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Sarooj Development Oman: who the developer is and what it builds in Muscat

Sarooj Development Oman is the name buyers use for the residential arm of the Sarooj group, an Omani construction and infrastructure business whose own website dates its history to 1976. Its current Muscat project is Sarooj Oasis, a gated community of apartments and villas inside Sultan Haitham City in Al Seeb. We list two pages for it: the Sarooj Oasis Apartments (the Azha collection) and the Sarooj Oasis Villas (the Ahed and Al Thuraya collections). Both are sold off-plan, with handover targets of the third quarter of 2028 for the apartments and the fourth quarter of 2029 for the villas, per the developer.

This profile of Sarooj Development Oman draws on the developer’s own websites, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Planning, and press coverage from Muscat Daily, the Oman Observer, Zawya and Gulf Construction. Where a figure comes from one of our listing pages we say so. For Sarooj Development Oman, the useful starting facts are these: a gated site of about 86,000 square metres, a business and commercial zone of more than 11,000 square metres, a central park with a lagoon, and a developer that has built roads, ports, plants and resorts across Oman for decades. Prices are shown in Omani rials with the dollar figure in brackets, using the peg of 2.6008 dollars to the rial.

Sarooj Development Oman at a glance

Ownership, history and backing of Sarooj Development Oman

The Sarooj group describes itself on its who we are page as a business that has operated in Oman since 1976 and was restructured in 2006. The same page lists its core sectors as roads and bridges, oil and gas, marine, utilities, energy, renewables, and civil and mechanical, electrical and plumbing works. It reports a portfolio exceeding $1.3 billion and a workforce of more than 4,000, and it describes itself as a family-run business. Sheikh Mohamad Al Khalili appears on the page among its board members and top executives. The head office is at Airport Heights in Muscat.

The residential work is carried out by Sarooj Development Company, the name used by the developer’s own site and in the Zawya release on the bank agreement. The ministry’s project page for Al Sarooj Oasis lists Sarooj Development Company as the contact for the project and describes it as a gated, park-centred community in Sultan Haitham City offering apartments and villas. The developer’s site, saroojdevelopment.com, presents the communities under the Sarooj Oasis brand and carries the Sultan Haitham City logo beside its own.

Sulaiman Khamis Al Qasmi is named as Deputy CEO of Sarooj Development Company in the Zawya release on the Muzn Islamic Banking agreement. Speaking at Cityscape Global 2024, he said, as reported by the Saudi Press Agency’s Riyadh Daily, that residents would be able to extend their villas without affecting the design of the building. That statement matches the extension option on the developer’s Ahed Villas page, covered below.

From infrastructure contractor to community developer

For most of its history the group has been known for civil engineering. A Construction Business News Middle East profile lists oil and gas clients such as Petroleum Development Oman, BP, Occidental and Total, and projects including the Musandam gas plant, the Nimr water treatment plant, Shinas port, Madha road and the Haima airstrip. The same profile names Al Mouj Resort among the group’s works. The move into housing is described in the Riyadh Daily report as an expansion beyond roads and ports into housing, water, wastewater and renewable energy, in line with Oman Vision 2040.

The group also holds a contract inside the same city. In October 2024 the ministry awarded Sarooj Construction Company a RO 63.2 million contract for main roads, tunnels and culverts in Sultan Haitham City, with a 30-month completion period, according to Gulf Construction. The award formed part of RO 228 million ($590 million) of phase one infrastructure contracts. So the group’s engineering teams work on the city’s roads while its development arm builds one of the neighbourhoods.

Sarooj Development Oman projects: Sarooj Oasis in Sultan Haitham City

Sarooj Oasis is a single masterplan with three collections: the Azha apartments, the Ahed villas and the Al Thuraya villas. Muscat Daily reported on 5 February 2025 that the Ministry of Housing and Urban Planning had launched sales of the project, valued at RO 30 million, on a site of 86,000 square metres with scenic wadi views. The same report described 210 residential units, a business centre and commercial spaces covering more than 11,000 square metres, a total built-up area above 65,000 square metres, micromobility routes with walkways and cycling paths, a central plaza, a private central park, basement parking, daycare facilities and a gated layout. Ownership was described as open to both Omanis and expatriates.

