Managing Director, Board Member
El Obour for Real Estate Investment
Total years of experience :26 years, 4 Months
Planning & overseeing the Company portfolio of residential & hospitality from inception till handover.
Reporting to AI President. & responsible for: the development of the company real estate portfolio, preparing business plans & managing products life-cycle from inception till completion. The portfolio worth 500+ Million USD and includes international marina & high-rise mixed use developments in KSA & Kuwait through BOT & REIT business models.
Reporting to CEO. & responsible for: non-residential development portfolio including shopping malls, office buildings, 3 & 4-star hotels, schools, medical centers & clinics starting from business model preparation, land acquisition, highest & best use analysis, RFPs, managing stakeholders, Work jointly with property management team to fit-out & maintain assets profitability.
Reporting to Managing Director & responsible for: developments lifecycle starting from land appraisal & acquisition, carry highest & best use analysis, prepare business plans & RFPs for upper management approval, managing stakeholders, directing in-house design from conceptualization till tender, prepare developments master schedules & budgets, participate in tendering & awarding committee, review contractors transmittals, propose mitigation plans, projects phasing & packaging, liaison with local authorities & potential co-investors, snagging, testing & commissioning till final handover to tenants for diverse portfolio of resorts, mixed use, residential, retail & hotels accentuated by “Hayat Alex Park” (260, 000m2 GFA) a high-rise mixed-use development downtown Alexandria consists of 16 residential towers + 4-Star hotel (156 keys) rising over 60, 000m2 mall (including Carrefour hypermarket & Kandu theme park) & 2 underground parking levels (development cost 1.8 billion EGP)
Reporting to CDO, Duties:
Development management (highest & best use study, technical & financial feasibility, space programs, RFPs, design management, managing stakeholders, technical review, budgets, time schedules, tenders evaluation, VE, review contractors variations, prepare projects phasing & packaging, propose & manage mitigation plans, R.E. product life cycle from conceptualization & branding through construction till fit-out and/or handover.
Achievements:
Marassi International Resort & marina: (6.4M m2 GLA, 8, 000+ units, 2.1M m2 GFA) a resort on the Egyptian North Coast featuring 5.8km beachfront, estate villas, townhouses & apartments, an international marina, 30, 000m2 retail, 9 hotels, 18 hole golf course, outdoor mall. www.emaarmisr.com:
Revisited the master plan efficiency aiming to increase the GFA by 5% & obtained the relevant municipal approvals.
Completed the 1st outdoor mall in Marassi from conceptualization till tenants fit-out including retail mix, tenant coordination, developed Landlord/Tenant authority matrix, branding, LODs & negotiations with potential tenants (The Mporium mall is open & operational since summer 2014, it triggered the nightlife at the resort accentuated by its 5, 000m2 multifunctional plaza & food-court)
Completed the design, tendering & construction award of contemporary gated communities (Verdi & Blanca) featuring large swimmable lagoons, public & private beaches + taverns (1, 300 units ranging from estate villas to penthouses & apartments)
Raised the efficiency of the marina basin by increasing berthing capacity to 330 slips. Created a new concept of inner & outer marina to anchor the mega yachts of high draft (over 30m long) at the outer marina which reduced the inland dredging cost by 25% & reformed the breakwaters to extend the harbor mouth dredging cycle to 5-7 years instead of 2 years + making use of the longshore drift to reclaim 30, 000m2 of natural sand beach from sedimentation along the reformed breakwaters.
Reclaimed 16, 000m2 from inner marina basin to convert it to an island for luxurious condos enjoying 360° of marina view.
Emaar Misr Hospitality portfolio: Accomplished the Hospitality Development Brief (market survey, demand & diversity analysis, branding & lifestyle, P&L analysis). Negotiated TSA & OSA with potential operators & co-investors for Up Town Cairo development (one 5-star “The Address” 120 keys + one 4-star “Vida” 160 keys), Mivida gated community (5-star Executive Residence, 100 keys) & Marassi International Resort (nine hotels, The Address Golf Resort is the flagship with 130 keys currently under construction & the next two 4&5-star hotels in the pipe line with a total of 360 keys including serviced & branded apartments + hotel keys)
Reporting to Development Director & responsible for JEG* Jeddah Gate Development (a High-rise mixed-use development on GLA of 540, 000m2 & 1.4M m2 GFA @ Jeddah CBD) www.emaarme.com.sa:
Achievements: Completed the master plan, infra & landscape till tender, obtained authorities approvals, handed over 3 residential towers (273 units) while achieved 15% cost saving during the construction through carrying VE on, curtain-walling, MEP & mechanical ventilation & reducing facades precast cladding prototypes. I accomplished the conceptualization of 3 more residential towers (300 units) + Emaar Office Park accentuating the community gateway & entry plaza. In response to the market downturn of 2008 & low sales rates, I drove the investment to the F&B retail focused around the main entry plaza & accommodated “seeing is believing” slogan to promote the development lifestyle joined by PR campaign which increased public awareness, footfalls & residential sales.
