Cairo Festival City is a mega mixed-use project located in New Cairo. The project is brought to the real estate scene by the huge well-known developer Al-Futtaim Group Real Estate.

 The innovative urban mixed-use development Cairo Festival City, which occupies more than 3 million square meters (700 acres), is ideally situated at the entrance to New Cairo. Setting new benchmarks, Cairo Festival City offers world-class hotels, international schools, and car dealerships all within a serene and beautifully landscaped community. It also offers prime office spaces, magnificent villas and apartments, and a top indoor-outdoor shopping, dining, and entertainment destination.

Cairo Festival City is a genuinely lively and unforgettable place because of its unique upmarket features and dedication to community celebration. You can live, stay, eat, work, connect, play, and drink in this place.

Cairo Festival City is a fully integrated city inside the city.

Master Plan & Major Facilities of Cairo Festival City

The master plan of Cairo Festival City is a piece of a part that integrates all elements of life over the 700 acres of land forming the project. These elements of life include infrastructure, livability, underground parking, schools, a commercial strip, a medical center, a business hub, a mosque, disability support venues, bicycle lanes, jogging trails, a clubhouse, restaurants, a kids’ area, and a luxury hotel.

Taking a closer look at the master plan of Cairo Festival City reveals many facilities including:

•  First and foremost, the residential zones, which include fully-finished homes overlooking lavish scenery.   
• Then comes the commercial strip or the CFC Mall. CFC, a super-regional shopping center with a gross leasable area of 160,000 square meters, is located in the center of Cairo Festival City. Anchored by a 10,750 square meter hypermarket, CFC Mall offers more than 300 stores and services, including 95 eateries and cafés. With 50 cafes and restaurants arranged around the stunning Dancing Fountain and outdoor theater, The Village offers a distinctive outdoor experience. Carrefour and the flagship furniture store IKEA has two department shops and 32,000 square meters of GLA. A multi-screen Cineplex, (Marks & Spencer and Debenhams), and more than 6,500 parking spots.
• Then comes the business district, The Northern and Southern Districts of Cairo Festival City’s corporate District will house more than 250,000 square meters of first-rate office space, more than 11,000 parking spaces, and cutting-edge corporate amenities.

There are various phases of the Southern Business District. The initial stage has been operational since Q4 2012, encompassing four 40,000 square meter buildings. The second phase consists of five 50,000-square-meter buildings. Both stages overlook the major Boulevard of Cairo Festival City. Complementing the successfully established Southern Business District, the Northern Business District is situated at the northern end of Cairo Festival City, a mixed-use urban development. CFC is showcased in The Podium, the first stage of the Northern Business District’s newly created shell and core office space. The special space, which is more than 30,000 square meters, will provide small and medium-sized enterprises with a flexible and adaptable workstation arrangement in addition to enough parking for both residents and visitors. Businesses will be able to operate in style because of the clever use of space. The Podium is created with great care, encompassing eateries, coffee shops, leisure, and contemporary business lifestyles made possible by the retail establishments located within the office complex.

• Also, you can find the hotel. CFC raises the bar for hospitality and business. A 400-room luxury hotel with a resort-like atmosphere that extends into lovely landscaped gardens is integrated into CFC Mall. A lavish spa, a sizable banqueting and meeting area with a rooftop restaurant, garden eateries, and a health club will guarantee visitors enjoy a range of unforgettable encounters. There will be a business on the other side of CFC Mall. The hotel prioritizes business travelers’ needs. The hotel is going to be located near the Southern Business District, completely furnished with state-of-the-art equipment, and meeting and conference spaces.
• CFC Mall is a 15,000-square-meter outdoor entertainment center with dining, shopping, entertainment, and lifestyle options. An outdoor terrace space that offers views of the amphitheater and the mall restaurants is exquisitely situated among the courtyard’s eagerly awaited dancing fountain. Two tiers together provide for an intriguing assortment of fifty along its promenade are a variety of retail line stores, cafés, and restaurants.
• Water features include the magnificent dancing fountain at Cairo Festival City a visually striking landmark that combines water jets and shooters to create an amazing show of light, music, and water that will leave you with unforgettable entertainment.
• With its magnificent amphitheater that can hold up to 1,200 people in an outdoor setting, Cairo Festival City Mall unleashes creativity and skill. Homegrown skills and soul-reviving live performances will be enjoyed by the audience.
• Concerning the educational facilities, you can find the American International School (AIS) which offers a thorough and demanding education. AIS wants to encourage students to pursue careers as junior professionals who can make valuable contributions to a changing and varied world.
• For the first time in Africa, CFC introduces KidZania, a novel edutainment idea. Children can role-play by imitating activities that are typically performed by adults at the indoor theme park, which is a city designed specifically for children.
• Last but not least, within the boundaries of the Automotive Park, CFC is home to Honda and Toyota showrooms and servicing facilities, totaling more than 12,000 square meters of space dedicated to automobile showrooms.

Services in Cairo Festival City

Services offered in Cairo Festival City are top-notch ones including: 

• 24/7 security services 
• Maintenance services 
• Facility and community management services
• Mommy’s room
•  Hands-Free Shopping
•  Child Identification Bracelets
•  Baby Strollers
•  Prayer Rooms
•  Valet Service
•  WIFI
•  Lost & Found
•  Power Bank
•  Shopping Cart

Location of Cairo Festival City

Cairo Festival City enjoys a prime location in New Cairo. Less than 30 minutes by car from downtown Cairo and less than 15 minutes by car from Cairo International Airport, Cairo Festival City is ideally situated on the east side of the Greater Cairo Ring Road, close to the neighborhoods of Maadi to the south and Heliopolis, Nasr City, and Mokattam to the west.

