Saudi Binladin Group has won a major contract worth $3.5 billion to build 12 towers for a mixed use development project in Makkah, said a report.

The Abraj Kudai Mixed-Use Development will come up on a 64,000 sq m plot at Manafia area in Central Makkah.

The towers, which are in the range of 30-45 storeys, will be built on top of a large podium and basement floors, the report said.

Two 45-storey towers will be built at the centre of the development and will have a single dome structure topping both buildings. The other 10 towers will be 30-storeys high and will be built around two central buildings.

Altogether the towers will have 10,150 residential units and hotel rooms, the report added.

The podium will boast of a bus station, shopping mall, restaurants, food courts, a conference centre and car parks. Total built-up area of the development is 1.5 million sq m.