The Oman Observer’s launch report adds that the event started at the group’s headquarters, that the project is adjacent to a valley, that mixed-use buildings are arranged around courtyards, and that financing options would be available. The Cityscape Global 2025 exhibitor page for Sarooj Oasis describes the community as set beside a valley within Sultan Haitham City.

The table below summarises Sarooj Oasis as described at the February 2025 sales launch, with one source for each line. Dollar figures for our listings come from our own pages and are converted at OMR 1 = $2.6008.

Azha apartments

The Azha collection is the apartment part of Sarooj Oasis. The developer’s website lists the collection in blocks, with separate pages for Azha Apartments, Block 2, Block 3 and Block 4, each with typical-floor and penthouse configuration layouts and, for the lower blocks, ground-floor layouts. Block 4 is presented on the site as Azha Residences IV, a building with a gym, an interactive games area, a multipurpose hall and a modern business zone, within the gated, park-centred community. The developer describes the apartments as having planned layouts, landscaped green areas, shared amenities and pedestrian-friendly surroundings.

Our apartments listing gives the location as Sultan Haitham City, Al Seeb, with a handover target of the third quarter of 2028, per the developer. It lists basement parking, a central park with a fountain pond, landscaped walkways, cycling paths, a community plaza, daycare facilities and a business and commercial zone above 11,000 square metres. The listing gives unit sizes and prices for two apartment types: a one-bedroom of 567 square feet (52.7 square metres) from $173,200, which is OMR 66,595, and a two-bedroom of 1,159 square feet (107.7 square metres) from $239,100, or OMR 91,933. Dividing price by area gives about $305 and $206 per square foot. Apartment buildings are described there as club-house buildings of one to four bedrooms with basement parking.

Ahed villas

Ahed has 56 villas according to our villas page. On the developer’s website, Ahed Villas are described as modern four-bedroom villas in Sultan Haitham City with the flexibility to expand into a five-bedroom home through the addition of a penthouse as a family grows. The site lists three villa types, each with its own configuration layouts. The developer describes private outdoor space, spacious layouts and a position among landscaped parks, pedestrian pathways and community spaces. The Muscat Daily launch report lists the Ahed Villas among the three collections placed on sale.

Our villas page records the Ahed and Al Thuraya villas together, with prices from $447,800 (OMR 172,178) for a 2,307 square foot layout (214.3 square metres). That equals about $194 per square foot, or OMR 803 per square metre. The page states private parking for three cars at each villa. Homes are described as handed over finished in a light-brown scheme, unfurnished, with kitchens fitted with basic units and built-in appliances. The facade is described as light-beige and sand tones with ornamental inserts, panoramic windows and decorative slatting.

Al Thuraya villas

Al Thuraya is the second villa sector, with 40 villas on our page. The developer’s website describes it as a collection with expansive plots overlooking the Sarooj Oasis central park and generous built-up areas, with the plaza, parks and community amenities within walking distance. Muscat Daily’s launch report described the Al Thuraya Villas as offering panoramic views of the valley. The site is divided into two parts by the landscaped park, so the villa neighbourhoods and the apartment component share the park but sit on separate sides of it, according to our villas page.

The central park and everyday amenities

The park is the organising feature of the community. Our villas page describes it as a continuation of the Sultan Haitham City central landscape, planned around a lagoon with two islands, a canal, a pond and shaded walking routes, with a dedicated sports zone and ornamental gardens along the central alleys. Amenities listed on our pages include themed children’s play areas, open-air sports facilities, yoga and meditation spaces, cycle paths and pedestrian walkways, a daycare centre and a plaza with retail units and a commercial gallery.

