Telal Al Qurm is the Integrated Tourism Complex taking shape between Wattayah and Qurum in central Muscat — a 164,900 m² mixed-use district developed by Telal Al Qurm Real Estate Company, a subsidiary of Kuwait’s Alargan International Real Estate (99% owned at its formation in 2012, per Alargan’s 2012 annual report). Brokers often use the name Alargan Towell for the project; that is the Omani joint venture formed in 2003 between Alargan International and Oman’s W.J. Towell Group. The completed masterplan is planned to hold more than 1,500 apartments, 46 townhouses and 190 serviced apartments, alongside two four-star hotels, an aqua park, a cinema complex and commercial space. The currently released phase offers 346 homes, of which 25 remain available, priced from $200,100.
This is the masterplan that gives the district its name and its legal footing. Telal Al Qurm secured an Integrated Tourism Complex licence, announced on 15 July 2024, from the Ministry of Housing and the Ministry of Heritage and Tourism — the designation that opens full freehold ownership to non-Omani buyers with a residency pathway attached. It is also, for readers who have followed our Muscat coverage, the community that surrounds Alef Qurum Residence: the two sit 166 metres apart by our own plus-code measurement, inside the same ITC.
| Project name | Telal Al Qurm (تلال القرم) |
| Developer | Telal Al Qurm Real Estate Company, an Alargan International subsidiary (the project is often referred to as Alargan Towell, a joint venture founded 2003) |
| Location | Between Wattayah and Qurum, Muscat Governorate |
| Coordinates | 23.5996° N, 58.5035° E (Plus Code HGX3+RCC) |
| Masterplan area | 164,900 m² |
| Masterplan capacity | 1,500+ apartments, 46 townhouses, 190 serviced apartments, 2 hotels |
| Current phase | 346 homes |
| Available now | 25 |
| Product | 1–3 bedroom apartments, 3–4 bedroom townhouses, land plots |
| Sizes | 667 – 2,971 sq ft (62 – 276 m²) |
| Entry price | From $200,100 (approx. OMR 76,940) |
| Completion | Q1 2028 (per the developer’s sales sheet) |
| Payment | Instalments over 6 months post-handover, full settlement by June 2028 |
| Service charge | OMR 4.5 per m² |
| Title basis | ITC freehold — open to foreign buyers, licence announced 15 July 2024 |
Because Telal Al Qurm holds an Integrated Tourism Complex licence, a non-Omani buyer can take outright freehold title here, registered in their own name — the same clear position as Al Mouj, Muscat Bay or Yamal, and quite unlike the Surooh citizen-housing schemes at Husn Al Zain and Nismat Zain. The licence announcement of 15 July 2024 covers the full 164,900 m² site, of which about 49,920 m² is given over to roads, gardens and walkways.
On residency, the table below sets the published prices against the Golden Residency rule: a single ITC property worth at least OMR 200,000, decided by the Royal Oman Police.
| Unit | Price (USD) | Price (OMR) | Versus the OMR 200,000 Golden Residency threshold |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2-bedroom apartment | $200,100 | OMR 76,938 | Below OMR 200,000 |
| 3-bedroom | $302,500 | OMR 116,310 | Below OMR 200,000 |
| 4-bedroom townhouse | $445,800 | OMR 171,409 | Below OMR 200,000 |
On the published prices, the units listed above are below OMR 200,000. The price of a specific unit decides whether it meets the Golden Residency rule, and the developer can provide pricing for larger or higher-specification units within the same scheme. What every purchase here supports is the Owner Visa (ROP Decision 87/2026): sponsor-free residency tied to ownership, valid six months to a year and renewable, extending to a spouse and first-degree relatives, with no minimum property value. It is a separate route from the ten-year Golden Residency, with different conditions. The title designation for your specific unit is confirmed in the reservation documents and can be checked with the Ministry of Housing and Urban Planning.
Two residency routes are linked to property ownership in Oman, and they work on different principles. The Golden Residency is a ten-year permit based on the value of a single Integrated Tourism Complex property: the threshold is OMR 200,000 (about $520,160 at the peg of 2.6008), it applies to one property rather than a combination of purchases, and the Royal Oman Police makes the decision. The Owner Visa, described above under ROP Decision 87/2026, is tied to ownership itself and has no minimum property value. Our Golden Residency versus Owner Visa guide sets out the current process for both.
