One developer behind every project
Zahran Developments is the real-estate development arm of Zahran Holding, working across Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Iraq.
Who we are
Since 1980
Engineering heritage
100+
Projects delivered
6,000+
Residential units
4
Countries we build in
A clear corporate position.
Zahran Developments is the real-estate development arm of Zahran Holding. The Group brings the engineering, the interiors, the smart infrastructure and the facility management; this company decides what gets built, and stays answerable for it.
Projects change, markets change, tastes change. What cannot change is whether the name on the gate still means something in ten years.
- Parent group
- Zahran Holding: investment group.
- Sector
- Real estate development.
- Signatures
- SLCiti and NEXDAR.
- Development focus
- Residential, commercial, mixed-use, hospitality, lifestyle, business, medical and destination.
Our vision
To be the region’s most trusted master developer, shaping places whose value grows with every generation they serve.
Our mission
To develop with discipline, deliver with accountability, and protect the value of every project long after handover.
A message from our leadership
Zahran Developments was created with a clear responsibility: to build places that carry trust, create value, and continue to perform beyond delivery. We believe that real estate development is not only about launching projects, but about shaping experiences, supporting communities, and protecting confidence over time.
Our ambition is to develop with discipline, communicate with clarity, and create places that reflect the strength of our group, the needs of our customers, and the future of the cities we serve. Every project under Zahran Developments must strengthen our reputation and earn the trust placed in us.
Leadership & governance
Who runs the Group, and the checks they answer to.
Consultant Engineer Ezzat Zahran
Founder
Founded the Group in 1980 and gave it its engineering discipline.
Eng. Sherif Zahran
Chairman, Zahran Holding
Leads the Group today across development, engineering and investment.
Governance framework
Internal audit, financial control, procurement, risk and compliance standards across the Group.
Board and executive oversight
Where quality, transparency and accountability are enforced rather than assumed.
Brand philosophy
Buildings are not the product.Valueis.
The test of a place is what it still does for people ten years after handover.
Our approach
How we create value
Six stages, one connected system.
We select the opportunity
We read location, demand, access and surroundings, and test long-term potential before anything is committed.
We shape the vision
We define what the place should become, who it serves, and the value it is built to create.
We plan the whole place
Buildings, movement, public realm and identity are designed as one place rather than a set of plots.
We deliver with discipline
Engineering, design, technology and construction are coordinated so execution stays aligned with the purpose of the project.
We guide the customer journey
A clear path from first enquiry to reservation, documentation and handover, run on approved procedures.
We protect value
Performance, quality and experience are managed beyond handover, through operations and lifecycle care.
Looking ahead
One road: it begins at the founding of the brand, runs through its signatures and first projects, and widens toward 2035. What holds its direction steady at every turn is a set of values that does not change as the projects do.
2025 · Foundation
Brand launch, governance, identity and platform established.
2026 · Signatures
SLCiti ONE and NEXDAR SELECT launched as the lead signatures.
2027 · First projects
SLCiti ONE and NEXDAR SELECT enter active delivery.
2028+ · Expansion
NEXDAR and further SLCiti phases extend the portfolio.
And along the road:
Growth strategy 2035
New Cairo and West Cairo expansion, the New Administrative Capital, North Coast developments, and strategic investment partnerships.
What guides every decision.
- Trust
- Discipline
- Quality
- Accountability
- Responsibility
- Long-term value
- Clarity
- Stewardship
Values are easy to publish. These are the ones we expect to be held to.
National contribution
Our growth strategy is aligned with Egypt Vision 2030.
It sets a national framework for urban and economic development, and we build inside it by design. You can see that in where we expand: New Cairo, the New Administrative Capital, the North Coast. And in how we plan communities, and what we hold to in infrastructure and operations. Our contribution is measured by what remains after handover, not by what is announced at launch.
New urban communities
We build where national development plans are directing urban growth, adding planned communities that carry their amenities and public realm from day one.
Employment across development and operations
Each project is planned to create work during delivery, and ongoing work after it: in facility management, community operations and day-to-day service.
Investment in sustainable communities
We direct investment to what lowers the long-term cost of a place: resource efficiency, landscaping, and maintenance plans set before handover rather than after.
Smart-city infrastructure
Networks and control systems are designed into the master plan from the start, rather than retrofitted.
Integration that protects value
A development is usually assembled from separate firms. At Zahran Holding they sit under one owner: engineering, interior architecture, smart infrastructure and facility management. So the people who will run the building are in the room while it is still being drawn. That shows up later, in what the place costs to live in.