The same page gives drive times from the community: 3 minutes to Al Firdous Private School, 5 minutes to Almajarrah Supermarket, 12 minutes to the Al Seeb Street highway, 16 minutes to Mall of Muscat and to Mashaail Muscat Private School, 17 minutes to Shifa Hospital, 18 minutes to AlGinan Nursery, 19 minutes to Seeb Beach Park, 20 minutes to Seeb Mall, about 25 minutes to Muscat International Airport and about 30 minutes to central Muscat. These are the listing’s own estimates and vary with the time of day.

Summary table

Price per square foot is the dollar price divided by the internal area published on our listing page. Our price per square metre guide explains the same calculation for other Muscat projects. Prices are entry points from the listing and move with availability, so the current price list for a specific unit is the figure that applies.

Portfolio and track record of Sarooj Development Oman

The track record behind Sarooj Development Oman is the Sarooj group’s engineering portfolio, which the Sarooj website sets out sector by sector. The table below gathers named projects from those pages.

The descriptions come from the group’s civil and building, roads and airports and marine pages. The roads page also says the group won a project to construct and upgrade 200 kilometres of national roads in Dhofar, and the civil page describes expansion into solar plants, including civil and electrical services at Amal and the ramming, tracker installation and module fixing for a 17 MW solar plant for Sterling and Wilson Solar.

Community and in-country value

On its social impact page the group says its contributions to Omani communities through sponsorships, contracts, rentals and training have reached $9 million, and that it has invested more than $325 million in bringing industries, technologies and factories to Oman. It also says Petroleum Development Oman gave it the Raoul Restucci In-Country Value Award for contractors in 2021. The page adds that the group has mentored three small businesses and supports scholarships and a local charity, Dar Al Atta. Its news page carries a 50-year anniversary item, consistent with the 1976 starting date.

Sultan Haitham City context

Sultan Haitham City was inaugurated on 31 May 2023 and covers 14.8 square kilometres in Al Seeb, planned for 20,000 homes and about 100,000 residents, according to Wikipedia’s summary of the masterplan. The Oman Observer’s July 2024 review reported 6,986 residential units signed in the first year across eight developers, with the Sarooj group among them. In February 2026 the Oman Observer reported about 1,700 homes sold, buyers from more than 35 nationalities and 70 percent of the tenders in phases one and two under execution; see its report on the city’s first phase.

A Muscat Daily update on infrastructure progress in August 2026 lists Sarooj Oasis among the neighbourhoods under construction, alongside Hay Al Wafa, Yenaier and Wadi Zaha, and reports bridge structures 92 percent complete, main roads 58 percent complete and the Experience and Sales Centre finished. Our Sultan Haitham City investor guide covers the wider masterplan.

How buying works with Sarooj Development Oman

Our listing pages describe the purchase as a standard off-plan sequence. A reservation agreement and down payment secure the unit and price. A sale and purchase agreement follows, setting out the payment structure, the specification and the handover date. Instalments are paid through a project escrow account, and buyers are invited to a snagging inspection before accepting the home. The final step is registration of the title deed with the Ministry of Housing and Urban Planning.

Payment plan

Our villas page publishes a tiered plan from the developer in which a larger down payment lowers the monthly instalment paid across months 2 to 36.

The down payment plus 35 monthly instalments equals the purchase price, with the instalment rates rounded to two decimal places. On an OMR 172,178 villa, the 30 percent tier means a down payment of about OMR 51,653 and monthly instalments of about OMR 3,444. The sale and purchase agreement fixes the dated schedule, including what applies between month 36 and handover. Our payment plans analysis compares how Oman developers structure instalments, and the handover calendar lets you compare stated completion dates across projects.

Escrow and the law

Royal Decree 79/2025 requires a licensed developer to hold off-plan payments in a project escrow account and release them against verified progress. Our guide to the law dates the decree to 10 September 2025 and says it took effect on 10 March 2026. Buyers can ask the developer for the escrow bank and the project account named in the contract, and for confirmation that the reservation has been recorded.