The price written into the sale agreement is the one that counts towards the Golden Residency threshold, so buyers keep a copy of the contract. A buyer who wishes to explore the Golden Residency asks the developer for pricing on larger or higher-specification units, while the Owner Visa is available on every unit.
The sales sheet lists 346 units with 25 available. The full masterplan comprises more than 1,500 apartments, 46 townhouses and 190 serviced apartments. The two figures describe different things:
| Figure | What it describes |
|---|---|
| 346 units, 25 available | The currently released sales phase — what you can actually buy today |
| 1,500+ apartments, 46 townhouses, 190 serviced apartments | The full masterplan across its build-out, plus two four-star hotels, an aqua park, a cinema complex and retail |
The practical consequence matters more than the arithmetic. Buying into an early phase of a district that will eventually hold well over 1,700 homes plus hotels means a substantially deeper amenity base than exists on day one as the masterplan is built out. The phasing programme, the plans for the plots adjoining each building and the completion dates of the hotels and aqua park can be requested from the developer — those are the elements that will transform the district.
| Type | From (size) | Price (USD) | Price (OMR) | Per sq ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2-bedroom apartment | 958 sq ft | $200,100 | OMR 76,938 | $209 |
| 3-bedroom | 1,432 sq ft | $302,500 | OMR 116,310 | $211 |
| 4-bedroom townhouse | 2,282 sq ft | $445,800 | OMR 171,409 | $195 |
All conversions use 1 OMR = 2.6008 USD. The published size range runs from 667 sq ft; the lowest published price is for the 958 sq ft two-bedroom, and one-bedroom pricing is available on request.
Alef Qurum Residence is a 32-apartment building by Rozal Development sitting 166 metres away inside the same ITC, with the same title basis and the same district, and a target handover of Q2 2029.
The price table lists three representative units. The two-bedroom apartment starts at 958 sq ft (about 89 m²) and costs $200,100, or OMR 76,938, which is $209 per sq ft. The three-bedroom apartment has 1,432 sq ft (about 133 m²) at $302,500, or OMR 116,310, which is $211 per sq ft. The four-bedroom townhouse covers 2,282 sq ft (about 212 m²) at $445,800, or OMR 171,409, which is $195 per sq ft.
Between the two-bedroom and the three-bedroom, the floor area grows by 474 sq ft and the price by $102,400 (OMR 39,372). Between the three-bedroom apartment and the townhouse, the area grows by 850 sq ft and the price by $143,300 (OMR 55,099). The townhouse also adds a maid’s room, a family living area and private outdoor space, so the per-square-foot figures describe different home types.
Against the Golden Residency rule, each listed unit is below OMR 200,000: the two-bedroom is 38.5% of the threshold, the three-bedroom 58.2% and the townhouse 85.7%. Pricing for the one-bedroom apartments is available from the developer on request, and the published size range of 667 to 2,971 sq ft (62 to 276 m²) shows that the three rows above are a sample of the full product mix.
The developer publishes four representative plans, and they are unusually detailed — every room is dimensioned.
| Type | Key rooms and dimensions |
|---|---|
| 1-bedroom apartment | Living & dining 3.80 × 7.00 m, master bedroom 3.62 × 3.85 m, master bathroom 1.38 × 2.35 m, kitchen 2.38 × 3.22 m |
| 3-bedroom apartment | Living & dining 3.60 × 7.75 m, master bedroom 3.50 × 3.70 m with en-suite 1.45 × 2.40 m, bedroom 1 at 3.30 × 3.50 m, bedroom 2 at 3.45 × 3.85 m, kitchen 3.30 × 3.45 m |
| 3-bedroom townhouse | 179 m² over two floors (92 m² ground + 87 m² first). Ground: living 3.80 × 6.47 m, dining 3.80 × 4.50 m, kitchen, guest WC, maid’s room 2.15 × 2.30 m with own bathroom, front yard 20 m² and backyard 21 m². First: master 3.90 × 4.32 m, two further bedrooms, two bathrooms, family living area 2.85 × 3.68 m |
| 4-bedroom townhouse | Ground: living & dining 3.98 × 10.80 m, guest bedroom 3.60 × 3.98 m with bathroom, kitchen 3.16 × 3.55 m, maid’s room, guest WC, backyard 106 m². First: master 3.35 × 4.00 m with 2.00 × 3.36 m en-suite, two further bedrooms, family living area 3.55 × 4.49 m, terrace |
Three features of the plans. First, both townhouse types include a maid’s room with its own bathroom, and both put a genuine second living area upstairs — the family living room on the first floor is what separates these from a standard three-bedroom apartment. Second, the four-bedroom townhouse’s 106 m² backyard is exceptional for central Muscat; it is larger than the entire footprint of many apartments in the same district and is the strongest single argument for the larger unit. Third, the three-bedroom townhouse’s 179 m² across two floors is more usable space than the 1,432 sq ft (133 m²) three-bedroom apartment.
