Snasco, master developer of the Sharjah Investment Centre (SIC) project, will start selling eight plots for development of staff accommodation buildings.

The step follows the release and rapid sales of industrial and mixed-use plots in the project's first and second phases.

The plots will start selling from a starting price of Dh16 million each since they are in limited number, the developer told Emirates Business.

Chairman Saleh Nasser Al Sorayai said: "The progress of the SIC thus far has been phenomenal, as has the demand for property in this development. Plots have thus far been snapped up as soon as they were released for sale, and with the launch of these staff accommodation plots, we expect to be extremely busy during the coming period.

"Our vision for this portion of the development is a fully-equipped living area that provides residents with everything required for convenient living, while simultaneously maintaining the highest of standards in terms of quality and consideration for the environment."

The 32 million square feet development, strategically located between two international airports and just 10 kilometres away from Sharjah's Al Hamriyah shipping port, offers a fully integrated and serviced community within a self-contained environment, including its own district cooling and sewerage treatment systems, as well as a recycling system for grey water, which will supply water for the development's irrigation and fire fighting services, eliminating the use of healthy drinking water for these services.

Grading and levelling for the SIC as well as excavation, backfilling and the laying of pipes for the new development's sewerage network at the end of March 2008 was completed.