Luxury hotel, shopping mall soon in Baghdad

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: Baghdad’s municipal council on Monday revealed a 50-year investment plan to build a five-star hotel, a shopping mall and a theme park on the land of the 14 Tammuz Park. “An additional area of 18 donums (1 donum= 2,500 square meters) in al-Moheet Street will also be zoned for the project,” according to a statement released by the council and received by IraqiNews.com, quoting Baghdad’s Mayor Sabir al-Issawi as saying. The 15-storey hotel will be designed to accommodate a large number of visitors who arrive in the city. SS (P) 1