The payment structure is short: instalments over six months after handover, with full settlement due by June 2028. That is a genuine post-handover element of the plan.
The developer’s current sales sheet gives a handover target of Q1 2028; six months of post-handover instalments take the schedule to full settlement by June 2028. The contractual handover date is set out in the sale agreement, and it determines both when you take possession and when the balance falls due.
The service charge is OMR 4.5 per m², marginally below the OMR 5 charged at neighbouring Alef Qurum. Applied to the published sizes:
| Type | Approx. area | Indicative service charge |
|---|---|---|
| 2-bedroom apartment | 89 m² | OMR 401 |
| 3-bedroom | 133 m² | OMR 599 |
| 4-bedroom townhouse | 212 m² | OMR 954 |
The service charge schedule sets out the basis of the OMR 4.5 per m² rate, whether increases are capped and what the charge covers. For buyers who prefer conventional financing, Omani banks lend to non-residents at around 70% loan-to-value near 6.00% per annum; benchmarks come from the Central Bank of Oman. Budget separately for the 3% transfer fee that applies to foreign buyers.
The plan on this page is concise: instalments over six months after handover, with full settlement by June 2028 and a handover target of Q1 2028 per the developer’s sales sheet. The split between the payment at reservation and the instalments after handover is set out in the sale agreement, so the arithmetic below is illustrative.
Every 10% of the two-bedroom price is OMR 7,694, of the three-bedroom price OMR 11,631 and of the townhouse price OMR 17,141. As a scale reference, one sixth of the whole two-bedroom price is OMR 12,823 ($33,350) and one sixth of the three-bedroom price is OMR 19,385. Those sixths show the scale of one instalment if the entire price were spread over six payments; a smaller post-handover share gives proportionally smaller instalments.
For bank financing, the page cites lending to non-residents at around 70% loan-to-value, which on the two-bedroom corresponds to about OMR 53,857, leaving a buyer contribution of about OMR 23,081, subject to the lender’s own terms.
Buying off-plan at Telal Al Qurm follows the normal sequence for ITC projects in Oman.
Three items sit alongside the purchase price. The first is the service charge of OMR 4.5 per m² per year, the owner’s annual contribution to the shared running of the community; the schedule accompanying the sale agreement sets out how it is invoiced and what it covers. On the sizes in the price table, it gives about OMR 401 a year for the two-bedroom (roughly OMR 33.4 a month), OMR 599 for the three-bedroom and OMR 954 for the four-bedroom townhouse. For the two-bedroom that is about 0.52% of the entry price.
The second is the 3% transfer fee for foreign buyers. As an illustration on the listed prices, 3% equals about OMR 2,308 on the two-bedroom, OMR 3,489 on the three-bedroom and OMR 5,142 on the townhouse; the sale documents confirm the exact base.
The third is currency. Every conversion on this page uses the fixed peg of OMR 1 = USD 2.6008, so OMR 76,938 equals $200,100 once rounded. Our rial peg guide explains why the rate is stable.
