This article needs to be updated.(June 2023) |
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]
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]
Source: [5]
It is envisioned as the commercial and business center of Amman. Phase I contains the following built up area:
Total: 1,034,000 square metres
It is envisioned with a central green park. Phase II contains the following built up area:
Total: 722,000 square metres
Total: 1,756,000 square metres
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]
This article needs to be updated.(June 2023) |
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]
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]
Source: [5]
It is envisioned as the commercial and business center of Amman. Phase I contains the following built up area:
Total: 1,034,000 square metres
It is envisioned with a central green park. Phase II contains the following built up area:
Total: 722,000 square metres
Total: 1,756,000 square metres
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]