Board brief generator
A brief that keeps the provenance with the number
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Published programme position
Paraphrased from the official Diriyah Company website.
SAR 236bn+
Total development budget
Programme-level figure published for the approved Diriyah 1 and Diriyah 2 masterplans.
14 km²
Masterplan area
Diriyah 1 and Diriyah 2 approved masterplans.
28+
Hotels
Scope is Diriyah 1 / Diriyah 2 only. Wider reporting that includes Wadi Safar uses a different hotel count — the two are not interchangeable.
566k+ sqm
Retail GFA
Diriyah 1 / Diriyah 2 approved masterplans.
1.6mn+ sqm
Office GFA
Diriyah 1 / Diriyah 2 approved masterplans.
18k+
Residential units
Diriyah 1 / Diriyah 2 approved masterplans.
9 selected published construction awards total SAR 38.45bn. Coverage is selected public awards tracked in this prototype — not the full Diriyah portfolio. Construction awards and project investment values are shown separately and are never added together. Project investment values, such as the Four Seasons joint development agreement, are reported separately and never added to construction awards.
Illustrative scenario position
Demonstration data. Nothing here is published, approved or committed.
- Scenario estimate at completion exceeds scenario control budget by SAR 1.43bn across tracked projects, concentrated on Northern District.
- 27 scenario milestones are slipping, including commissioning-critical activity on the Arena superblock.
- 19 unapproved variations carry SAR 494m of illustrative exposure.
- 7 payment lines are flagged for clarification before certification.
- 14 non-conformances remain open, attributed only to fictional demo delivery partners.
Sources cited in the brief
Accessed 1 Oct 2026.
- Diriyah Company — official website homepage — Diriyah Company
- Construction contract awarded for the Royal Diriyah Opera House — Diriyah Company
- Construction contract announced for the Diriyah Arena Superblock — Diriyah Company
- SAR 18.75 billion of contract awards in the first half of 2025 — Diriyah Company
- Webuild / Salini Saudi Arabia — Diriyah Square Package 3 award — Webuild Group
- Record-breaking construction award for the Northern Mixed-Use District — Diriyah Company
- Largest awarded contract — Wadi Safar hotels and equestrian & polo club — Diriyah Company
- Phase 2 bulk excavation contract award — Diriyah Company
- SAR 2.73 billion construction contract for the Waldorf Astoria Superblock — Diriyah Company
- Construction contract for the Saudi Arabia Museum of Contemporary Art — Diriyah Company
- Joint development agreement for Four Seasons Hotel & Private Residences, Diriyah — Diriyah Company
- Diriyah destination — currently listed visitor destinations — Diriyah
Projects covered: Opera House, Arena Superblock, Diriyah Square, KSU Utilities, Northern District, Wadi Safar, Phase 2 Excavation, Waldorf Astoria, SAMoCA, Four Seasons, Operating assets.