Emaar / Eagle Hills (Mohamed Alabbar)
Ownership as documented
Alabbar group; the exact Albanian contract vehicle is not verified in the sources reviewed.
Description
UAE developer partner for the Durres waterfront and port redevelopment, signed as a EUR 2 billion public-private partnership (reported January 2023) and criticised as a Stabilisation and Association Agreement issue by the opposition.
Contracts and money
Durres port/waterfront PPP
Evidence: EUR 2bn PPP with Emaar/Eagle Hills reported (January 2023).
Figures recorded for the cases linked to this organisation. A figure here is not necessarily paid to or by this organisation; check payer and payee.
Durres waterfront and port PPP with Emaar/Eagle Hills
€2,000,000,000
concessionSource label: Under investigationStated definition: Reported figure; signing reported January 2023; contract terms not verified.
Date: Jan 2023 · Payer: Emaar/Eagle Hills (investor) · Payee: Albanian state / public-private vehicle
- PortEurope: UAE investing EUR 2 billion in the transformation of the Port of Durres (opens in a new tab)PortEurope · undated · journalism · EN
- Top Channel: United Arab Emirates investing 2 billion euros in the transformation of the Port of Durres (opens in a new tab)Top Channel · undated · journalism · EN
Officials and people linked
Durres port/waterfront PPP
Evidence: EUR 2bn PPP with Emaar/Eagle Hills reported (January 2023).
Investigations and cases
Sorted by reported money, then by linked people and their legal status. The money figure is the largest single reported figure, not a total.
From Jan 2023
UAE: Durres port and waterfront redevelopment (Emaar / Alabbar)
Albania signed a EUR 2 billion public-private partnership with Mohamed Alabbar's Emaar/Eagle Hills to redevelop the Durres waterfront and move the commercial port (reported January 2023). The law…
Status: Long-running; several sources say the marina had no developer after 20 months (2022); later status unverified.
Sources for this record
Every source the research cites for this record, grouped by its source label. 3 sources.
Source label: Under investigationUnder investigation · 3 sources
- Publisher
- PortEurope
- Date
- undated
- Publisher
- Citizens.al
- Date
- 21 Aug 2025
- Publisher
- Exit.al
- Date
- Dec 2022