Some 8,500 villas and apartments, as well as 7,000 shops at a complex in Al Wukair are expected to come online by the end of this year, Ezdan Holding Group has said.

Qatar Tribune quotes the firm’s CEO as saying the affordable housing project is currently about 25 percent complete, and will be inaugurated by December. Phases two and three will be ready by January 2017, he said, adding that two malls in that area will also open late this year.