The Qurayyat Development Company, a joint venture between Al Madina Real Estate and engineering outfit Fadhaa al Khaleej, is planning to build the Al Sahel project in three phases, reports Oman Daily Observer.

The first will cost around $100m and will install infrastructure on the 130ha site. It will also construct 400 housing units, a four-star hotel with 220 rooms and greenhouses for growing vegetables. There will also be an equestrian and camel riding club.

The second phase will add 1,600 homes, a mosque and a golf academy. The existing hotel will be expanded and will be joined by a three-star hotel of 150 rooms.

In the final phase, an additional 3,000 housing units will be added, including 36 luxury villas on the waterfront of the project and a five-star hotel with 200 rooms.

The project also includes the addition of a floating berth to the fishing port to moor ferries and yachts.