REDCON for Offices and Commercial Centers (ROCC) signs a leasing agreement with Fashion International Group (FIG) to open18 international leading franchised brands in Golden Gate project, ROCC’s first mixed-use project in New Cairo, Invest-Gate reports.

Ahmed Abdullah, vice chairman of ROCC’s Board of Directors, says that the newly signed agreement is the beginning of a series of global partnerships planned to fulfill ROCC’s vision and provide a unique shopping experience to its clients. Further, the demand for the Golden Gate project exceeded all expectations since its launch, whether on the administrative or commercial front. ROCC attracted the attention of many potential groups in record time.

Abdullah states, “This comes as a result of ROCC’s awareness of the added value of the commercial real estate sector, this, in turn, helps ROCC in fulfilling its vision of achieving sustainability and integrated excellence with international quality and standards supported by the sustainable development consultancy DCarbon and Eco Strategies.” ROCC is also keen on obtaining the ‘EDGE’ green building certification.

In a similar vein, Hisham Moussa, CEO of ROCC, confirms that ROCC is interested in providing the best engineering designs. Thus, ROCC partnered with specialized consulting entities, most notably ‘WATG’ office in London for the concept design, ‘SWA’ for the landscape design, ‘Walker’ as an international parking consultant, and Dr. Usama Okeil as a traffic consultant. In addition to cooperation with Savills, a global real estate consultancy, JLL, for real estate services and investments management, and other major companies.

Adel Al Bana, COO of FIG, says that ROCC was able to impose a distinctive lifestyle for the first time in the Egyptian market, by launching a sustainable landmark according to international quality and standards for commercial and administrative projects.

It is worth mentioning that Golden Gate is a mixed-use development (commercial – administrative – entertainment) on a total of 160,000 sqm. The project features about 100,000 sqm of commercial space and another 100,000 sqm of administrative space. The Golden Gate project will be implemented in two phases, where phase I will be delivered in Q1 2024 and phase II in 2025.