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New Abdali is an area in the
Al-Abdali district in
Amman,
Jordan. Its development plan, launched in 2005, consisting of hotels, apartments, offices, commercial outlets and entertainment to be developed on 384,000 square metres (0.148 sq mi) of land, intending to create a total built-up area of over 2,000,000 square metres (0.77 sq mi).[1][2] The area already hosts and will further host nearly all of the tallest buildings in Amman, including the current two tallest completed buildings of Amman which are
Amman Rotana and
W Amman.
The first phase of the project is nearly complete with the second phase being still on hold.[3]
History
The project's idea was conceived in the early 2000s during a meeting between the then Lebanese prime minister and business tycoon
Rafic Hariri, and
King Abdullah.[4]
Saraya Abdali for Real Estate & Investment (
W Hotel)
Al Riyah Real Estate Development Company (Kawar Keystone)
Jordan Dubai Properties for Land Development Company (Business Square)
Jordan Dubai Islamic Bank
Al Eqtidar for Real Estate Development
The Orphan Fund Development Corporation
Mr. Ziad Asaad Odeh
Mediterranean & Gulf Insurance & Reinsurance Company
AJIB Real Estate Investment Company
Juba Investment & Development Company (Commerce One)
Matrix Development (Crystalle Residence)
Sawa International Company
Irsa'a Real Estate Company
Sultan Bouran, Ishaq Bouran & Fawaz Shalan
Advanced for Real Estate Investment Company
Al Taher Real Estate & Development Company
Al Waleed Real Estate
Audi Bank
EDGO Ventures Ltd (The Atrium)
Adnan Saffarini & Sons
Societe Generale de Banque-Jordan
Abdali views (The Edge Tower)
Al Seraje for Real Estate Development (Abdali Gateway)
Damac Properties Company LLC (The Heights, Lofts & Courtyard)
Abdali Medical Center (AMC)
Planned developments
Abdali Mall Company (Abdali Mall Tower)
Saraya Jordan (Capital Tower)
Abdali Investment & Development PSC (Al-Hamad 1B Tower)
Philadelphia for Commercial Complexes LLC (The Avenue)
Bank al Etihad (K Tower)
Reception
The Abdali development has been critiqued as creating a
neoliberal "urban enclave", the "auto centric" design of which "essentially exclud[es] those who do not have access to a private vehicle".[6]