Saudi offers fun city, shopping mall projects

Saudi Arabia is offering 17 projects to investors in the Southern Jazan province, including the construction of a fun city and a shopping mall.
The projects are located in the south-western Abu Arish city and are part of a drive to attract investment to the province, Jazan's secretariat said.
The two projects include construction, operation and maintenance of a fun city and a shopping mall in Abu Arish, it said in a statement.
The other projects comprise a hospital, warehouses, a public park, a car park, a pedestrian bridge and the maintenance of shopping malls, it added.
(Writing by Nadim Kawach; Editing by Anoop Menon)
(anoop.menon@lseg.com)

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