Resort & Residential Community at MGH

324 Acre, Mangla, Pakistan

324 Acres of composite integrated ‘Destination Project’ on the pristine Mangla Lake including high-end Housing and Smart Homes

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

The project is being developed as the first fresh water lake, gated community of its kind in Pakistan. Located in the secure enclave of the Mangla Cantonment with a 5-star resort hotel, the project offers a several branded residential products (villas, chalets, apartments) complemented with recreational and adjunct facilities. In addition to a complete range of outdoor recreational and sports facilities, the lake also offers a unique location for water sports and extreme games within the resort component.

Another prominent feature of the Mangla Development includes an exclusive residential community featuring ‘Smart Homes’, envisioned to offer smart technology and sustainable solutions for a modern self-sufficient residential enclave.

Promag has played a key role in conceptualizing and revitalizing this iconic destination project which comprises 6 waterfront precincts. Promag was engaged on the project after one of its precincts had been partially constructed and due to the various challenges the project had become dormant. Promag reconceived the project with a branded hospitality component while planning products around it and creating a destination project.

The site was divided in to several precincts owing to the natural terrain barriers and for the purpose of product differentiation. Precinct 6 is MGH’s premium waterfront phase with exclusive residential products based around a luxury resort. Similarly, waterfront smart homes have been planned in Precinct 3 while other segments have been reconfigured to offer affordable products.

Since the project was at a standstill for many years, it was left with a number of unattended financial commitments as well as institutional debts. A number of solutions were evolved to address these factors. Key aspects of the project include the following;

Hospitality Brand Development – Value added Brief Development for a Destination Project
Transaction Structuring – to facilitate capital raising and investment for the project.
Creating an integrated masterplan addressing diverse socio-economic products – thus widening the affordability palette of the project.
Preserving the natural beauty of the site – planning and engineering efforts to ensure that the natural contours are retained as much as possible
Bridge Engineering for inter-connected Precincts.
Design of Roads in mountainous terrain – Road Slope Stability & Road protection with help of retaining wall structures.
Disposal of stormwater due mountainous terrain – road construction and allied stormwater management synchronized to protect completed infrastructure from stormwater damage.
Seasonal variation in water level of the Mangla Dam – Master Planning & Infrastructure design planned in accordance with seasonal variation in water level of the dam and corresponding soil erosion.

KEY SERVICES

Development Advisory

Project Conceptualization
Location Study, Product Selection and Placement
(Catering to various socio-economic groups ranging from 125 sqyd Utility Housing to Branded Hospitality-Based Products)
Value-added Project Brief Development
Viability Assessment
Assistance in Transaction Structuring/ Advisory
Assistance in Capital Raising
Assistance in Hospitality Brand Development
Staged Development Strategies
Advisory on International Branding Affiliations & Product Value Enhancement for Resort Community

Multidisciplinary Coordination & Design Management

Master Planning*
Architectural Design*
Building Engineering*
Infrastructure Engineering Design*
(Roads, Water Supply, Wastewater, Stormwater, Electrification, etc).

*Services undertaken in collaboration with affiliate Group Companies
LOCii INC. and Infraplan.

Principal Consultancy & Project Management