Urban development

New Murabba

المربع الجديد
DelayedRiyadh

Completion has been pushed from 2030 to 2040, and Reuters reported in Jan 2026, citing unnamed sources, that Mukaab construction was suspended while work on the surrounding district continued; this has not been officially confirmed (International Finance, 2 Sep 2026).

Area
14.1 km²
Mukaab dimensions (height, width, depth)
400 m
Revised full-completion date
2040 (was 2030)

Target: 2040 — Full build-out (phase 3), per a New Murabba executive at a closed investor briefing reported by AGBI (October 2025). The original target was 2030. The same briefing put phase 1, including the Mukaab, at Expo 2030.

Approximate location

Sources (12) · Last verified 13 Oct 2026
  1. New Murabba Development Company
  2. New Murabba Development Company
  3. AGBI
  4. AGBI
  5. Gulf Business (republishing Reuters) · 27 Jan 2026
  6. MEED · 28 Jan 2026
  7. EnterpriseAM · 2 Jun 2026
  8. MEED · 31 Aug 2026
  9. International Finance · 2 Sep 2026
  10. Funds Global MENA · 2 Sep 2026
  11. Wikipedia
  12. Wikipedia

A planned new downtown district covering 14.1 km² in Riyadh, with the cube-shaped Mukaab building at its centre.

Shape on the map: The works site and the Mukaab plot as mapped in OpenStreetMap; the whole project covers 14.1 km² — way 1540246528 · way 1360102817 (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL)

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