Reporting to Architectural Department Director and Leading the architectural team to:
1- Develop the project concept till tendering stage, including interface with the client and authorities approvals.
2- Coordination of different disciplines including MEP, landscape and Specification departments.
Responsible for the following high rise projects:
1- Abraj Quartier (Pearl of Qatar, Client: UDC): Seven residential towers (42 stories) over a podium accommodating amenities and parking. The project rise on an artificial island with a built up area of 640, 000m2 (cost 145 million US$) http://www.thepearlqatar.com
2- Barwa Financial District (Doha, Client: BARWA): 9 office towers ranging from 20 to 45 stories + a 5star Shaza hotel rising on a 75000m2 podium & a high end shopping mall, 3 basements for 5500 parking stalls & a built up area of 820, 000m2 (Project cost 1.8 billion QR). http://www.barwa.com.qa
Reporting to project manager, leading the architectural team from concept till tendering stage for the following projects:
1- Aramco Operation Support building in Qurayyah, Eastern Province - KSA. The building capital cost 12 million US$ with total area of 3, 600m2.
2- Al’amar Gold mine village (master planning & architectural design). Client: Ma’aden. A residential compound accommodating 300 resident in a remote area with all entertainment facilities (capital cost 60 million US $, construction completion Nov. 2005).
3- Ras Az Zawr community (master planning): a small village accommodating 2, 500 families with schools, cooperative societies, sports clubs and entertainment facilities.
4- Aljalamid community (master planning & architectural design): accommodating 900 families with all social facilities. (project cost 1.6 billion US$. compound cost 250 million US$) http://www.maaden.com.sa
reporting to the project manager and responsible of the design development and technical coordination of the following:
1- The University Educational Hospital (800 beds): A 9 storey forming a total area of 98, 800 sqm (Capital cost 480 million US$)
2- University Central medical laboratory: A two story building 11, 000M2 accommodating an anatomy section, chemical, biochemical, microbiology, physiotherapy, respiratory and virology labs in addition to 6 auditoriums and a library. Project cost is 24 million US $.
3- The Central Dental Clinics Complex: 3 storey building with 18, 000m2 total area including patient’s reception & admission, isolation units, student’s class rooms, 225 dental units and the OR dept. project cost is 36 million US $.
4- College of Dentistry (female): equipped with a phantom lab for 40 students.
5- College of Nursing (female).
6- College of applied medical science (female)
7- Alkhafji Joint Operations Community, KSA: responsible of the sports building which include:
A- Men Clubhouse: with a total area of 12, 000m2 of indoor squash courts, playing rooms, swimming pools, spa and health club, bowling alleys, basket balls courts and gymnasium. The out door activities occupies 34, 000m2 including tennis courts, football stadium.
B- Women Clubhouse: a 2600m2 designed to offer maximum privacy for women social gathering and athletic activities such as swimming pool, squash court, aerobic hall and reading room.
C- Family Clubhouse: a 2300m2 accommodating family gathering area, restaurant, children swimming pool, cooperative society and gym (Community project total cost 350 million US$)
Duties & achievements:
Development of Conceptual Design for a palace and number of villas and facilities for princess Latifa Bint Abdulaziz Alsaud in Riyadh and Eastern Province .
Jan 1997 - Jun 2001 SNØHETTA / HAMZA CONSORTIUM (Architects & Engineers of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina) Alexandria, EGYPT. Project cost 200 million US$ (project completion Jun. 2001) http://www.bibalex.org
Title: Construction Architect.
Duties & achievements: reporting to the Norwegian Project Architect and responsible of the Construction supervision, quality assurance, coordination with MEP and review of specialist sub-contractors technical transmittals for the following specialized architectural items:
1-Library Vertical Glazed Curtain Wall, SCHUCO sys & custom made profiles.
2-Library Roof Cladding Sys. 114 custom-made aluminum panels. Manufactured by GIG/AMREYA CONSORTIUM (Egyptian Austrian Consortium)
3-Planetarium Roof Cladding, steel Sphere structure cladded with GRC panels, manufactured by LAUBŒUF (France).
4-The Main Library reflected ceilings perforated and powder coated aluminum panels, manufactured by SAS Aluminum Solutions (England).
5-Library Natural Stone External & Internal Cladding, Egyptian gray granite panels of 1*2m with mechanical fixing, supplied by GRANITA/ HAZ (Egyptian Turkish J.V.)
6-Interior Partition Sys. For the Library public spaces, Anodized Aluminum, Brass with satin finish, Birch veneer and Plasticized Metal. Manufactured by NORDWALL/MOBICA J.V. (Italian Egyptian J.V.)
Real Estate Executive Development Program, American University in Cairo AUC & National University of
1991-1996 B.sc. of Architecture, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Alexandria – Alexandria, Egypt.
