miles) of beachfront
land. The islands are connected to the mainland
by a 3 kilometer (1.86 miles) highway and it will
be approximately 5 kilometers (3 miles) from the
Bahrain International Airport.
Amwaj Islands will have 4 main residential
islands, 1 theme park island and 1 educational-medical
island. It will consist of beachfront residences,
four and eight storey apartment buildings, 30 office
towers, a large waterfront shopping mall, 2 four
and five star hotels, motels, amusement park, aquapark,
cinemas, bowling alley, health clubs, restaurants,
marina club, 6 serviced apartment buildings, central
lagoon, and a 140-berth, 240 meter diameter circular
marina.
Its Development
Amwaj Islands was announced in 2002 and is being
built in 3 phases. The first will contain the dredging
and reclamation of the islands, while the second
phase will focus on the infrastructure development,
and the third phase will deal with the development
of the facilities on the islands. The islands will
be surrounded by a broad crested breakwater reef
divided into a series of 11 breakwaters, each 300
metres long and 75 metres apart. The breakwater
reef will be 340 meters away from the edge of the
island and it was constructed to reduce wave heights
by approximately 60% from impacting on the development.
Al Marsa Floating City Located
on the south-eastern region of Amwaj Islands, Al
Marsa will be a waterfront housing development across
83 thousand square meters (902 thousand square feet)
of land. The Floating City will have waterfront
villas/chalets and flats intertwined with a series
of canals, permitting residents to park their boats
by their own back garden. Al
Marsa will also contain the Meena 7 Towers, a seven
condominiums development covering an area of 22.7
thousand square meters (244.6 thousand square feet).
The buildings will range from 5 to 9-storeys and
will have a total of 213 one, two and three bedroom
apartments.
Tala Island It is one of the Amwaj Islands and it will
consist of townhouses, villas and apartments in
an gated residential community. There will be 48
beachfront villas, 42 two-storey villas, 410 apartments
contained in 31 blocks, and another 148 smaller
apartments. Tala Island will contain aqua park,
retail areas, a sports center, tennis club, restaurants
and coffee shops.
Theme Island
Located on the west side of the highway leading
to the Amwaj Islands. It will have theme parks,
gardens, resorts, amusement parks, tennis courts,
a golf course, and an avairy for bird lovers.
Education / Medical Island
Located on the east side of the highway leading
to the Amwaj Islands. One of the schools that will
be included on the island will be the International
School of Choueifat.
Other Developments Zawya (Zawaya) - Will have houses perched over the water's
edge along the waterfront tips of the main Amwaj
Island. Gateway - Will be an apartment tower located
at the entrance of the Amwaj Islands. Saraya Al
Bahar - A beachfront development that will over
designer villas along the western side of north-western
side of the main Amwaj Island. Mirage - Will contain
twenty-two 3 and 4 bedroom townhouses with ground
and first floor units, near Al Marsa ranging from 152 to 381 square meters (1,410 to 4,101 square feet). New Renaissance
Hotel - Will contain 323 rooms and be managed by Marriott
International. JAL Bahrain Resort and Spa - Will be a five-star 350 room hotel on the western coast at the Fanar Resort. The Lagoon Bahrain - Commercial development offering 55 thousand square meters (600 thousand square feet) of office space by the Abu Dhabi Investment House.
Amwaj Residential Towers
Amwaj Plaza 1 - 10-storey building with 56 apartments
Amwaj Plaza 2 - 10-storey building with 55 apartments
Al Damur Towers - 23-storey twin towers with 80
apartments each
Zawye Residential Towers - 19-storey twin towers
with 131 units each
Expected Completion Date - August 2007 Real Estate Developer - Ossis Property Developers
B.S.C Location - Al Muharraq Island, Kingdom of
Bahrain