Sham View is a residential and commercial development between the Qudsaya suburb and the Dummar project in Rural Damascus. It was launched in Damascus on 24 August 2026 under the patronage of the Ministry of Public Works and Housing, as a partnership between the General Housing Establishment and the Saudi real estate developer Thara. SANA described it at the launch as the largest investment and residential project of its kind in Syria.

According to Tamam al-Debel, Director General of the General Housing Establishment, the Saudi partner holds real estate developer and investor certificates, granted after its financial solvency and execution capacity were checked.

Location and Area

• Location: between the Qudsaya suburb and the Dummar project, in Rural Damascus. The Ministry of Public Works and Housing's subscription page describes it as a strategic location close to the city of Damascus.
• Land area: 178 hectares (1.78 million square metres), according to the General Housing Establishment.

Capacity and Scale

At the launch, the Director General of the General Housing Establishment gave SANA the following figures:

• Units: more than 10,000 real estate units, among them 7,500 housing units and more than 2,000 commercial and hotel units.
• Residents: designed to house more than 22,000 people.
• Execution period: up to 5 years.
• Services: more than seven schools, as well as mosques and cultural and service centres.

According to A2Z Syria, Mohammed Abu Nayan, chairman of the Saudi-Syrian Business Council, said at the launch that the project is aimed at the middle class and at expatriates.

Financing and Payments

At the launch on 24 August 2026, the Director General of the General Housing Establishment said that:

• Financing: the project is funded entirely by investors' capital and foreign-currency inflows, without relying on subscribers' money.
• Instalments: subscribers' instalments are tied to progress on site, and the second payment falls due only once the infrastructure is fully complete.

According to the Ministry of Public Works and Housing's subscription page, the General Housing Establishment directly supervises subscription and allocation. Subscription for the first phase opened in September 2026. The payment schedule published with it ties the allocation payment, from which the subscription amount is deducted, to completion of 50% of the infrastructure works for the subscribed units; the full schedule is set out in the update below.

Infrastructure and Planning

• According to the Director General, the announcement came once much of the infrastructure and road building was done and the zoning plan was finished.
• According to SANA, the project uses modern, sustainable construction techniques and applies smart-community standards.

Update, September 2026: First-Phase Subscription

2,000 housing units in the first phase

SANA reported on 22 September 2026 that Thara and the General Housing Establishment had begun subscription for the first phase of Sham View, covering 2,000 housing units. The Director General of the General Housing Establishment said these units are only the first phase, with further phases to be announced later, and that handover of the apartments will start in 2029.

Subscription steps

The Ministry of Public Works and Housing's subscription page sets out two stages: registering interest and uploading documents through the project website, then the subscription stage from 27 September 2026, in which the applicant receives the approved form, pays the subscription amount into the assigned bank account and has the payment confirmed. According to SANA, the subscription amount must be paid within 72 hours of completing the form, and allocation procedures start within four months of signing it.

Prices and payment schedule

The units and payments document attached to the Ministry's page lists five categories, from one bedroom and a living room (about 65 to 85 m²) to five bedrooms and a living room (about 160 to 250 m²), with subscription amounts of 3,000 to 7,000 US dollars. The estimated price ranges from 1,180 to 1,460 dollars per square metre, with the final price set at allocation. Later payments are tied to milestones certified by the project consultant: topping up to 25% at allocation, once 50% of the infrastructure works for the subscribed units is complete; 25% when the foundations are finished; 20% when the structure is finished; 10% when the façades and shared corridors are finished; 10% when interior finishing is complete; and 10% at final handover. All payments go into the project's joint bank account at a bank approved by the company and the General Housing Establishment.

Works on site before subscription

Speaking to SANA, the Director General said that work on site, including the infrastructure, got under way ahead of the formal opening of subscription so that the project would stay on schedule.

Supply contracts

According to Euronews Arabic on 18 September 2026, Thara has contracted specialist suppliers for the project's infrastructure works, building materials and finishing.