‘MAG Group will
invest up to AED 15 billion in Dubai by 2020’ says Chairman
Addressing
stakeholders in Dubai, MAG Group Chairman Moafaq Al Gaddah outlines company’s
2020 investment plans across residential, hospitality, commercial, industrial
and service sectors
Moafaq Al Gaddah, Chairman of MAG Group , Dubai-based multinational, unveiled
his own vision of how the conglomerate was investing up to AED 15 billion in
the future of Dubai and the wider UAE, especially in the build-up to Expo 2020
at a corporate event recently.
“Dubai has always been an attractive
investment proposition for local, regional and international investors. Now
that the city has won the right to host Expo 2020 it has galvanised investment
sentiment and I am sure that we are not the only company feeling the current
wave of overwhelming business optimism,” said Moafaq Al Gaddah, Chairman, MAG
Group.
MAG Group has already announced and has projects
under implementation, worth AED 5 billion, including the AED 2 billion
multi-phase project, located in the Meydan district, comprising 106 townhouses
and a residential community spread across 29 five-storey apartment buildings, a
AED 750 million residential project in Sharjah, the AEDc700 million Art Centre
in Barsha, the 865 million City of Arabia residential project, the AED 500
million MAG residential tower in the Burj Khalifah area, the AED 100 million
MAG Logistics plant in Jebel Ali and the AED 180 million MAG 226 residential
tower in Jumeirah Village.
Moafaq Al Gaddah went on to comment, “We are
studying to buy land for additional projects which could be worth up to AED 10
billion in Dubailand, Jebel Ali and Abu Dhabi, which will be announced in the
coming months.”
Moafaq Al Gaddah’s comments were made at a
MAG Group corporate annual function, which was
attended by over 240 management and staff as well as other key stakeholders.
Other 2013 highlights at the glittering event included the announcement of MAG
Trading’s annual turnover of more than AED 800 million, and a market presence
in more than 90 countries and a forecast for further expansion in 2014.
MAG Royal Solutions also created a Guinness World Record in 2013 for the
largest automated parking facility in the world, at a cost of AED 80 million
and situated in Emirates Financial Towers, DIFC.
“There may well be cynics out there who look
at Dubai’s development and wonder what all the fuss is about. For those of us
who have been living and working in Dubai for the past fifteen years, or thirty
six in my case, this is nothing short of miraculous.
“What Dubai has achieved
is the result of careful planning, hard work and more importantly the
leadership of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE Vice
President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, where they made a model of the
city of Dubai model,” concluded Al Gaddah.
About
the MAG Group
The Dubai-based Moafaq Al Gaddah Group of
Companies (MAG Group) was established in 1978 and has grown into a
multinational organisation with 18 offices in eight countries throughout
Europe, the Middle East and Asia.
