Madinaty

Madinaty is a new town in New Cairo, Egypt, developed by Talaat Moustafa Group (TMG). The project page on the group's website gives an area of about 8,000 feddans and plans for some 120,000 housing units and close to 700,000 residents. Three U.S. design firms, HHCP, SWA and SASKI, worked together on the master plan. TMG's online sales branch for Madinaty is listed on this page as the sales contact.

How the town is organised

The developer describes a town split into residential zones and phases. Each zone has its own community service centre, so everyday services are meant to be reachable within each zone rather than only at one central point. A city hall runs management and maintenance. The group's website also lists civil and government services on site, plus several business districts for offices and corporate services.

Facilities listed by the developer

• Sport: Madinaty Sporting Club, which the developer says covers more than 200 feddans and offers several sports.
• Education: international, national and experimental schools. Universities are described as planned, with no date given.
• Healthcare: hospitals and polyclinics.
• Retail and leisure: shopping and entertainment areas.
• Places of worship: at least one mosque in each residential phase (18 so far, according to the group's page), and St. Mary and Maregurguis Church.
• Transport: an internal bus network, with routes to Heliopolis, Nasr City, Al Rehab and the New Administrative Capital.
• Security: CCTV coverage across the town and security staff on duty 24/7.

The group presents Madinaty as a sustainable town. It says solar energy is used in several areas and that technical systems run the town's operations. The page does not give the share of green space or the installed solar capacity.

Homes and sub-communities

TMG's page shows six villa models (A3, B3, C3, D3, E3 and F3), with three to six bedrooms. Their areas are listed without a unit. Ask the sales team for the exact figure in square metres, and whether it is built-up or net internal area. Getting every model measured on the same basis makes it easier to compare layouts fairly. The group also presents Privado, a residential community of about 276 feddans inside Madinaty. It was designed by Perkins Eastman, overlooks water features and sits near the axis the developer calls "The Spine". The apartments mentioned in the earlier version of this page are not detailed on the page consulted.

What is not published

The group's website does not publish prices, payment plans, delivery dates or construction progress by phase. These vary by phase and property type. To get them, contact Talaat Moustafa Group's sales team (Madinaty online sales branch) and ask for them in writing: price, payment schedule, contractual handover date, maintenance fees and ownership documents. Keep a copy of each document you receive and compare the terms before signing, since conditions can differ from one phase or property type to another. Egyptian law applies. For legal questions, consult a lawyer registered in Egypt.