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Designed by: Al-Ghurair Giga Pakistan
Developers: Al-Ghurair Giga Pakistan
Status: Underconstruction
Contractors: Al-Ghurair Giga Pakistan
Height: 20 towers, Ranging from 20 to 36 Storeys
Shopping Floors: N/A
Appartment Floors: N/A
Office Floors: N/A
Parking Floors: N/A
Location: Islamabad

Description:
The launching ceremony of the first ever-high rise apartment complex, Goldcrest DHA Islamabad, would be held here on June 4.

The project construction will be completed with in 3 years.
The representatives of Al-Ghurair Giga Pakistan Private Limited here announced this at a Press conference on Thursday.

Al-Ghurair Giga Pakistan (Pvt.) Limited is part of the Al-Ghurair Giga Group of Dubai, UAE, and has a long history of developing and managing large real estate projects in Middle East.The project is located in Phase II of Defence Housing Authority (DHA), Islamabad, which is largest in it's nature in Pakistan and in addition to high quality construction, Al-Ghurair Giga will provide a range of managed services to its residents, which no other real estate scheme in Pakistan offers.

Goldcrest DHA Islamabad will be constructed over 40 acres of land and will comprise a mix of high and low-rise apartment towers. High rise towers will be 28-storey high.
Goldcrest DHA Islamabad is being designed by leading international and Pakistani- based architects and town planners.

The master plan of the project is a unique blend of modernism and cultural heritage of Pakistan. The design will encourage a feeling of belonging and a deep sense of community within the residents.
The luxury towers will be surrounded by landscaped gardens and lawns, aesthetically designed ponds and lakes and clubs to provide a healthy interaction and promote a sense of participation between the residents.
Additional features include sports facilities, mosques, swimming pools, captive power generation, air conditioning, high speed elevators, modern telecommunication, high speed internet, cable television and a range of smart home features.

The project offers 2, 3, 4-bed apartments and penthouses with private gym and swimming pools and all apartments include spacious balconies so that the residents can enjoy the breathtaking vie of Islamabad.

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Al Ghurair Giga brings global expertise for modern living
Amin hopes more investments after Goldcrest DHA;
Choksy says engineered buildings are secure against earthquake

Interview/Mahmood Hussain

Islamabad—It was a nice experience to interact with a galaxy of people of international repute connected with the most modern and expensive housing project of the country, the Goldcrest DHA Islamabad. Haji Amin Pardesi, the Chief Executive Officer of the Al Ghurair Giga was here the other day along with about a dozen world fame experts to carry forward their maiden project in Defense Housing Authority (DHA), Phase 11, Zone 5.

During an exclusive interview with Pakistan Observer the whole team spoke at length about the prospects of the housing industry in the country. The Chief Executive Officer of the UAE based Al Ghurair Giga (Pakistan) Private Limited said they are the fastest growing real estate developers in the Persian Gulf. Our winning formula is the team of highly qualified professionals in the field of architecture, interior design, construction and management. We bring experience of numerous landmark projects such as 23-Marina-90 story Residential Tower, Goldcrest Executive Tower and Liberty House.

Haji Amin Pardesi was optimistic that with the successful launch of Goldcrest DHA Islamabad, more and more foreign investors will be attracted in the field of housing and construction in Pakistan especially in the federal capital. Giving details of the Islamabad project he said it would comprise 26 buildings including 17 high rise towers. The rest 9 will comprise 7-9 floors only. The total number of apartments in these buildings is expected to be 3700. These will be spread over an area of 320 Kanals or 41 Acres.

Haji Amin said all modern day international level amenities are being made available in the scheme. That includes mosques, schools, hospitals, community center, underground parking, swimming pools, lake, Public Park and high speed internet and telecommunication facilities. Yousuf Choksy who is dealing with the marketing gave the assurance that good quality engineered buildings are secure against quake. He said the finance being injected by Al Ghurair Giga in Pakistan is destined to create lot of economic activity and employment opportunities.

The technical and engineering expertise for the Goldcrest DHA Islamabad is being provided by WS Atkins & Partners Overseas based in Dubai, the Halcrow registered in England and Currie and Brown and Architects of Karachi. Dr. Shapour Mehrkar-Asl represented Atkins at the interview while George Grant spoke for Currie & Bown and Tariq Hasan represented the Architects. Mushtaq H. Dawood representing Mushtaq & Bilal, Consulting Engineers was also present on the occasion.

