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Dr. Bader Ibrahim Ibn Saedan, General Manager of Al Saedan Real Estate, describes housing in Saudi Arabia. He states that the country “lacks hotels.” He sees many hotels being constructed at the moment, including 5-star and 4-star hotels. The market will be saturated in about two years.
The real estate cycle lasts about 7-10 years. Dr. Bader Ibrahim Ibn Saedan, General Manager of Al Saedan Real Estate, discusses how they deal with the crises that occur in the real estate market. The family has been in the business for three generations. Al Saedan has survived a complete cycle and they know what to do to prepare for the crisis. More importantly, they have transferred that experience for the generations after to ensure continued success.
“SECON is owned 50% by the Saudi government and 50% by the Egyptian government. It is and will continue to be a very good example of cooperation between these two governments and of cooperation between two Arab countries. The continuous support and help from Saudi Arabia to Egypt has been fantastic,” said Eng. Darwish Ahmed Hassanin, CEO of SECON.
SECON has started a very important project that is worth 1.6 billion Egyptian pounds. It is called Secon Nile Towers, comprising of two high-rise buildings of 23 floors in the Maadi Nile Corniche area of Cairo.
“Both our real estate and our tourism investments are very important for us. Egypt is an excellent location for both areas of investment.”
“The highest demand for the next five years will be for middle-income apartments. In previous years, there was a lot of demand for luxury apartments and there were not enough apartments available for the middle to low income population. I think that this will occur in Cairo particularly and I am also expecting to see growth in southern Egypt,” noted Eng. Darwish Ahmed Hassanin, CEO of Saudi Egyptian Construction Company (SECON).
“Real estate investment represents a very important part of Egypt’s economic growth and we expect good growth for real estate for the following six months,” stated Eng. Darwish Ahmed Hassanin, CEO of Saudi Egyptian Construction Company (SECON).
The main capital of SECON was recently increased by 243 million US dollars and an agreement was signed between the representatives of the two governments in the presence of the Egyptian Prime Minister Eng. Ibrahim Mahlab.
“The Saudi Egyptian Construction Company was established in 1975 by the Saudi and the Egyptian governments. It is split equally by both parties. The company was established for real estate investment in Egypt. Since 1975, we have been making excellent investments and we have been producing different kinds of apartments with the required standards for Egyptians and for Arabs,” explains Engineer Darwish Ahmed Hassanin.
“Our biggest success was in Libya from 2007 to 2010, where GCC participated in infrastructure projects throughout the country. We are currently doing similar projects in Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Egypt. Our main focus in Egypt is the Suez Canal project,” notes Mostafa Al Hassan, Chairman of Global Consolidated Contractors (GCC).
