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Concrete frame under construction at the Lemar Commercial Complex site in Riyadh, where Mas Engineering & Construction is the contractor (Image source: Mas Engineering & Construction)Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - Mohammed Saad Al-Ajlan Real Estate has awarded Mas Engineering & Construction a $157.07 million (SAR 589 million) contract for the Lemar Commercial Complex, a hotel, office and retail scheme in the Saudi capital.
Mas, a Dammam-based contractor, announced the award on 9 November without giving a value or a schedule. The contract value appears on the contractor's Lemar project page, which lists the scheme as ongoing.
The complex has 135,000 square metres of built-up area, according to the company's announcement. Its project page puts the figure at 134,642 square metres.
A 22-storey hotel tower with 345 keys, planned as a five-star property, sits at the heart of the scheme. Around it are 10 office buildings, more than 50 retail units, and landscaped open areas.
The contract covers the hotel, the offices and the shops, as well as the landscaping and outdoor spaces. No completion date has been announced.
Rendering of the Lemar Commercial Complex, with the hotel tower rising above the low-rise office and retail buildings (Image source: Mas Engineering & Construction)Mas lists Zuhair Fayez Partnership and Cracknell as designers of Lemar, with Khateeb & Allam as consultant. Photos in the project gallery show the concrete frame of the buildings rising on site.
In its announcement, the company said: “This significant award marks another milestone in Mas’s journey as a trusted contractor, further strengthening our position in delivering large-scale hospitality and mega commercial developments.”
It added: “We extend our appreciation to our client, Al-Ajlan Real Estate for their trust and confidence.”
The Lemar award follows infrastructure work for the contractor. Earlier in 2026, Mas teamed up with Saudi Entertainment Ventures (SEVEN) and Saudi Binladin Group to design and construct underground utilities and other infrastructure at the Ta’awon Entertainment Complex in Dammam.
The Dammam package spans more than 350,000 square metres, with over 133,000 metres of buried utility networks.
Lemar, by contrast, is a building contract that brings hotel, office and retail space together on one site. Signature projects on the company's website include the Desert Rock Hotel for Red Sea Global in Tabuk and the Prime Business Resort for Mawan RE in Riyadh.
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