These housing and building experts of world repute gave the assurance to the people of Pakistan and to the Islamabadiites in particular that natural disasters like earthquakes can cause no substantial damage to high rise buildings as long as they are built on prescribed specifications.

They also cleared out of danger all high rise buildings that had sustained and withstood the October 8, 2005 earthquake in our part of the world. They said cities like Tokyo and Sanfransisco are located in the earth prone zone and yet they had plenty of high-rise buildings. To a question they made it clear that buildings that collapse during an earthquake are those which are not properly engineered. They are badly detailed buildings, they insisted.

In the earthquake prone zone however it is suggested that earthquake engineering be applied in the construction work. They again assured that buildings in Islamabad, which are made with engineering specifications, are safe to live. It’s good that they had sustained the test of October 8, 2005 earthquake.

When asked to comment about Islamabad as a whole, they said it appears as if the city was planned for car owners only. Interest of pedestrians had probably been overlooked. Question however strikes to one’s mind what will happen in the next 20 years or so when the length and breadth of the city will further be stretched? Never mind, at that time the dwellers of the capital will be able to afford helicopters to move from one end of the Blue Area to another, one of the experts smiled and added.

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UAE firm to invest Rs45 billion

ISLAMABAD, Jan 19: Al Ghurair Giga Pakistan — a UAE-based developer — will invest around Rs45 billion in construction of 26 buildings for Defense Housing Authority, Islamabad. Addressing a press conference here on Thursday Director of the company, Haji Rafiq Pardesi, said that the 26 buildings, including 17 high-rise towers and nine buildings of 7-9-storeys, would be constructed within the stipulated time period.

The company had committed to the DHA, Islamabad, to complete the construction of these buildings latest by the year 2009.

Answering a question, he said that the buildings would have the quality to resist earthquake shocks, but added quickly that no one could provide guarantee in this regard.

Elaborating further, he said that the project would be provided with amenities like mosques, hospital, schools, swimming pools, lake, public parks, and 24-hour gated security with the help of surveillance cameras. The buildings would be fully equipped with latest international facilities like high-speed internet and telecommunications network.

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[Khuree]

[Alam]

Karachiites to have access to Goldcrest DHA Islamabad

KARACHI: Prospective buyers from Karachi would now be able to make premier property purchases in Goldcrest Defence Housing Authority Islamabad (DHAI), a project of Alghurair Giga Pakistan through authorised agents of the company in Sindh metropolis. Al Ghurair Giga Pakistan announced the appointments of authorised agents at a recently held presentation followed by an interactive session with the real estate agents. The agents from Karachi were selected under a criterion set by Al Ghurair Giga Pakistan (Pvt) Ltd that demands a high degree of professionalism, customer satisfaction and a good understanding of the real estate market.

Source: The News

[Suhaib]

so is the construction started, or is the machinery just lying around on the site.

[Waqas]

The towers of the Gold-Crest housing project have been designed keeping in line with latest seismic proofing techniques and would rise from 20 to 36 floors. Piling work for the towers have started and construction machinery has arrived on the site from different parts of the world for rapid deployment at the project. Al Ghurair Giga Pakistan has set a target date of December 2008 for the contractors to complete the complex.

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[koolio]

So are ALL of those buildings being actually built?

[Tekno Arkitect]

Yess~~!!!!

[mmkextreme1]

are they built...they must be under construction still rite???

[Khuree]

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[Alfie]

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[Abdullah Hayat]

Salam,

Techno, been to Islamabad lately??


Whats up with this project buddy? I am visioning this project to be a success like the ones in Karachi. I hope the digging is swift and is on schedule.

Peace.

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[Abdullah Hayat]

Salam,

Great updates. Shows that the filling work is going on smoothly. One question though: Are all the building gonna be built simultaneously like the one in Karachi? If so, this could mean that Islamabad would have 20 towers (of 20-36 stories each) in a short period of time!

Peace.

[Khuree]

[Tekno Arkitect]

Salamz
I passed by the site on my way to gilgit, took some pix of the place. Will update when they r one month old....lolz..!

[Khuree]

DHA Gold Crest Islamabad

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