Construction was completed on the Amman Trade Center. The 42,000 square meter complex, which is connected to the adjacent Amman Hyatt Hotel, includes restaurants, conference facilities, and apartments. The American architectural office of Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill (SOM) and Sigma Consulting Engineers carried out designs for the project, which is owned by Zara Investments. For additional information see http://www.som.com/html/amman_trade_center.html

Construction was completed on al-Nawafleh Touristic Village in Wadi Musa, near Petra in southern Jordan. Design services for the 4.5 million JD (6.35 million $US) Jordan Tourism Investment Company project were provided by the Consolidated Consultants for Engineering and Environment and architect Ruby Fakhoury. The five star resort occupies a 128,000 square meter site, with a total built up area of 13,000 square meters that includes over a hundred motel units.

 Construction was completed on a passenger service station in Aqaba for al-Jisr al-Arabi (The Arab Bridge) Company, a joint Jordanian, Egyptian, and Iraqi venture. The complex, which was designed by Sobeh Engineering Office, occupies a site of 30,000 square meters, with 10,000 square meters of built up areas. The project cost 1.2 million JD (1.7 million $US).

The Municipality of Greater Amman inaugurated Poetry House, one of Amman’s older houses belonging to the 1930s. The newly renovated house, which overlooks the city’s Roman Theatre, will serve as a literary meeting place. During the 1930s and 1940s, the house served as the residence of Prince Nayif bin ‘Abdullah, the brother of the late King Talal, and the great uncle of the King Abdullah II. For additional information concerning projects being carried out by the Municipality of Greater Amman, visit their web site at http://www.access2arabia.com/moga/