The plus code decodes to 23.5996° N, 58.5035° E, in the corridor between Wattayah and Qurum, with the Muscat Expressway and Sultan Qaboos Street both close by. Our measurements put it 3.8 km from Ruwi, 4.7 km from Shatti Al Qurum beach, 7.5 km from the Royal Opera House and 22.3 km from the airport. This is genuinely central Muscat — an established, high-amenity district rather than a new suburb, which is exactly what makes an ITC designation here valuable.
| Destination | Driving time |
|---|---|
| The Sultan Center Al Qurum Mall | 5 minutes |
| Al Fair Supermarket | 10 minutes |
| Al Qurum Park | 11 minutes |
| Shatti Al Qurum Beach | 12 minutes |
| Opera Galleria Mall | 13 minutes |
| Our Planet International School | 14 minutes |
| Al Masa Mall | 15 minutes |
| Al Sahwa Schools | 16 minutes |
| British School Muscat | 16 minutes |
| Mutrah Souq | 16 minutes |
| Ras Al Hamra Golf Club | 16 minutes |
| Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque | 18 minutes |
| Muscat International Airport | 23 minutes |
The driving-time table falls into four bands. Everyday errands are within ten minutes: The Sultan Center Al Qurum Mall at 5 and Al Fair Supermarket at 10. Leisure follows at 11 to 13 minutes: Al Qurum Park, Shatti Al Qurum Beach and Opera Galleria Mall. Schools and sport sit at 14 to 16 minutes, from Our Planet International School at 14 to Al Sahwa Schools, British School Muscat and Ras Al Hamra Golf Club at 16.
Muscat International Airport is 23 minutes away, and the Muscat Expressway and Sultan Qaboos Street are both close.
The buildings are contemporary rather than traditional: five to six storeys, composed in bands of grey stone-textured cladding and white render with deep-set balconies in dark frames and generous glazing. Windows are panoramic; apartments are handed over finished in a light-brown palette. It is a more angular, urban idiom than the curved white forms at Alef Qurum next door.
| Category | Provision |
|---|---|
| Hospitality | Four- and five-star hotels within the masterplan, plus serviced residential apartments |
| Leisure | Aqua park and cinema complex in the wider scheme |
| Community | Modern clubhouse, community centre |
| Sport | Sports grounds and recreation areas |
| Landscape | Landscaped parks and walking routes |
| Retail | Ground-floor commercial units — shops, cafés and services |
The hotels are the structural difference between this and a standalone building. A four- and five-star hotel inside your community brings serviced-apartment management, food and beverage, and a level of maintained public realm.
Telal Al Qurm is held by Telal Al Qurm Real Estate Company, an Omani project company that Alargan’s 2012 annual report lists as a subsidiary 99% owned by Alargan International Real Estate Company of Kuwait; a tender listing for the townhouse phase names it as the client. The name Alargan Towell, which many brokers use for the project, belongs to the related Omani joint venture established in 2003 as a partnership between Alargan International and W.J. Towell Group of Oman — one of the Sultanate’s oldest and best-known family conglomerates. That joint venture focuses on residential and mixed-use communities, and its portfolio includes Al Waha in Barka, Beyout Al Faye, Qurum Gardens in Muscat and Alargan Village in Al Bustan.
The Alargan Towell joint venture brings two decades of Omani delivery, an established local partner, and completed communities a buyer can visit. Telal Al Qurm is also an award-winning, ITC-licensed district in the middle of the capital.
Alargan International Real Estate Company was founded in Kuwait in 1994 as a contractor building middle-income housing and has been listed on the Kuwait Stock Exchange since 2007; per its 2012 annual report, it set up Alargan Towell Investment Company in Oman in 2003. W.J. Towell, the Omani partner, describes itself as a family-owned group established in Muscat in 1866. The joint venture’s earlier work includes Beyout Al Faye in Al Khoud (126 residential units) and Al Waha in Barka, which received the 2016 Affordable Housing Project of the Year award.
The full record, with sources, is on our Alargan Towell developer profile, and the developer directory places it alongside nine other profiled companies.
