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Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has launched the master development Downtown Jeddah project, formerly known as “New Jeddah Downtown”, to develop 5.7 million square meters with a total investment of SR75 billion ($19.98 billion).

The project will be implemented by the Public Investment Fund’s Central Jeddah Development in three phases, the first of which will be completed by the end of the year 2027.

Source: https://www.arabnews.com/node/1988621/business-economy

On Wednesday, Caesars Entertainment Inc. and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians announced their partnership in the development of the center, Caesars Virginia, and their construction officially begins this week.

The project cost about $650 million, and according to the release, it will hopefully bring more people to the area, acting as a tourism engine and economic driver to the area.

Caesars in Danville will have 500 hotel rooms, a world-class casino gaming floor, a WSOP poker room, and a Caesars Sportsbook, the release said. According to the release, their gaming floor will offer over 1,300 slots, 85 live table games, and 24 electronic games.

Not only that, but the release said the resort will also offer a spa, pool, bars, and restaurants, with a 2,500-seat live entertainment theatre with 40,000 square feet of meeting and convention space.

Source: https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/08/10/danvilles-650-million-casino-resort-construction-begins/

Anantara Hotels, Resorts & Spas announces the upcoming addition of a new resort in Brazil. With a modern and sustainable design focused on the location's natural beauty, the launch of Anantara Mamucabo Bahia Resort will represent the debut of the luxury brand both in Brazil and in South America.

The ocean and one of the largest protected sandbank reserves in Brazil will serve as the backdrop for Anantara Mamucabo, which will be spread across a 500,000 square metre site. Construction of the new-build property will begin in 2023, with the resort slated to launch in 2025.

Anantara Mamucabo will offer a total of 116 guest rooms, suites and pool villas, with sizes varying from 70 to 163 square metres. The resort's innovative and unique architecture and interior decoration is being designed by Sidney Quintela Architecture + Urban Planning, with landscaping by Alex Hanazaki, considered one of the most creative landscape designers in Brazil.

Source: https://www.hospitalitynet.org/announcement/41008316.html

URB has masterminded a new city called ALNAMA which will create 10,000 green jobs, house 44,000 residents and use 100 percent renewable energy and water recycling

Various hubs will transform the city into a unique destination as well as an attraction for eco-tourists and medical tourists.

The project is being spearheaded by Dubai-based planning and design consultancy URB which has a long track record of building smart cities. CEO of URB, Baharash Bagherian, has worked on numerous such projects including The Sustainable City in Yiti, The Sustainable City Yas Island and the Nexgen Sustainable City.

Source: https://www.arabianbusiness.com/industries/construction/dubai-developer-to-build-zero-carbon-smart-city-in-saudis-capital

Bad News for Incheon's Midan City Resort Developement

The South Korean integrated resort project in Incheon formerly owned by Caesars Entertainment is on the verge of collapse after failing to meet requirements for another extension to its construction deadline, according to local media reports.

Korean newspaper Kyeongin reported this week that developer R&F Korea (RFKR) will struggle to gain an additional extension on its development timeline beyond March 2023 after failing to meet the conditions imposed on its previous extension. This, the local news outlet said, not only included a commitment by RFKR to increase its total project investment by 5% but also stipulated that construction – stalled since February 2020 – must resume inside the first half of 2022.

It also reported that RFKR has a different view on how to complete funding for the project than Korea’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, which had previously approved a plan for the entire US$800 million IR to be financed through foreign direct investment. Instead, Kyeongin claims that RFKR now wants to commit only US$500 million with the remaining US$300 million to come from domestic financial institutions.

An official from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism is quoted as saying, “Once an application for re-extension is received, it will be comprehensively reviewed regarding the conditions stipulated when the first extension were approved … I informed [RFKR] that if a change is made, it may affect the re-extension.”

Midan City is slated to include a foreigner-only casino, 751 hotel rooms, a theater and a convention space.

Source: https://www.asgam.com/index.php/2022/07/04/incheons-midan-city-resort-development-said-to-be-on-verge-of-collapse/

Wow, Egypt is building an entirely new city/world outside Cairo. Includes Africa's tallest skyscraper.

Banyan Tree Ulala will be opening in the second half of the year. It looks pretty nice and will add to the overall resort vision for Saudi Arabia.

AlUla is billed as a cultural oasis and open-air living museum. The location is home to the Ashar valley, which has been chosen by the Royal Commission of AlUla (RCU), as one of the sites to develop the Kingdom into a world class tourist destination. The resort will be located 15km from the Kingdom’s first UNESCO World Heritage Site, Hegra.

Accor, under the Banyan Tree brand, will operate the Ashar Tented Resort with 47 new high-end suites in addition to 35 renovated suites positioned on a neighbouring site, bringing the total number of units up to 82.

The 47 tented suites have been designed in relation to the coves created by rock formations, situated to give extended views across the desertscape while providing maximum privacy for guests. The resort blends seamlessly into the natural scenery of the Ashar Valley, while pedestrian trails through a landscape dominated with sand dunes creates an intimate experience, reinforcing the camping mindset of the location.

Srouce: https://meconstructionnews.com/52809/a-jewel-in-the-desert-a-behind-the-scenes-look-at-the-ashar-tented-resort

LEGOLAND Resort Windsor, UK, have put in a planning application for their indoor adventure golf which is a precursor to expaning to having a full holiday village on site.

As part of the theme park’s future plans to build a holiday village and the reconfiguration of its car park, planners have lodged an application to build the much-anticipated indoor adventure golf attraction.

The building has been designed to sit discretely within the park, with good connectivity to both the entrance to the park and the future holiday village. The proposed attraction will have four individually-themed golf courses, including a pirate-themed one.

The new Adventure Golf Indoor Attraction will be a new secondary ‘support’ ride. It will provide an additional indoor attraction for guests to the park and to the hotel, which is open for additional periods out of season when the main park is closed. The planning statement states: “It will increase the attractiveness of the Park throughout the year and in the future, it will provide an easily accessible indoor attraction for holiday village guests.”

Source: https://www.windsorobserver.co.uk/news/20234210.legoland-windsor-submits-indoor-golf-course-plans/

Atari have been making new noises about the launch of their hotels since they went quiet during 2020. You can read more about the project here... https://atarihotels.com/vision/

The team behind a new chain of Atari Hotels has hired architecture firm Gensler to bring its vision of video game-inspired hotels to life.

You'd be forgiven for forgetting about this - 2020 has been A Year and it's hard to remember life before lockdown - but we first revealed the new venture way back in January 2020. Now, however, the agency behind the hotels has posted an update that confirms plans for the chain are still going ahead and shared more concept art on how it envisions the exterior of the hotels will look.

The first two hotels will be launched in Las Vegas, Nevada and Phoenix, Arizona, with further hotels also planned for Austin, Chicago, Denver, San Francisco, San Jose, and Seattle.

Source: https://www.eurogamer.net/the-concept-art-for-ataris-new-hotel-chain-looks-like-a-cyberpunk-video-game