Bahrain Bay - Bahrain Bay Development

General Information
Owner Bahrain Bay
Masterplan Project (Parent Profile)
Location Manama, Capital Governorate, Bahrain
Status --
Sector Construction, Mixed-Use, Mixed-Use
Contract Type Build
Onshore/Offshore Onshore
Greenfield/Brownfield Greenfield
Progress 89
Estimated Budget Value ---
Contract Value 0
Net Value $2216m
Award Date April 2006
Completion Date April 2028
Last Updated On January 2026
ProjectId (Old, New) 37167, 102905


Bahrain Bay Development (BBD), a consortium formed by the global investors, is undertaking the construction of Bahrain Bay development in Manama, Bahrain.

Bahrain Bay Development is a new mixed-use development that will be constructed on the reclaimed islands i.e North Shore & North of Bahrain which stands opposite to 'The Avenues' and Diplomatic Area. The new development would connect to the country by North Manama Causeway.

The US$4,500 million project includes the following:

1. Construction of Dredging & reclamation in the first phase

2. Construction of Arcapita headquarters in the second phase

3. Construction of residential, retail and commercial facilities in the third phase.

4. Construction of Four Seasons Hotel

5. Construction of Arcapita Bank Headquarter Building

6. Construction of Bay City Bahrain

7. Construction of Al Baraka Bank Headquarter Building

8. Construction of Ajmera Mayfair Twin Towers

9. Construction of Arjaan by Rotana

10. Construction of AXA Insurance Headquarter Building

11. Construction of Waterbay West

12. Construction of Bahrain Bay Tower

13. Construction of Breeze Tower

14. Construction of KGH Tower

15. Construction of United Tower

16. Construction of JW Marriott

17. Construction of The Park

18. Construction of The Wharf

17. Construction of Crystal Bay

18. Construction of Salhia Real Estate Commercial Tower

19. Construction of DAMAC Properties Bahrain

Second Section

08 January 2026

Bahrain Bay Development: ONYX Skyview: Haji Hassan Readymix is working as the supply contractor, and construction works are underway.

27 July 2025

Bareeqalretaj - Bahrain Bay Development: The Avenues Pedestrian Bridges - The project has been put on hold.

20 March 2025

Construction works are progressing on the ONYX Skyview project.

09 June 2024

Bahrain Bay: Four Seasons Private Residences project is complete.

12 December 2023

Construction works on Bahrain Bay: Four Seasons Private Residences have progressed up to 75 per cent and the project is expected to be completed by April 2024. The in-house MEP division of Nass Contracting is carrying out the MEP works on the project.

12 September 2023

Finishing works on the Bahrain Bay: KGH Tower project are progressing and the project is expected to be completed by December 2023.

07 August 2023

Construction works on the Bareeq Bay: Four Seasons Private Residences project have progressed up to 60 per cent and it is expected to be completed by December 2023.

06 June 2023

Finishing works on the Bahrain Bay: KGH Tower project is progressing and it is expected to be completed by December 2023. Kooheji Contractors is working as an MEP sub-contractor.

20 April 2023

The structural works, excavation, filling and piling works of the two towers are complete and the overall construction works have progressed up to 50 percent on the Bahrain Bay: Four Seasons Residence Project.

06 April 2023

Construction works on the Bahrain Bay: Four Seasons Residence Project are ongoing and Hisham Abdulrahman Jaffer is working as the project management consultant, Gensler & Associates is working as the architect and Rive Gauche is working as the interior design consultant.

14 March 2023

Construction works are ongoing on Bahrain Bay: Onyx SkyView project.

11 January 2023

Kooheji Contractors, a subsidiary of Kooheji Development, is working as the main contractor on the Bahrain Bay Development: Onyx SkyView project and the construction works have commenced.

25 December 2022

Construction works are progressing and the project is expected to be completed by March 2023 on the Bahrain Bay Development: Rolex Tower

27 November 2022

Construction works on the Four Seasons Residence Project are ongoing and expected to be completed by December 2023.

20 September 2022

Construction works are still ongoing on the KGH Tower.

26 May 2022

The Aluminum works are completed on the KGH Tower and the Facade glass fixing of both Tower A and Tower B are progressing on the project. Construction works have been progressed up to 30 per cent on the Four Season Residence Project.

27 March 2022

The construction works are progressing on the KGH Tower and the project is expected to be completed by Q4 2022.

01 December 2021

Nass Contracting is working as the main contractor for the four season residence project and construction works are commenced and expected to be completed by 2022.

15 September 2021

The Bahrain Bay Twin Towers project continues to be on hold and the time frame for its revival is unknown at this juncture.

09 June 2021

KGH Tower - Tower A aluminium cladding installation completed till 37th floor, Tower B up to 33rd floor and works are expected to be completed by the end of 2022.

05 April 2021

The Bahrain Bay Twin Towers Development is still on hold and the time frame for revival is unknown at this juncture.

27 January 2021

The main contract tender is yet to be issued on Bahrain Bay Tower.

03 December 2020

The Bahrain Bay Twin Towers is still on hold.

12 September 2020

Construction works are progressing on KGH Tower and expected to be completed by December 2021.

08 June 2020

Block works have progressed up to 48.6 percent on the KGH Tower project.

28 April 2020

Design works are completed on the Bahrain Bay Tower project and the main contract tender is not yet issued.

27 January 2020

AXA Insurance Headquarter building: construction works completed.

20 January 2020

Construction works on WaterBay Complex completed. Rolex Tower – Manama: construction works are ongoing as per schedule. Finishing works are progressing on Bahrain Bay: Headquarter Building in Manama and the overall project is expected to complete by February 2020.

18 October 2019

Construction works are underway on the KGH Tower project.

02 July 2019

Bahrain Bay Tower: Re-design works are underway and the main contract tender is not yet issued on the project.

12 April 2019

Finishing works are underway on the ‘The Park’ and ‘The Wharf’ Project.

18 December 2018

JW Marriott Manama: this project has been cancelled. Bahrain Bay Tower: re-design works are ongoing on the project and the client is yet to initiate the re-tendering process as previous tender is cancelled.

29 October 2018

*AJM Kooheji Group - Bahrain Bay : KGH Tower: The construction works are progressing on the project.

02 September 2018

Site visit on August 18, 2018, reveals that the construction activities are underway on BBD: AXA Insurance Headquarter project.

03 August 2018

On Bahrain Water Bay, slab front shuttering & steel works are underway on the ninth floor and front portion block works are underway on the tenth floor. The project will be completed by the fourth quarter of 2018.

08 May 2018

Construction works are underway on AXA Insurance Headquarter building and scheduled completion for May 2019.

23 March 2018

The structural works have progressed to the eight floor for Waterbay West.

05 October 2017

Twin Towers project kept on hold.

08 June 2017

The project has been revived and geotechnical studies have completed and AJM is the process of revising the project designs for KGH Tower.

01 February 2017

Design works are underway on KGH Tower as SRSS / Meinhardt are replaced by Aref Sadeq Design Consultancy as a design consultant for the design works on the project.

15 January 2017

Waterbay West has completed 30% of construction works.

12 December 2016

Twin Towers project still kept on hold.

07 November 2016

JW Marriott Manama project is still kept on hold.

10 January 2007

Main construction contract was awarded

14 February 2005

BBD announced plans to undertake the Bahrain Bay development project.