The development will be 2.5-kilometre-long.
Saudi Arabia’s megaproject, NEOM, has been hitting headlines. Now, it has announced Hidden Marina, which is the first phase of The Line. The 2.5-kilometre-long development will be built over 21 million square metres of space on the Kingdom’s western coastline.
Hidden Marina will be the first segment of The Line, which will rise 500 metres high and cover three interconnected modules. The site aims to feature 9,000 hotel rooms and 80,000 residential units and bring together 200,000 residents. Plus, the site will be home to retail spaces, fire stations, schools, police and security services.
Denis Hickey, the Chief Development Officer of NEOM, at the PIF Private Sector Forum in Riyadh, explained: “The project, a bold step in redefining urban living, will introduce a fully integrated, vertical city built in modular 800-meter sections. With a built-up area surpassing 21 million square metres, the scale of Hidden Marina is unprecedented, dwarfing global benchmarks such as the Burj Khalifa, which has a built-up area of just 350,000 square metres”.
Denis added: “The NEOM Green Hydrogen Company stands out as one of the most significant initiatives. Currently constructing the world’s largest green hydrogen manufacturing plant in partnership with Acwa Power, the facility is set to transform the global clean energy landscape.”
More than 140,000 workers from 100 countries are working on the project’s construction. NEOM investment framework is structured around NEOM Investment Fund and the NEOM Investment Office, which are focused on sectoral investments and real estate partnerships.
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