Everything you need to know about Saudi Arabia's 14 "giga projects"
Saudi Arabia is currently undergoing a massive development program and while Neom is very well known, it is only one of 14 giga projects in the country. Here we explain them all.
Developed as part of crown prince Mohammad bin Salman's Vision 2030 plan to transform the country, the series of giant developments, many of which were on display at the Cityscape conference in Riyadh, are known as giga projects.
Each is huge in scale and ambition, and many are directly funded by the country's sovereign wealth fund – the Public Investment Fund. Others, such as the Mohammed bin Salman Non-profit City, are funded by the crown prince himself.
Several of the giga projects are traditional developments restricted to a single, albeit usually huge, site. These include Masar in Makkah (known widely as Mecca), the Jeddah Central Project in Jeddah and King Salman Park in Riyadh.
Other giga projects are spread across numerous sites, including projects headed up by Saudi Downtown Company, which is aiming to create downtowns in 12 cities across the kingdom, and property developer Roshn, which has a mission to build 400,000 homes across Saudi.
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