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Gulf International Investment Company to move offices to Harbour Towers at Bahrain Financial Harbour
Manama, Bahrain, 2nd, August, 2007: In a significant indication of the continued enthusiasm among local and regional companies to be part of the Bahrain Financial Harbour (BFH) business community, the Bahrain Financial Harbour Holding Company (BFHHC) today announced that Gulf International Investment Company, a consortium of Bahraini and GCC businessmen based in the Kingdom, has committed to move its offices to the Harbour Towers. The 53 storey Harbour Towers, apart from being Bahrain's tallest towers also forms a key component of the Financial Centre, element of BFH. Bahrain's new Financial District.Commenting on Gulf International Investment Company's decision to move into the premises of BFH, Mr. Salwan Uchi, Senior Manager Leasing, Sales & Marketing of BFHHC, said: "Gulf International Investment Company's move couldn't have been more opportune with the Phase I of the landmark BFH, ‘The Financial Centre' being launched recently and very much under the publicity glare. Additionally the development's occupancy is witnessing a significant upward momentum. Gulf International Company is one of the fastest growing real estate development and investment companies in the region and this decision will certainly put it on a high growth curve. With significant investment interests in the GCC, including Bahrain, the company's decision to base its operations in BFH will also help it to consolidate business operations.
"Gulf International Investment Company's decision to be part of the BFH further validates the cutting-edge advantage the integrated business and financial district offers the business community. We hope this move will take Gulf International Investment Company to a new level of growth," Mr. Uchi added.
Gulf International Investment Company, which has been set up with the objective of pioneering real estate development and investment in the Kingdom of Bahrain, will be taking up space on the 10th floor of Harbour Towers.
Commenting on partnering with BFH, Mr. Ali Mohammed, General Manager of Gulf International Investment Company, said: "Gulf International Investment aims to be ahead of the competition in offering best-of-the-breed services in real estate development and investment. BFH is a national project in the Kingdom of Bahrain and our decision to move to the premises of this integrated development will bring us many strategic advantages and add value to our business plans for Bahrain and the region.
"BFH will provide us the ideal growth environment and its optimally designed workspace infrastructure and technologically advanced ambience will help us enhance efficiency. Moreover, BFH being a major hub of the financial sector in the Kingdom and the region, Gulf International will benefit in advancing its partner reach," he added.
Gulf International Investment's strategy, is to upgrade professionalism towards distinction and perfection by promoting levels of efficiencies and talents and their support by all tools and assisting means of technologies and information to attain the target. Some of the key services offered by the company are Brokerage Services, Properties Management, Properties Evaluation, Feasibility Studies and Sourcing of Investors amongst several others.
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About BFH
A fully-integrated, master-planned waterfront development, the US$ 3 billion Bahrain Financial Harbour (BFH), is aimed at creating a complete financial city, a self-contained community and reinforcing Bahrain's unsurpassed position as the financial capital of the Middle East. A first of its kind development in the region, BFH is a highly focused, committed and advanced financial environment spread over 380,000 square metres of prime seafront property in the centre of Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain. Furthermore, it comprises 10 projects that uniquely combine business, leisure and residential components under one canopy.
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