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Bahrain Financial Harbour

Field	Value
name	Bahrain Financial Harbour
native_name	مرفأ البحرين المالي
image	Bahrain Financial Harbour 2020.jpg
caption	The Bahrain Financial Harbour towers in 2020
highest_region	Bahrain
highest_prev	Bahrain WTC
location	Manama, Bahrain
coordinates
status	Complete
building_type	Mixed use
cost	US$1.5 billion +
start_date	2004
completion_date	2009
roof	260 m
floor_count	53 (4 basement floors)
floor_area	380000 m2
elevator_count	2+
main_contractor	Al Hamad Con. Co.
architect	AJ Architects
parking	11,000
website	BFHarbour.com

Bahrain Financial Harbour (, commonly abbreviated as BFH) is a waterfront commercial development project located on the northern shore of Manama, the capital city of Bahrain. Costing $1.5 billion and covering an area of 380,000 square metres, the two main Harbour Towers were officially opened in May 2007. It is now completed and is considered a beacon of engineering and design.

Overview

The commercial complex is located on the northern shoreline of Manama, adjacent to the King Faisal Highway which links Manama to Saudi Arabia via the King Fahd Causeway. The majority of the project, like the nearby Bahrain Bay, is being constructed on reclaimed land on the former site of the Manama pier.

Construction of the Bahrain Financial Harbour started in 2003 and the two main Harbour Towers were completed in May 2007. However, construction of the rest of the project including the Bahrain Performance Centre, residential Diamond Tower and Villamar apartment buildings was delayed largely due to the Great Recession.

The BFH project consists of multiple construction phases such as:

Harbour Towers

The two tallest twin-towers, Harbour Tower East and Harbour Tower West, are listed as the second tallest completed towers in Bahrain, with a height of 260 m with 53 floors. The towers provide a total of 100,000 square metres of office space.

Harbour Gate

Also called Harbour Mall (harbour), it is a six-storey building that houses the Bahrain Stock Exchange and various investment firms. It has approximately 22,000 square metres of retail space and is connected to both Harbour Towers at the second floor.

Harbour Heights

The Harbour Heights Towers (formerly Villamar) are 3 residential skyscrapers located to the north of the Harbour Towers. The towers are 54, 43 and 52 storeys high and boast 437 apartments, 52 villas, and 17 penthouses in addition to a health club and restaurants. With a cost of $650 million, construction began in 2006 and was originally scheduled to be completed by 2009. However, repeated delays saw the project being put on hold in October 2011 due to the Bahrain uprising, the Great Recession, and a liquidity problem at the parent company, Gulf Holding Company. Construction briefly restarted in 2012 when it was estimated to have been halfway done before construction ceased again. The Bahraini government in 2015 formed a committee to oversee stalled projects in the country. In 2016, Gulf Finance House Financial Group announced that work on the towers would recommence in the same year.

Harbour Row

The project consists of a row of luxury homes alongside a commercial waterfront promenade. Construction of the $150 million project started in 2016 after its building permit was issued.

Unfinished projects

Bahrain Performance Center
Diamond Tower
Dhow Harbour
Residential North
Residential South

Tenants

BNP Paribas
Khaleeji Commercial Bank
Gulf Finance House
Newton Legal
Baker & McKenzie
Al-Tamimi & Company
Ministry of Industry & Commerce
PwC
Bank Alfalah

Gallery

File:Bahrain Financial Harbour 2013.jpeg|Bahrain Financial Harbour at night File:MOW RD3.JPG|Overview of Manama File:BAHRAIN FINANCE - panoramio.jpg|Close up view of the Harbour File:6 Days Left (2423450605).jpg|The Harbour and the Bahrain World Trade Centre

References

"Al Hamad Group of Companies Web Portal".
"金額別にお金を借りる".
"Work to start soon at Bahrain Financial Harbour". www.tradearabia.com.
"Work on Bahrain's $650m Villamar to resume Q2 2016". Construction Week Online Middle East.
"Work starts on $150m Harbour Row project in Bahrain". ArabianBusiness.com.
"The Report: Bahrain 2008". Oxford Business Group.
"Harbour Gate - The Harbour". Bahrain Financial Harbour.
(24 May 2017). "Here is all you need to know about the current status of stalled real estate projects in Bahrain".
"Construction of much-delayed $650m Bahrain project set to start". ArabianBusiness.com.

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