Madinaty | |
Settlement Type: | suburb |
Pushpin Map: | Egypt |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Egypt |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Egypt |
Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
Subdivision Name1: | Cairo Governorate |
Timezone: | EST |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Coordinates: | 30.0917°N 31.6306°W |
Madinaty (Arabic: مدينتى pronounced as /mæˈdenti/, "My City") is an 8000 acre real estate development project, in the New Cairo satellite city,[1] in the Eastern Area of Cairo, Egypt.[2]
The project is developed by the Arab Company for Projects and Urban Development SAE, a subsidiary of the EGX listed Talaat Mostafa Group Holding which is ultimately majority owned by the Egyptian Talaat Mostafa and the Saudi Bin Laden families. The Master Planners are HHCP Design International, Inc. The landscape architects are the SWA group. Construction began in July 2006.
The contract by which the land was granted to the company was challenged in Egyptian courts. Egyptians were angered that the land had been sold below current market value to Talaat Mostafa Group during Mubarak's rule.[3]
Madinaty is being built over an area of 8000acres, with a total budget of .[4]
In 2016, around 3900 residential units were sold in Madinaty by the Ministry of Housing.[5]
Madinaty has wide streets and the city is designed in terms of sub-compounds where each sub-compound has its facilities in terms of supermarkets, a mosque, an outpatient clinic, and public parks for children to play in and families.
Madinaty has malls with various shops including restaurants like Open Air Mall, East Hub, Craft zone, The Strip, All Seasons Park. Another food court called South Park with dozens of restaurants such as McDonald's, Pizza Hut, KFC, Hardee's, and Chili's.
Madinaty has a large club with several pools, playgrounds, gym and clubhouse.
Madinaty uses Advanced Metering Infrastructure for water and electricity distribution.
Köppen-Geiger climate classification system classifies its climate as hot desert (BWh)[6] as the rest of Egypt.