OMRAN and VA Group unveil Al Yazan tourism complex in Muttrah

Nov. 10, 2026

Designs for the mixed-use waterfront scheme take their cue from Muttrah’s mountains and sea, with its homes to be delivered in three phases.

Officials view a scale model of the Al Yazan Integrated Tourism Complex at the project's announcement in Muscat. (Image source: Oman Observer)

Muscat, Oman - His Highness Sayyid Bilarab bin Haitham Al Said, Minister of State and Governor of Muscat, led Sunday’s unveiling of Al Yazan, an 18.5-hectare Integrated Tourism Complex (ITC) planned beside Port Sultan Qaboos in Muttrah.

Oman Tourism Development Company (OMRAN Group) and VA Group oversee the scheme, which is planned to hold around 1,500 homes.

At the event, Sayyid Bilarab heard how the designs take their lead from the wilayat’s built heritage and from its landscape of mountains meeting the sea. The announcement described the result as an architectural continuation of Muttrah’s identity.

Housing takes up 180,000 square metres and will be built in three phases. Blocks are to step down on several levels from the slopes towards the shoreline, with planted areas arranged around views of the water.

Rendering of Al Yazan, with terraced residential buildings stepping down from the mountainside to the sea in Muttrah. (Image source: Oman Observer)

Alongside the homes, Al Yazan will give space to public facilities and community uses. These begin with a seafront walkway longer than 400 metres and a car-free street of shops, restaurants and cafés, adding up to 25,000 square metres of commercial space.

Green spaces will take up 30,000 square metres. A plaza shaped like a crescent will hold an open-air amphitheatre, and the plan also lists fine dining restaurants, multi-purpose sports courts and play areas for children, aimed at both residents and visitors.

The 18.5-hectare site is VA Group’s part of the wider Port Sultan Qaboos Waterfront Masterplan. The developer said in September that it had won long-term land rights there, the first international developer to take on a phase of that plan.

Speaking then, Mohamed bin Saif al Shaqsi, Executive Director for the GCC Region at VA Group Oman, said: “The property here carries not only an address, but also historical weight”. He added that the name and more details would follow later.

F&M Middle East is VA Group’s engineering and lead design consultant on phase one.

In October, the Ministry of Heritage and Tourism signed an ITC agreement with OMRAN Group covering the Sultan Qaboos Port Waterfront. That scheme spans approximately 1 million sqm, more than 400,000 square metres of it developable, and is planned in three phases across four districts: Port Souq, Port Gateway, Al Shatifi and Al Shatifi Hills.