| Development | Setting | Framework | Handover | Character |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Telal Al Qurm | Wattayah–Qurum, central Muscat | ITC freehold | Q1 2028 | 164,900 m² masterplan with hotels |
| Alef Qurum Residence | Same ITC, 166 m away | ITC freehold | Q2 2029 | 32-apartment boutique building |
| Yamal | Al Seeb coast, marina | ITC freehold | Q4 2029 / Q1 2030 | 2.21 km², ~6,200 units |
| Bellevue, Al Mouj | Coastal, marina | ITC freehold | — | Established premium community |
| Muscat Bay | Coastal coves | ITC freehold | Completed | Boutique villas and apartments |
| Al Mina, Barr Al Jissah | Coastal, marina | ITC freehold | — | Marina residences and beach villas |
| Olive Farms, Jebel Sifah | Coastal resort | ITC freehold | — | 46 golf-side villas |
| Opal Residences, Muscat Hills | Inland, golf | ITC freehold | — | Golf-course apartments |
| The Sustainable City — Yiti | Yiti valley | ITC freehold | — | Net-zero community |
| Uptown Muscat | Knowledge Oasis, inland | Madayn estate | Q1 2027 | — |
Among the ITC options, Telal Al Qurm’s distinguishing feature is centrality. Al Mouj, Muscat Bay, Barr Al Jissah and Jebel Sifah are coastal resort communities twenty to forty minutes from the city; Yamal is a large waterfront destination west of the capital. Telal Al Qurm is the one that puts freehold title in the middle of the working city, five minutes from a supermarket and a quarter-hour from the beach, the golf club and the schools.
Both projects share the same ITC and freehold basis. Alef Qurum Residence is a building of 32 apartments with entry prices from OMR 42,987 ($111,801), a target handover of Q2 2029 and a service charge of OMR 5 per m² per year; its plan is a 20% down payment, ten quarterly instalments of 6.5% and 15% on completion. Telal Al Qurm adds townhouses, a 164,900 m² masterplan and a handover target of Q1 2028.
The tenant case here is unusually solid. Qurum and Wattayah are long-established diplomatic, corporate and professional neighbourhoods — embassies, head offices, international schools and the city’s best-known retail are all within a short drive — and the supply of newly built, properly finished apartments in that specific corridor is limited, because most of the housing stock is older. A well-specified two-bedroom with covered parking in a managed ITC community should let readily to exactly the tenant base that already lives here.
Handover is targeted for 2028. Oman levies no personal income tax on individuals’ rental income, which materially improves net returns; official statistics come from the National Centre for Statistics and Information and investor incentives from Invest Oman.
Oman’s capital makes a quieter case than its Gulf neighbours, and for a certain buyer that is the appeal. Muscat ranks among the safest cities in the world in Numbeo’s crime and safety indices; living costs sit below neighbouring Gulf capitals; and the city has kept its low-rise character and its landscape, with the Hajar mountains directly behind the built-up area and a long coastline in front. English is used routinely in business, the international school network feeds into British and American university systems, and there is no personal income tax on rental income. The Royal Opera House Muscat is a short drive away. General information on the Sultanate is published at oman.om, with current affairs via the Times of Oman.
Families will find a maid’s room, a first-floor family living area and private yards in the townhouses, with schools 14 to 16 minutes away. Second-home owners can use an apartment as a base in the centre of Muscat, with the Owner Visa available on any unit. Investors will note the diplomatic, corporate and professional neighbourhoods around Qurum and Wattayah; actual rents depend on the market, and our rental yields guide covers realistic figures. Retirees will find a supermarket 10 minutes away, a park at 11 and the beach at 12.
The currently released phase has 346 homes, of which 25 remain available, with prices from $200,100 (OMR 76,938).
Yes. The project holds an Integrated Tourism Complex licence announced on 15 July 2024, which opens freehold ownership to non-Omani buyers.
The Owner Visa has no minimum property value. The Golden Residency requires a single ITC property worth at least OMR 200,000 and is decided by the Royal Oman Police; the listed prices are below that figure.
It is OMR 4.5 per m² per year, about OMR 401 a year for the 89 m² two-bedroom apartment.
The developer’s sales sheet gives a handover target of Q1 2028, with instalments over six months after handover and full settlement by June 2028.
UInvest Group works directly with developers across Oman. For Telal Al Qurm we can obtain current availability from the 25 remaining homes, unit-specific pricing in Omani rials including the one-bedroom units, the full floor plans for apartments and townhouses, the contractual handover date, and written confirmation of the ITC title and the residency route your purchase supports.
If you are weighing this district specifically, ask us to show it alongside Alef Qurum Residence 166 metres away — same ITC, same title, with a target handover of Q2 2029. Our wider ITC portfolio runs from the marina communities at Al Mouj and Barr Al Jissah to the resort villas at Jebel Sifah and the new waterfront destination at Yamal.
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