Grova awards Hassan Allam Construction USD 1 bn Westfields contract in West Cairo

Grova Developments awarded sister company Hassan Allam Construction a USD 1 bn contract to build its 303-acre (c. 1.2 mn sqm) Grova Westfields project in Sheikh Zayed, West Cairo, according to a company statement (pdf). The development is being delivered with the Egyptian Kuwaiti Company for Real Estate Development, near Sphinx International Airport, the Grand Egyptian Museum, and the Pyramids Corridor.

What the contract covers: Our friends at Hassan Allam will handle construction, infrastructure, and landscaping, including a 150-key five-star hotel, branded residences, luxury villas, and apartments. UK firm Broadway Malyan is leading the masterplan and architectural design. Grova, Hassan Allam Holding’s development arm, didn’t disclose the project’s total investment, sales target, unit count, construction timeline, hotel operator, or branded-residence partner.

The award follows the vertically integrated model Grova has been running. Its first East Cairo community, EastHills, is backed by a USD 550 mn turnkey contract to Hassan Allam Construction. Grova is following the same approach in Saudi Arabia, where Hassan Allam Construction’s local arm is building the SAR 3.3 bn (c. USD 880 mn) Noor Khuzam development in Riyadh. Grova CEO Sherif Sadek previously told EnterpriseAM that the group’s vertically integrated model gives it direct control over quality, costs, and delivery timelines.

Westfields also lands in a part of Cairo where hospitality is taking a bigger share of new development. Developers have leaned harder into hotels, serviced residences, and mixed-use communities across Sheikh Zayed and the wider GEM corridor, as we covered in our West Cairo deep dive last year. Its hotel-and-branded-residence mix puts Grova inside that shift as it pushes beyond East Cairo.