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North Gate designer wins regional Best Retail Architecture award
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n competition with regional real-estate projects during the Arabian Property Awards 2012, the North Gate construction project won a prestigious award: Best Retail Architecture 2012 in Arabia. The North Gate project is represented by local company Equinox SPC. The project’s team attended the Arabian and African property summit in Dubai, where they received the award. It has paved the way for them to compete in the International Property Award competition. “It reflects our continuous vision and goal to deliver an exceptional, international-standard mixed-use project offering a unique point of difference in Qatar,” said the CEO and owner of Equinox. “To have the shopping mall recognised for its excellence in design is fitting recognition for the efforts of our designers and will ultimately benefit both our tenants and customers through the experience they will enjoy at North Gate,” he added.
The construction site and soon-to-be community is 10 kilometres north of Doha, next to Al Shamal Road on a 200,000 square metre plot. It offers 1,000 square metres of space leasable for retail and about 45,000 square metres for office leasing. Within the northern area, it is one of only a few commercial developments.
Wyndham partners with HMC for Cancer Awareness Day
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yndham Grand Regency Doha held its first Cancer Awareness Day on February 5 in honour of World Cancer Day, which is February 4. The event, which aimed to spread knowledge about the disease, was hosted in collaboration with Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) and its National Centre for Cancer Care and Research (NCCR). “At Wyndham Grand Regency Doha, we have found that Cancer Awareness Day is one of the best awareness activities that we have run for our employees through our ‘Count on Me!’ commitment to be responsive, respectful and deliver great experiences, as it results in a greater understanding of cancer among our employees, whilst also supporting a fantastic cause,” said Ayman Lotfy, the hotel’s general manager. “I send my heartfelt thanks to each and every individual who helped make this event a success.” Before the event, five Wyndham Grand Regency representatives visited the NCCR to give gifts from the hotel to the hospital’s patients. Later in the day, Wyndham Grand Regency and HMC employees participated in a Walk for Awareness along the Corniche in Wyndham Grand Regency t-shirts and hats. Meanwhile, indoors, HMC held free educational sessions for Wyndham Grand Regency associates throughout the day. Presentations covered different types of cancer, how to identify symptoms, treatments, and preventive measures. World Cancer Day is the only initiative that brings the international cancer community together to raise awareness and fight for a cure, support and universal access to treatment.
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