Financing for Omani buyers

NBO Muzn Islamic Banking and Sarooj Development Company signed a memorandum of understanding on 8 July 2025 to provide Shari’ah-compliant home financing for eligible customers buying in Sarooj Oasis, according to Zawya. The release names NBO chief executive Abdullah Zahran Al Hinai and Sarooj Development Company Deputy CEO Sulaiman Khamis Al Qasmi as signatories, and says the arrangement lets eligible Omani nationals use financing under Islamic principles. Our apartments page also notes that buyers can use the developer’s instalment plan or a mortgage from a bank in Oman that lends to non-resident freehold buyers.

Service charges, exit and resale

The apartments page states that the community will operate under an owners’ association that maintains shared infrastructure such as the park, cycle paths, walkways, basement parking and the business centre, funded by an annual service charge set out in the sale and purchase agreement. Our villas page lists the service-charge schedule among the reservation documents. Our service charges guide explains how charges work in Oman developments, our guide to selling covers resale mechanics, and our rental yields guide sets out how yields are assessed.

The rial has been pegged to the dollar since 1986, so a dollar-based budget and a rial-priced plan move together; see our guide to the rial peg.

Ownership route and residency for Sarooj Development Oman buyers

Our listing pages describe Sarooj Oasis as freehold, open to buyers of all nationalities, with title registered at the Ministry of Housing and Urban Planning. Muscat Daily and the Oman Observer both reported at the launch that ownership is open to Omanis and expatriates. For the legal background on foreign ownership, the Times of Oman reported in June 2023 that Housing Minister Dr Khalfan bin Saeed Al Shuaili said the city would allow foreign ownership for eligible buyers within the government land-grant system. Our freehold guide and our guide on what foreigners cannot buy explain the wider rules.

Golden Residency and the Owner Visa

The two residency routes differ, and our comparison guide covers them in full. Golden Residency needs a single Integrated Tourism Complex property worth at least OMR 200,000 ($520,160) and is decided by the Royal Oman Police. The Owner Visa has no minimum value. The framework for foreign ownership and residency in tourism complexes is summarised in the Times of Oman explainer on the legal framework, which cites Royal Decree 12/2006 and Ministerial Decision 191/2007 as amended.

• Apartments: the one-bedroom (OMR 66,595) and two-bedroom (OMR 91,933) entry prices on our pages are below OMR 200,000; the Owner Visa has no minimum value.
• Villas: the entry price of OMR 172,178 is also below OMR 200,000.

Residency conditions are set and applied by the Royal Oman Police.

Key facts about Sarooj Development Oman

• Group history from 1976, restructured in 2006, with a portfolio above $1.3 billion and more than 4,000 staff, per sarooj.com.
• One residential masterplan in Sultan Haitham City: Sarooj Oasis, on about 86,000 square metres, with Azha apartments and Ahed and Al Thuraya villas.
• Sales launched by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Planning in early February 2025, per Muscat Daily.
• Central park with a lagoon, canal and pond, a plaza with retail units, daycare, cycle paths and basement parking, per our pages and the launch coverage.
• Villas handed over finished, unfurnished, with built-in kitchen appliances, per our villas page.
• Financing agreement with NBO Muzn Islamic Banking for eligible Omani buyers, signed 8 July 2025.
• Construction under way in 2026: the August 2026 Muscat Daily update lists Sarooj Oasis among active neighbourhoods.
• Group contract for Sultan Haitham City main roads, tunnels and culverts worth RO 63.2 million, per Gulf Construction.

Sarooj Development Oman and other Oman developers

Our developers guide gives an overview of the developers active in Oman, and the hub of Oman developer profiles lists every profile. The short table below places Sarooj Development Oman beside three developers with Muscat projects, using facts from their own profiles.

Talaat Moustafa Group’s Jood sits in the same city as Sarooj Oasis, so buyers comparing neighbourhoods in Sultan Haitham City can read both profiles side by side. Al Mouj Resort is listed among the group’s works in the Construction Business News profile cited above.

