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El-Sherbiny: Investor contracts must be finalized in 2 weeks

Businessmen Team news 12 July 2025 06:49 PM
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El-Sherbiny: Investor contracts must be finalized in 2 weeks

Engineer Sherif El-Sherbiny, Minister of Housing, Utilities, and Urban Communities, held a meeting on Saturday at the headquarters of the Sadat City Authority to follow up on progress across various sectors and review the status of development projects currently underway. The meeting was attended by senior officials from the Ministry of Housing, the New Urban Communities Authority (NUCA), and the head of the Sadat City Authority.

El-Sherbiny stated that the visit aimed to assess the progress made since his previous tour, particularly in housing projects, investment opportunities, and utility infrastructure across the city. He directed that an inventory of residential land plots be prepared and offered to investors in Sadat City, noting that this approach should be implemented across all cities, especially those experiencing high demand for residential land.

The Minister instructed NUCA officials to regularly monitor all signed contracts, licensing procedures, and project implementation processes. He emphasized that investor contracts must be finalized within a maximum of two weeks and stressed the need to establish a follow-up mechanism to ensure timely issuance, in a move aimed at streamlining procedures for investors.

Engineer Yasser Abdel Halim, Chairman of the Sadat City Authority, gave a detailed presentation on the city’s investment prospects and expected economic and development returns for the 2024/2025 fiscal year. He highlighted a major breakthrough in planning and allocating previously unused land, covering 10 diversified development axes with a total area of 600 acres, in coordination with NUCA’s Planning and Projects Sector.

The Minister also reviewed the progress of several housing projects, including 1,986 units in the Green Housing Axis under the presidential initiative “Housing for All Egyptians” in the Al-Fardous neighborhood, and 520 units in the “Diarna” middle-income housing project. He also followed up on ongoing efforts in landscaping, green space maintenance, and plans to offer facilities under usufruct agreements.

El-Sherbiny further inspected the status of residential land plots across the city, as well as vacant commercial units and professional spaces slated for public and investor offerings. In the electricity sector, he reviewed key accomplishments, including the completion of the Beshay–Nubaria line to serve the Eighth Industrial Zone; energizing the Eighth Industrial Station, which supplies electricity to approximately 1,300 industrial plots; powering several distribution units in the same zone; awarding contracts to implement the electricity grid for the Narges neighborhood to supply 5,000 residential plots; developing the grid for Al-Fardous neighborhood; and finalizing the design and approval of a new distributor for the Developers Station expansion.

The Minister also reviewed the status of drinking water and irrigation networks, wastewater systems, and ongoing utility projects—covering water, sanitation, and road leveling—as well as broader development initiatives across the city. He also inspected the roadside advertising system and its role in urban aesthetics and revenue generation.

El-Sherbiny directed that all available and vacant plots be offered to investors to fully capitalize on the city's potential. He also called for the preparation of a detailed timeline for all ongoing works and the development of contingency plans to overcome potential obstacles, ensuring the uninterrupted progress of projects.