Marota City

Marota City is an under-construction development project in Damascus, Syria. It is a mixed–use development project located near Umayyad Square. The project is viewed as a post-war reconstruction efforts to progress Syria after the years long civil war, which was started in 2011. The project symbolizes post-war reconstruction of Syria.

The project provides 110 thousand job opportunities and 27 thousand permanent job opportunities. The project site is located on the side of international road of Damascus, which connects to Lebanon and Jordan. The origin of Marota city word is Syriac, and it means in Arabic the sovereignty, and this is what suits Syria, which was and will remain a sovereign country. However the project have also met with criticism.

Project
The project involves the reconstruction of mixed-used buildings which provides 12,000 housing units for an estimated 60,000 residents. Marota City, the new district in Damascus destined to host modern real estate developments within a space of 2,149,000 square meters. It includes gardens, water and sports’ spaces, administrative, investment and commercial buildings, including two health centers, a fire station, 17 schools and kindergartens, five places of worship, and a floor car park.