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Thursday 09 February 2012

Rearing cities

Dr P Mohamed Ali, Chairman of the Mfar Group

 

Dr P Mohamed Ali, Chairman of the Mfar Group “Real leaders are ordinary people with extraordinary determination.”

 

The multi-pronged Mfar Group is tapping into key industries in emerging India with a slew of projects that include IT business parks, luxury hotels, commercial and retail buildings.

 

Founded by Chairman Dr P. Mohamed Ali, the Mfar Group has a presence in real estate and construction, the keystones of Bangalore’s economy, with Mfar Holdings and Mfar Construction respectively; in addition it is making inroads into hospitality with Mfar Hotels. Dr Ali’s 30 years experience in the engineering and construction sector, and the paradigm set by Rs 4875 crore (US $1.2 billion) Galfar Engineering & Infrastructure LLC, of which Dr Ali is the Vice Chairman. With operations in Qatar, Oman, UAE, Brunei and Yemen, Galfar is the largest construction company in Oman and is a recipient of the coveted Sword of Honour from the British Though relatively nascent, the group harnesses the expertise of Safety Council.

Contacts

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Tel:  +91 (80) 4121 7471 

 

  

Tel:  +91 (80) 4110 2170 

 

 

Mfar Group Bangalore

 

Philips Software Centre

 

Philips Software Centre

Quality Personified

The group founded Mfar Construction in 1996 which defines its purpose as a combination of values. Its vision is to apply innovative techniques and best construction practices to provide cost-effective solutions to construction needs. It is also committed to safety and environmental protection, keeping the trust of all its stakeholders, inspiring people to achieve goals and promoting dignity of labour. Mfar Construction’s workplace policies and quality management systems have received the ISO 9001:2000 certification and its safety records and eco-quotient have been certified with the stamps of ISO 14001:1996 and OHSAS 18001:1999 from BVQI (Bureau Veritas), India. Forging a reputation on fast, reliable and quality construction, it has have completed projects for Tesco, Satyam, India Builders Corporation, Embassy, Tata Housing, Brigade Group and Salarpuria along with numerous residential, educational and religious projects.

 

Mfar Holdings moved into real estate in 2004. Its focus is social infrastructure, which includes malls, housing, commercial infrastructure in the form of software parks, and ancillary services such as facility management and project management services. Among its more exciting projects are the 1.1 million sq ft IT development, Mfar-Manyata Tech Park - a 300000 sq ft five star hotel on Outer Ring Road, a 50 acre development near the new international airport, a 100 acre development in Mangalore, a commercial retail project and a mixed-use development in Thrissur.

Let the Good Times Roll

Le Meridien, Cochin

 

Le Meridien, Cochin

 

Mfar Holdings and Mfar Hotels were launched in 1997, and the core competencies of the three subsidiaries are perfectly leveraged in each other’s projects. For instance, the Le Meridien Cochin and Cochin Convention Centre, owned by Mfar Hotels, were built by Mfar Constructions. The hospitality industry is catered to by Mfar Hotels, which wants to expand its reach beyond the flagship properties of Le Meridien Cochin and Cochin Convention Centre.

 

Besides building an upscale resort cum residential project in Cochin and and a new resort project in Thekkady, it is broadening its reach to Chennai and Bangalore. Cities everywhere in India are snapping at the bait, raring to be transformed into global destinations for business and leisure. Mfar sees the promise through from the ground up, thus proving itself as a key stakeholder in the skyline.