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KSA VIsion 2030

Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 real estate and infrastructure projects total over $1.1 trillion. The projects include over 555,000 homes, 275,000 hotel rooms, 4.3 million sqm of retail space, and 6.1 million sqm of office space. Major projects include NEOM, a zero-carbon smart city planned to house 9 million residents, and the $20 billion Diriyah Gate development near Riyadh adding 20,000 new homes.

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KSA VIsion 2030

Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 real estate and infrastructure projects total over $1.1 trillion. The projects include over 555,000 homes, 275,000 hotel rooms, 4.3 million sqm of retail space, and 6.1 million sqm of office space. Major projects include NEOM, a zero-carbon smart city planned to house 9 million residents, and the $20 billion Diriyah Gate development near Riyadh adding 20,000 new homes.

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Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 real estate and infrastructure

projects top US$ 1.1 trillion

Property

The total value of real estate and infrastructure projects


since the launch of Saudi Arabia’s National
Transformation Plan in 2016 has crossed US$ 1.1
trillion according to global real estate consultancy
Knight Frank.
by Faisal Durrani September 07, 2022

Faisal Durrani, head of Middle East Research said: “A bold new vision is unfolding in Saudi Arabia. The
phenomenal transformation taking place in the world’s fastest growing economy is clearly visible across
the entire urban landscape. With over 555,000 residential units, more than 275,000 hotel keys, in
excess of 4.3 million sqm of retail space and over 6.1 million sqm of new office space expected by
2030, the planned construction in the Kingdom will easily make Saudi Arabia the largest construction
site the world has ever known.

“What’s more, healthcare, education and wellbeing sit at the core of the transformative plans, which will
contribute to an extraordinary evolution in the Kingdom’s physical realm, making it unrecognisable from
what we see today by the end of the decade.”

Harmen de Jong, head of Real Estate Strategy & Consulting, Saudi Arabia, added: “We are currently
tracking 15 giga projects in various phases of construction around the Kingdom, many of which are
new stand-alone super-cities in their own right. NEOM remains the largest giga-project announced to
date, and it has been recently publicised that it will house 9 million residents on completion across an
estimated 300,000 new homes. However, just US$ 7.5 billion of sub projects have been commissioned
thus far, with construction progress of this tranche of projects standing at 29%.”
“Vision 2030 has lit the embers of excitement across the Kingdom and with NEOM being positioned as
a crown jewel in the transformative plans, people are eager to be part of history. Super-cities like NEOM
will redefine urban living in a spectacular way, while meaningfully embracing sustainability in a resource
hungry region. Sub-cities like The Octagon, Trojena and The Line will set new benchmarks for luxury
living in the region and with close to 30% of home-owners in Saudi prepared to spend upwards of US$
800,000 on a second home in the Kingdom, developers have their work cut out to satisfy this pent-up
demand”, Durrani said.

Riyadh’s reawakening as a global hub


Away from NEOM, the US$ 20 billion Diriyah Gate is one of the Kingdom’s other colossal projects. The
city-sized historic district of Diriyah will add 20,000 homes to Riyadh’s residential stock by the time it is
completed in 2027. Knight Frank estimates that 46% of construction has been completed on the US$ 5
billion spent so far. In a recent survey of 1,000 households across Saudi Arabia, Diriyah Gate was
named as the third most popular giga project amongst Saudi respondents as a place to own a home,
behind the Red Sea Project (2nd) and NEOM (1st).
Riyadh itself is poised to undergo explosive growth, with the population projected to close in on 17
million by 2030, up from around 7.5 million today. To meet this ambitious growth target, the city has
itself seen real estate projects worth US$ 104 billion unveiled over the last six years. Furthermore,
Knight Frank points to plans for a brand-new international airport worth US$ 147 billion, details of
which are expected soon. The new international airport accounts for close to 74% of the US$ 200
billion nationwide infrastructure spend.

Sustainability is a key theme for Riyadh too, Knight Frank says, citing recent plans for the 10 square
kilometre ALNAMA Smart City, which will be the capital’s first zero-carbon city, housing some 44,000
people when completed.

Durrani continued, “Not to be outdone, Riyadh’s repositioning as a commercial nerve centre of the
Kingdom is well underway. And businesses from the world over are already clamouring to be at the
centre of the Middle East’s second and much-needed global hub. Indeed, with Grade A office
occupancy levels across the city hovering at around 97%, the planned development of a further 2.8
million sqm of world class office space couldn’t come sooner. The city is also attracting a huge number
of internal migrants and with readily available support to get on the housing ladder, house prices are
rising rapidly and currently stand some 26% higher than this time last year”.  
Wellbeing at the heart of plans
Knight Frank also highlights the emphasis being placed on the well-being of the Kingdom’s residents
through the improvement and provision of world-class urban environments. This includes the US$ 500
million Riyadh Sports Boulevard as well as the US$ 23 billion ‘Green Riyadh’ which will transform the
Saudi capital into a verdant metropolis through the planting of 7.5 million trees. Elsewhere, Dammam’s
650,000 sqm Amanat Al Sharqiya project will see the revitalisation of the city’s corniche.

“And this emphasis on wellbeing extends to the 19,000 hospital beds planned, which is set to cost US$
13.8 billion, US$ 8.6 billion of which is planned for Riyadh Province alone. Furthermore, over 80 new
educational institutions are being built at a cost of US$ 82 billion”, de Jong concluded.

For more information, please contact Faisal Durrani (mailto:[email protected]).

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