Mohamed Alabbar
No party
Legal status
Not charged
not-charged
What this means: No criminal charge against this person is recorded in the sources reviewed.
Conflicting records. The research disagrees; every version is shown and none has been chosen as correct.
- Legal status
- not-chargedFrom the research record · cites:
- Exit.al: European Commission monitoring Port of Durres deal (opens in a new tab)Exit.al · Dec 2022 · journalism · EN
- Citizens.al: Port of Durres plans continue amid uncertainty and benefits for a few people (opens in a new tab)Citizens.al · 21 Aug 2025 · journalism · EN
- PortEurope: UAE investing EUR 2 billion in the transformation of the Port of Durres (opens in a new tab)PortEurope · undated · journalism · EN
- unknownFrom the research record · cites:
- Durres marina: from a strategic investment to a profit scheme (opens in a new tab)SHTEG Investigativ · 15 May 2026 · journalism · EN
- After 20 months the new Durres marina project has no developer (opens in a new tab)PortsEurope · 22 Aug 2022 · journalism · EN
- not-chargedFrom the research record · cites:
Profile
UAE developer behind the Durres waterfront and port redevelopment, a EUR 2 billion public-private partnership that Albania signed in January 2023 (per reporting). The deal has been criticised by the opposition and monitored by the European Commission.
Response from Mohamed Alabbar
No direct response from Alabbar found in the sources reviewed.
Other accounts in the research (3 fields worded differently)
This record appears in more than one research record. The main text above comes from one; the other versions are kept here unedited.
- Biography
- UAE developer behind the Durres waterfront and port redevelopment, a EUR 2 billion public-private partnership that Albania signed in January 2023 (per reporting). The deal has been criticised by the opposition and monitored by the European Commission.From the research record
- Mohamed Alabbar is a UAE property developer named in reporting as the family-side owner of Eagle Hills and as the founder of Emaar. Reporting links the Durres Yachts and Marina project to his family investment vehicle, Symphony Investments. Reporting also says the project was first announced in December 2020 as an Emaar agreement. The exact corporate chain is not confirmed in the sources reviewed.From the research record
- Legal status detail
- No charge documented in sources reviewed.From the research record
- No Albanian or foreign legal proceedings against Alabbar were found in this search.From the research record
- Response
- No direct response from Alabbar found in the sources reviewed.From the research record
- Not retrieved for this file.From the research record
Related 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.
From Dec 2020
Durres Yachts and Marina (Eagle Hills / Emaar-linked): 2.5bn superyacht marina and port waterfront
A UAE developer, Eagle Hills, holds the contract for a mixed-use marina and waterfront on the Durres port area. Reporting describes a 2.5 billion dollar scheme including about 12,000 marina homes, a…
Status: Under construction per SHTEG (May 2026); progress and buildings not independently checked
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Connections
Open the map →Family link reported (Symphony Investments)
Evidence: Reporting links Eagle Hills to Alabbar's family vehicle; corporate chain not confirmed.
Timeline
Government
Emaar agreement for Durres port tourist complex first reported
Reporting (summarised by PortsEurope, 2022) says Albania and Emaar signed an agreement for Emaar to develop part of the Durres port. The text was not found.
Linked: Durres Yachts and Marina (Eagle Hills / Emaar-linked): 2.5bn superyacht marina and port waterfront · Mohamed Alabbar
Government
Albania signs EUR 2bn Durres port and waterfront deal with Alabbar/Emaar (reported; day unknown)
Reported signing of a public-private partnership; the exact date and contract terms are not verified.
Linked: UAE: Durres port and waterfront redevelopment (Emaar / Alabbar) · Edi Rama · Mohamed Alabbar
Sources for this record
Every source the research cites for this record, grouped by its source label. 5 sources.
Source label: Under investigationUnder investigation · 5 sources
- Publisher
- Exit.al
- Date
- Dec 2022
- Publisher
- Citizens.al
- Date
- 21 Aug 2025
- Publisher
- PortEurope
- Date
- undated
- Publisher
- SHTEG Investigativ
- Date
- 15 May 2026
- Publisher
- PortsEurope
- Date
- 22 Aug 2022