Bahria Town Rawalpindi Phase 8 Tour
Bahria Town (Private) Limited (Urdu: بحریہ ٹاؤن) is an Islamabad-based privately owned real-estate development company which owns, develops and manages properties across Pakistan.[1][2]
It established its first gated community exclusively developed for the elites in southern Islamabad and with some portions Phase 8 and 9 (which also accommodate middle-class income families) in Rawalpindi, on the Grand Trunk Road, which by mid-2000s had expanded into nine phases divided into two compounds. [3] Its second gated community opened in Lahore, which is influenced by Greco-Roman culture and is built in Southern Lahore. In 2015, it launched the Bahria Town Karachi, the largest of its gated communities, while Bahria Enclave Islamabad (launched in 2013) is the smallest of them.[4][5] Most of these communities are large towns in their own right, its oldest community in Southern Islamabad spans over 16,000 hectares (40,000 acres).[6] The under-construction Bahria Town Karachi spans over 16,000 hectares (40,000 acres) and it is the largest privately owned residential community in the country.[7] Combined, its projects have the capacity to house over a million people.[8]
Apart from gated towns, the company owns several shopping complexes including the Mall of Lahore and the under-construction Mall of Islamabad, chain of cinemas under the brand of Cine Gold, a chain of supermarkets under the banner of Green Valley Hypermarket and skyscrapers including the Bahria Icon Tower, which is the tallest in Pakistan.[9][10][11][12] The group also is the developer of Grand Jamia Mosque, Lahore, which is the seventh largest in the world and is constructing the third largest mosque in Karachi.[13][14][15] The under-construction Rafi Cricket Stadium when completed will also be the largest in the country.[16][17] On November 2016, Bahria entered into a contract with Hyatt to develop four properties across Pakistan, including two golf resorts, worth combined $600 million. The properties would be owned by Bahria.[18]
ACE International Academy is also a project of Bahria Town. Bahria projects usually house upper middle and high income Pakistanis, these communities have private security, ability to restrict access to non-residents and are energy independent from the national grid.[19][20] Bahria gated communities are home to private schools including those operate by the company, private hospitals, hotels and commercial avenues.[21] Bahria has been featured by international news agencies'[22]
Bahria Town (Private) Limited
Type Private
Industry Real estate, Gated community, Hospitality
Founded January 14, 1997; 23 years ago in Islamabad Zone V, Pakistan
Founder Malik Riaz
Headquarters Islamabad, Federal, Pakistan
Key people Malik Riaz, Chairman
Ahmed Ali Riaz Malik, CEO
Products Town
Commercial area
Plots
House
Villa
Restaurants
Hotel
Golf clubs
Hospitals
Number of employees 160,000 (2017)
Website bahriatown.com
