Al Bilad Real Estate Investment Company, one of the leading real estate developers in Bahrain and the master developer of the Water Garden City project, has announced the completion of ‘Phase One’ of the restaurants and Sky Garden villas on the waterfront of the development, ‘The Marina Promenade Dining Strip.

The first phase will boast 22 restaurants - each consisting of three floors: basement, ground floor, mezzanine and outdoor seating terraces - facing the sea and overlooking the marina, said the master developer.

The retail outlets offered for leasing range in size from 160 to 350 sq m. This first phase also includes 14 residential Sky Garden villas - each with a total area of 430 sq m - overlooking the marina.

These consists of three floors; with a large open plan lounge/dining with panoramic views from the balcony, three ensuite bedrooms, an indoor elevator and a roof garden with kitchen and swimming pool.

Zeyad Abdullatif Janahi, the general manager of Al Bilad Real Estate Investment Company, said: "We are pleased to announce the completion of the first phase of the outstanding series of restaurants and Sky Garden villas at the Water Garden City."

"This is one of the most important stages in which we are able to illustrate the character and enjoyable environment to live, work, relax and have fun," he noted.

"The Marina will be the heart of the pulsating development with events and entertainment for families, designed and located for the safe mooring of leisure crafts and yachts, surrounded by a public walkway called the “Marina Promenade” and a series of high-end residential villas and restaurants catering to all tastes and allowing residents and visitors to enjoy a range of activities, events, cafes, fine restaurants and marina views," explained Janahi.

According to him, the prospective restaurant tenants will be moving in later in the year.

Lease agreements for the restaurant units are being negotiated and interested restaurant owners and operators are invited to submit their proposals, stated Janahi.

Water Garden City has many promising opportunities for those wishing to invest in real estate and the development has the largest number of mixed-use investment plots in the Seef and Manama districts, he added.-TradeArabia News Service