Dozens of residential settlements are currently being built, or are in the preparatory phase of construction, in and around Sarajevo. The owners of these settlements are investors from Arab countries.
According to estimates of BiznisInfo, if all of these settlements are built, accommodation for as many as 100,000 people would be made.
Those are mainly gated settlements intended for buyers from Arab countries, where houses are already being advertised for sale.
The settlements include dozens to hundreds of villas, several buildings, a mosque, stores, restaurants, sports fields and other facilities.
The settlements being built or are planned to be built in Sarajevo are:
Sarajevo Resort Osenik, Orchid Resort, Aljezeera Residental, Country Side Resort, Tarčin Forest Resort, Duranovići residential resort, Green Hills Resort, Ourika resort, Anoor Resort, Ilidža Pearl Resort, Almontaza, Vlakovo Resort, Nova Ilidža, Saraya Resort, Dema Resort,Poljine Hills, Green Valley City, Salam City, Nebocaj Forest Resort, Smrekovica Resort, Buroj Ozone and others.
Besides Sarajevo, investors are mostly interested in Visoko where dozens of similar settlements are about to spring up. Foreign investors have bought 1.7 million square meters of land in Visoko by late last year, where these cities will rise.
The settlements being built or are planned in Visoko are:
Visoko Resort, Rawasi Visoko I, Rawasi Visoko II, Al Waha Resort Visoko, Martyrs, Loulou Resort, Gorani resort and others.