Property Types in Cairo Festival City

Units offered in CFC vary between residential, administrative, and commercial ones. You will find fully finished apartments, twin houses, duplexes, and offices. 

You need to know that all the units enjoy artistic views of lush greenery and verdant landscaping.  

Advantages & Unique Selling Points of Cairo Festival City 

Being lucky enough to get your space or your residential unit at Cairo Festival City entails you enjoy a wide range of benefit points including:

• Enjoy CFC Mall’s branded stores and F&B outlets that satisfy all your needs.
•  Take advantage of the educational facilities found in the school that enable you to educate your kids inside your mini-city.
• Enjoying the entertainment facilities found in the leisure hub. 

Developer Behind Cairo Festival City

Al Futtaim Real Estate is a top developer of mixed-use developments that make life more enjoyable. Building completely integrated projects that comprise residential properties, schools, hospitals, and retail establishments is the company’s primary focus. A division of the massive Al Futtaim Group in the United Arab Emirates is Al Futtaim Real Estate. 

Al Futtaim Group has established itself as a prominent business in a number of industries since the 1930s. The Al-Futtaim Group currently operates in six main areas through over 60 businesses. Al Futtaim Group is involved in the automotive, finance, retail, and health industries in addition to real estate. 

One of the most forward-thinking regional corporate houses, Al-Futtaim was founded as a commercial company in the 1930s and has its headquarters in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Al-Futtaim has more than 200 businesses in 30 countries in a variety of sectors, including financial services, real estate development, retail and wholesale trading, insurance, and leisure and hospitality. In recent years, the organization has greatly increased the scope of its business operations and entered several new regions, broadening its reach beyond the Greater Middle East and GCC to include Africa, Australasia, Europe, and South East and North Asia.

The real estate development and operations division of Al-Futtaim is called Al-Futtaim Group Real Estate (AFGRE). It is in charge of the ideation, planning, development, acquisition, and building of large-scale projects as well as their post-completion leasing and operation.

The Festival City brand now consists of two main mixed-use urban communities: CFC (3 million sq m) and Dubai Festival City (5.2 million sq m). The group just added Doha Festival City, whose mall (245,000 square meters) is currently being built.

Area of Cairo Festival City

New Cairo City is the area where you will find CFC. Over its 85,000 acres, the city provides its residents with a wealth of recreational, educational, and medical amenities, including:

•  American University in Cairo (AUC) 
•  International School of Choueifat
•  Cairo Festival City Mall (CFC)
•  German University in Cairo (GUC)
•  Canadian International College (CIC)
•  Future University in Egypt (FUE)
•  Point 90 Mall
•  Al Ahly Sporting Club
•  5A Waterway 
•  Arabella Plaza Mall
•  Wadi Degla Club 

Fifth Settlement, First Settlement, and Third Settlement are the best neighborhoods in New Cairo City.  One of the most populated and well-known neighborhoods in New Cairo is the Fifth Settlement. In addition to Road 90, a well-liked gathering place with a plethora of entertainment and business opportunities, the 5th Settlement is home to the well-known Golden Square with its upscale neighborhoods. 

The First Settlement and the Fifth Settlement are equally impressive in terms of their opulent gardens and first-rate amenities. However, there is a more tranquil atmosphere at New Cairo City’s First Settlement.

New Cairo’s Third Settlement provides a calm environment as well. One of the oldest neighborhoods in New Cairo City, the Third Settlement is home to numerous educational institutions like the GUC Campus, as well as affluent gated estates and entertainment venues like Arabella Plaza. 

The location of New Cairo is great; it is easily accessible by numerous major roads and highways and is nestled between Heliopolis and Maadi. Additionally, the New Cairo employment is limited to:

•  27 km from Cairo International Airport (around a 30-minute drive)
•  35 km from Downtown Cairo (around a 1-hour drive)
•  80 km from 6th October City (just over a 1-hour drive)
• 130 km from Ain Sokhna (less than a 2-hour drive) 

The main roads in New Cairo include:

• Ring Road
•  South 90th Street
•  North 90th Street 
•  Cairo – Suez Road
•  El-Moshir Tantawy Axis

The top compounds in New Cairo include: 

•   Mivida by Emaar Misr
•  Mountain View iCity New Cairo by DMG 
•  Zed East by Ora Developers 
•  The Waterway New Cairo by The Waterway Developments 
•  Eastown Residence by Sodic
•  Taj City by MNHD
•  Hyde Park New Cairo by Hyde Park Developments 
•  Mountain View Hyde Park by DMG 
•  Villette by Sodic
•  Sarai by MNHD
•  Palm Hills New Cairo by Palm Hills Developments 
•  Cairo Festival City Al Futtaim Real Estate Group
•  Fifth Square by Al Marasem Development 
•  Azad by Tameer 
•  Al Rehab New Cairo by Talaat Moustafa Group (TMG)
•  El Patio by La Vista Developments 
•  District 5 by Marakez 
•  Swanlake Residences by Hassan Allam Properties
•  Azzar New Cairo by Reedy Group 
•  Stone Residence by PRE Developments