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Investors wishing to construct
high-rises in the capital have
four districts to choose from:
Abdali, Abdoun, Jubeiha and the
airport, road, the Greater Amman
Municipality (GAM) announced on
Sunday.
The locations were identified as
part the first phase of GAM’s
Amman Master Plan.
“Based on the findings of a
detailed study, the high-rise
buildings will be located in
these four zones,” Amman Mayor
Omar Maani told reporters during
a press conference yesterday,
adding that road capacity,
infrastructure, preservation of
heritage, maintaining green
areas and creating suitable
spaces for pedestrians were the
major considerations behind the
choice of locations, he added.
“For every dunum built over,
there will be another green
one,” he said, adding that no
high buildings would be licensed
outside these zones.
In Abdali, the high-rises will
be located within the Abdali
Urban Regeneration Project — a
30-hectare site in the heart of
Amman that will include a modern
downtown.
The project includes several
high-rise buildings featuring
offices, commercial centres,
hotels and residences.
The second designated location
begins in Wadi Abdoun and ends
at the Princess Basma-Prince Ali
Ben Al Hussein street
intersection, while the third
area is located between Queen
Rania Street and Al Shaheed Ring
Road near the Sports City. The
area is adjacent to Al Urdun
Road, which connects downtown
Amman with the Kingdom’s
northern cities
Meanwhile, the fourth area
designated for high-rises,
located south of the capital,
adjacent to the eastern edge of
the airport road, is bordered by
Wadi Abdoun road and Jabal
Arafat Street.
A new “compensation” policy for
constructing and developing
tower blocks will be implemented
in the capital, which will
detail financial commitments of
project owners, according to the
Amman mayor.
“These will include the cost of
upgrading infrastructure and
services for the projects,”
Maani said, adding that GAM will
use the money to develop local
communities.
“This is only the first phase of
the Amman Master Plan,” Maani
said, adding that GAM would
announce the remaining stages
gradually, with the end of year
as a deadline for revealing the
whole plan.
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