Tahrir Complex to be turned into a hotel

The Tahrir Complex in Cairo is entering a new phase in its long and storied history, after the  Supreme Council for Planning and Urban Development  approved a request submitted by the Sovereign Fund of Egypt (TSFE) to convert the complex into a hotel building.

A symbol of historic Cairo

The Tahrir Complex opened in its current form during the reign of King Farouk in 1951. It was constructed with a ship-like structure on an area of ​​28,000 square meters and a height of 14 floors, including more than 1,300 rooms.

Its establishment dates back to the time when the British forces left Egypt. King Farouk decided to demolish the English military barracks that occupied the former Ismailia Square (now Tahrir Square), and then several plans came to develop Tahrir Square.

In 1948, the Egyptian architect Mohamed Kamal Ismail, began building the formerly al-Galaa Complex – the current Tahrir Complex – at a cost of LE 350,000 at that time.