Abu Dhabi-based developer, Manazel Real Estate, announced its plans to build four schools within its UAE residential developments.
This move is in line with Manazels strategy to develop fully integrated residential environments and its ongoing commitment to invest in and support the UAEs wider education sector. Schools will be built across its Al Reef and Ghantoot Hotel & Resort projects with Manazel seeking to attract a number of international education institutions to its planned new facilities.
Manazel plans to build two schools in its Al Reef Villas development, which is located near Al Raha Beach and Abu Dhabi International Airport on the road to Shahama City. The first school will cater to kindergarten and primary level children and will span over 23,060sqm and will accommodate over 2000 students.
The second school will cater to intermediate and secondary level children and will span over 16,604sqm and accommodate over 1,000 students. The education facility will consist of modern villa style units grouped into four distinct architectural themes which will include Arabian, Desert, as well as Mediterranean and Contemporary themes.
The third school will be built in Al Reef 2 in Al Samha, Abu Dhabi which has 860 villas and will cater to kindergarten children and span over 18,218sqm and will accommodate around 1,000 students.
The fourth school will be located within the Ghantoot Hotel & Resort in Abu Dhabi and will also cater to early level and kindergarten children and will cover 25,779sqm and accommodate approximately 1,200 students.
Manazels chairman, HE Mohamed M. Al Qubaisi, said: Our school building programme will support the on-going growth of our communities and provide much needed educational facilities for all of the families that live in our developments. Our vision is to create fully integrated communities that combine education health, shopping and entertainment within a modern urban environment.
“We remain focused on delivering steady and sustained growth in tandem with our expansion strategy, which is aimed at diversifying our real estate business into new and growth sectors such as education and healthcare. This, in turn, will deliver significant revenue growth and shareholder returns over the longer term. I look forward to reporting further progress in due course.