Al Lathama, Benghazi

Client: Alinmaa and ESDF
Project Value: Confidential
Location: Benghazi, Libya

Acting as Development Manager working with Libyan Government organisations Alinmaa and ESDF on this 75 hectare coastal site East of Benghazi, Libya’s second city with a population of over 1 million inhabitants, master-planning services were provided for a major Mixed Use development.

The proposed Mixed Use development comprised over 1,200 residential units of Villas and Apartments and separate Retail and Office parks. Other facilities included leisure, hotels and community uses such as a new mosque, multi-purpose conference hall and a medical center.

The plans provide a total planned development of around 500,000 m2 of new integrated development for the city. A major responsibility included setting up the international delivery team, including Chapman Taylor as master-planners, Mott MacDonald as cost engineers and highways consultants, Buro Happold as the structural engineers and Colliers International working as property and marketing advisors.