What to prepare when reserving with Sarooj Development Oman

1. The reservation form, with the unit number, collection (Azha, Ahed or Al Thuraya), price and the down-payment tier.
2. The sale and purchase agreement showing the handover date for your block or plot.
3. Escrow details: the bank, the project account and the record of your reservation under Royal Decree 79/2025.
4. The dated payment schedule, including what applies between the last instalment and handover.
5. Title documents: the form of freehold title and the registry at the Ministry of Housing and Urban Planning.
6. The specification schedule: finishes, kitchen units and appliances, parking and the amenities included in your phase.
7. The service-charge schedule and the owners’ association arrangements.
8. Your plan for the snagging inspection, either in person or through a representative holding a power of attorney.
9. If you are an Omani buyer using finance, the bank’s eligibility letter under the Muzn arrangement.
10. The residency conditions that apply to your price level, as set by the Royal Oman Police.
11. Legal review of the agreement by an Omani lawyer of the buyer’s choice.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who is behind Sarooj Development Oman?

Sarooj Development Oman is the residential arm of the Sarooj group, an Omani business operating since 1976 and restructured in 2006, according to sarooj.com. The ministry’s project page names Sarooj Development Company as the developer, and Sulaiman Khamis Al Qasmi is named as Deputy CEO of Sarooj Development Company.

What does Sarooj Development Oman sell?

Sarooj Development Oman sells homes at Sarooj Oasis in Sultan Haitham City: Azha apartments, Ahed villas and Al Thuraya villas, inside a gated site of about 86,000 square metres. Our pages list apartments and villas separately, and the developer’s website adds apartment blocks 2, 3 and 4.

Where is Sarooj Oasis?

Sarooj Development Oman is building Sarooj Oasis in Sultan Haitham City, in the wilayat of Al Seeb, Muscat Governorate. Our villas page gives drive times of about 25 minutes to Muscat International Airport and about 30 minutes to central Muscat.

What do the homes cost?

Sarooj Development Oman prices on our pages start at OMR 66,595 ($173,200) for a 567 square foot one-bedroom apartment and OMR 91,933 ($239,100) for a 1,159 square foot two-bedroom. Villas start at OMR 172,178 ($447,800) for 2,307 square feet. Prices are entry points and change with availability.

What is the payment plan?

The plan on our villas page lets the buyer choose a down payment of 20, 30, 40 or 50 percent, followed by monthly instalments in months 2 to 36 of 2.29, 2.00, 1.71 or 1.43 percent respectively. Sarooj Development Oman sets the dated schedule in the sale and purchase agreement.

When is handover?

Sarooj Development Oman targets the third quarter of 2028 for the apartments and the fourth quarter of 2029 for the villas, according to the developer. The sale and purchase agreement states the date for each unit.

Can foreigners buy at Sarooj Oasis?

Sarooj Development Oman sells Sarooj Oasis as freehold to buyers of all nationalities, with title registered at the Ministry of Housing and Urban Planning, according to our listing pages. Muscat Daily reported that ownership is open to both Omanis and expatriates.

Which residency route applies at these prices?

Sarooj Development Oman entry prices on our pages are below OMR 200,000, the single-property value that Golden Residency requires for an Integrated Tourism Complex property. The Owner Visa has no minimum value. Conditions are decided by the Royal Oman Police.

Is financing available?

Sarooj Development Oman signed a memorandum of understanding with NBO Muzn Islamic Banking on 8 July 2025 for Shari’ah-compliant home financing for eligible customers, and the release describes access for eligible Omani nationals. Non-resident buyers can use the developer’s instalment plan.

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Last checked: 10 October 2026. Sources: saroojdevelopment.com, sarooj.com, who we are, sarooj.com, civil and building, sarooj.com, social impact, Muscat Daily, sales launch, Oman Observer, launch, Oman Observer, first year, Ministry of Housing and Urban Planning, Gulf Construction, Zawya, Muzn agreement, Muscat Daily, August 2026, Times of Oman, ITC framework. Prices come from our listing pages and are converted at OMR 1 = $2.6008.