Economic Cities

Forget everything you know about ‘industrial parks’ and ‘free zones’. Saudi Arabia’s four new Economic Cities – fully planned and under construction – are exactly that: new cities, where up to five million residents will live, work and play. Each will be an exciting metropolis, designed to maximise investment potential and deliver huge advantage to businesses located there.

At a cost of more than $60 billion, Saudi Arabia’s economy is being propelled onto a whole new level with the construction of four integrated Economic Cities. This visionary development project will promote economic diversification, create over a million new job opportunities, homes for 4-5 million residents – and, most significantly, contribute $150billion to Saudi’s GDP.

Unparalleled standards of living

Built on specially selected greenfield sites and strategically located around the nation, each city is being planned to the highest possible specification as the ultimate in 21st century urban living and working. Residents and workers will enjoy a virtually unique combination of high-quality housing, modern amenities, excellent sports and recreational facilities and world-class specialist healthcare. International schools will offer global curricula for workers’ children from all over the world while luxurious malls will offer shops and restaurants featuring the finest goods and food from around the globe.

A benchmark for world-class, sustainable design

Each city will feature modern building design, world-class services and infrastructure and ubiquitous connectivity. These built-in advantages, combined with attractive investment incentives and a supportive regulatory environment will create significant competitive advantages for business. SAGIA is also working with leading environmental institutions to ensure that the Economic Cities are developed with minimum negative environmental impact and maximum energy efficiency and sustainability.