Zambia is set to construct a four-star Hotel
and Shopping Mall at Kasama Golf Club in Kasama to the Provincial
Administration at a cost of US $20m.
Mikalile
Investments Chief
Executive, Mulenga Mikalile said that they have completed and submitted
its Architectural Designs for the development which will see
the commencement of construction by May this year.
According to Mikalile, the Company
intends to complete Phase one of the development and open the Shopping Mall,
the Mikalile Departmental Store and a Distribution Centre by next year.
Phase two of the development will see the
completion of the Hotel, four Conference Rooms, Gymnasium and a Filling Station
will be completed and commissioned by His Excellency the President Mr Edgar
Chagwa Lungu by 2021.
Moreover, the Company has indicated in its bid that
it will as a matter of priority start with the Modernisation of the Kasama Golf
Club which will anchor the multi-million investment. The modernisation of the
Golf Club will include among other things development of a state of the art
nine-hole Golf course, construction of an administration block, complete with
conference facilities, club house, kitchen and restaurant, gymnasium a sports
multi facilities Centre and a play centre for Children in support of Junior
Golf.
The facilities will be furnished and equipped
by Mikalile Investments and will be completed and handed over to the Golf Club
before commencement of construction of the Hotel and Shopping Mall.
And about 1200 direct and indirect jobs are to be
created at construction and operational stages, 700 of which will be available
during the construction stage while 500 permanent jobs will be available at
operational stage.
“We are excited with the prospects that this Investment presents to the tourism Industry in the Province which has been hampered by lack of serious Investment in conference facilities,” said Mikalile.https://constructionreviewonline.com/2019/02/zambia-to-construct-a-us-20m-four-star-hotel-and-shopping-mall/
