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1Copyright 2010 © SOLIDERE

Angus Gavin

Urban Development

Division Head, Solidere

Solidere and SI: Private sector urban developmentCity development strategies conference, Barcelona, 14-15 March, 2011

Beirut City Center

Urban Highway

Rafik Hariri International

Airport

Beirut and its City Center



> SUSTAINABLE MIXED-USE CENTRAL AREA [NOT CBD]

> COMBINING NEW AND OLD

> EXTENSIVE PUBLIC REALM

> PLACEMAKING AT THE HUMAN SCALE

The City Center covers 191 hectares: 118 of pre-war city center, 73 reclaimed

from the sea, enclosing a 25 ha wartime dumpsite.

Public Domain comprises 93 ha: 55 in road ROW’s, 38 in public open space.

98 ha allocated for development and retained buildings, including 22 ha of

religious and state property.

Master Plan provides an urban design framework for a residential and mixed-

use city center: development target 4.69M sqm.

City Center planned for 40,000 residents, will create 105,000 jobs.

Land development costs $2B, development costs $108B.

80% developed by third party investors; 20% by Solidere, plus revenue from

rent and franchise services.

2010 status: 50% BUA sold or developed, 50% remaining.

City Center Statistics


Beirut City Center Master Plan

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New Waterfront District Boundary

Solidere a form of Public Private Partnership: private development corporation

formed by government decree.

Existing owners took majority shares, new investors provided working capital.

Solidere required to finance all infrastructure and land development costs in

return for 29 Ha for new development land on the reclaimed area.

All infrastructure and public domain delivered to public authorities on completion.

No public funding required for the project.

Solidere committed to long term view: protects asset value through sophisticated

development control and quality control regimes.

Beirut City Center Institutional Framework


Exchange ModelBasis of PPP: New land in exchange for Infrastructure and Public Domain

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TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURERing Road Improvements and Community Link Link



LANDSCAPE FRAMEWORK


Khalil Gibran GardenEmir Amine Garden

Samir Kassir Garden

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Landscape Framework

Alliance Garden


Martyrs’ Square Grand Axis

Landscape FrameworkMartyrs’ Square Grand Axis

New Waterfront

Development parkWest 8

Heritage conservation

Garden of forgiveness


HERITAGE CONSERVATION: ROMAN BATHS


PLACE MAKING HERITAGE CONSERVATION+


Wadi Abou Jmil

Saifi Village15

CITY QUARTERS

CITY QUARTER: NORTH SAIFI

CONTEMPORARY VERSION OF

VERNACULAR


Arch: Allies & Morison


Arch: Raphael Moneo – Samir Khairallah

CITY QUARTER: SOUKS


THE LANDMARK

LANDMARKS

Fumihiko Maki

& Associates

HOTEL DISTRICTOFFICE TOWER

JEAN NOUVEL


LANDMARKS: HOTEL DISTRICT TOWERS

Herzog & de MeuronKPF BofilWAT&G

HOUSE OF ARTS & CULTUREArch: Teknoarch by Alberto Catalano

CAISSON SEAWALL: CENTENNIAL STORM CRITERIA

IN-SITU RECYCLING

AND BIO-DEGRADATION

CAISSON

PRODUCTION LINE


EARLY MASSING CONCEPT


DESTINATION OF CITY-WIDE CORNICHE PROMENADE


COURTESY OF ROGERS STIRK HARBOUR + PARTNERS AND BURO

HAPPOLD

New Waterfront DistrictSearching for a Sustainability Framework

Mandated Scoring System

Linked with broader performance

targets reflecting Solidere brand



Solidere International: Comparable urban projects

Eastown, Cairo


Master Plan

The Mall


Jeddah Central District, KSA

Master Plan

Mixed Use Area & Pedestrian Corridor


Algiers Bay New Urban Center

CANALS

CAISSONS

‘DIGUE VERTE’


Comparable Solidere modelsMonaco : sustainable city quarter on the sea

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