The Polygon Sodic El Sheikh Zayed

The Polygon SODIC in El Sheikh Zayed: a ready Grade A office

The Polygon SODIC, listed with us as The Polygon Project El Sheikh Zayed, is a business park by SODIC inside SODIC West, with 11 Grade A office buildings, one of them SODIC's own headquarters. An office is on offer at present, 336 m² for EGP 75,108,000, with 10% down and 8 years of instalments, ready for handover now.

This is not an office in a residential block, a unit in a mall or a stand-alone tower on a highway. It is a business complex built from the start as a working environment for large companies. So this is written for a company looking for a headquarters, or an investor who wants to lease to one, and the sums are different from any residential unit.

The Polygon business park: what does Grade A mean?

"Grade A" is not a marketing label; it is a specification that changes the working day itself. These are what The Polygon's buildings offer:

• Full central air conditioning: no need to fit units in every room.
• A fibre-optic network: stable internet, which on its own ends many companies' problems.
• A backup generator: work does not stop when the power goes.
• Fire detection and emergency lighting: this matters for insurance and for international companies' requirements.
• High-speed lifts and finished common areas: the company receives the space and fits out only its own interior.

The design is by the British practice Wilkinson-Eyre, with double-glazed facades that let light in and keep heat out. That lowers the air-conditioning bill all year, a figure you feel in company expenses. Walls, floors and facades are finished in high-quality materials, so a client walking into your office forms a good first impression before sitting down.

Who does an office in The Polygon suit?

A mid-sized company that wants a headquarters

336 m² is space for a large team. At about 10 m² per employee, a common office-planning figure, it holds around 30 staff. And an address inside a business park that houses SODIC's own headquarters gives the company a strong face to clients.

A branch of a large or foreign company

International companies have building requirements: backup internet, backup power and fire systems. The Polygon is built to those standards, which saves you costly modifications.

An investor leasing to companies

The office is ready, so rent can start straight away. Companies looking for Grade A offices in west Cairo are limited in number, and so is the supply, which makes a long lease to a single company a realistic scenario. Large companies that settle into a Grade A office rarely move quickly, because moving and fitting out cost them a lot.

The sum: what does this office cost the company?

A 10% deposit means EGP 7,510,800, and the instalment is roughly EGP 704,000 a month over 8 years, approximately and before any increases. With 30 staff in the office, that comes to about EGP 23,500 per employee per month.

Compare that with the rent for a Grade A office in Zayed or October for the same headcount. If the instalment is close to the rent, buying is better because after 8 years the office belongs to the company. If the instalment is much higher, renting is easier, or you can buy and lease part of the space until the company grows into it. The details are under payment plans.

After handover: what does fitting out take?

The office is ready as far as the building goes, but the company still needs to fit out the interior before working from it. These are the stages to plan for in time and budget:

• Design and layout: closed offices or open space, how many meeting rooms, a small kitchen. A law firm is not a tech company.
• Networks and equipment: the fibre is in the building, but the cabling inside the office and the servers are yours.
• Furniture and moving: usually the item most likely to run late, so start it early.

So if you are buying the office to move into, allow a few months of fit-out between handover and the first working day, and keep paying your current rent in that period. If you will lease it, tenants usually negotiate a rent-free fit-out period, so factor that in.

The Polygon or The Portal next door?

Westown The Portal sits right beside The Polygon; its offices start at only 81 m² and cost about 294,000 per m², against about 223,500 at The Polygon. So The Polygon is about 71,000 cheaper on every metre.

• If you need a large space: The Polygon, clearly. 336 m² at The Portal would cost about 98.9 million, roughly 23.8 million more.
• If you need a small office: The Portal, because The Polygon has no small units on offer.
• If moving in today matters: The Polygon and The Portal are both ready.

Offices in The Polygon against Zayed offices

These are the nearest projects with administrative offices at recorded prices, using the price per m² of their cheapest office:

• Walk Of Cairo, 1 km away: around EGP 166,000 per m².
• D Line, 3.4 km away: around EGP 153,500 per m².
• Etapa Square, 3.4 km away: around EGP 153,100 per m².
• Thru Dal Developments, 2.6 km away: around EGP 130,000 per m².

The Polygon is about 57,000 to 93,000 per m² above ordinary Zayed offices. But that compares a ready Grade A office in a business park with offices in commercial buildings of a different specification. If your company does not need that infrastructure, there are much cheaper offices around you.

The Polygon location in Sheikh Zayed

Where is The Polygon? In Sheikh Zayed, inside SODIC West. The Polygon sits in the middle of SODIC West with a direct entrance from the Cairo to Alexandria desert road, so staff and clients arrive off the highway without using inner streets. Around it are the 26th of July axis, the Dahshur link, the El Dabaa axis and the Regional Ring Road. Arkan Plaza and Juhayna Square are close, so restaurants and cafés for client meetings and staff lunches are minutes away, with Westown Hub and The Strip right beside it.

An advantage many people overlook: residential areas surround the project, such as Six West and the SODIC West compounds, so your staff can live near work, which cuts lateness and improves attendance. See it under location, or browse the other projects on the Sheikh Zayed page.

Is The Polygon by SODIC?

Yes. The Polygon houses SODIC's own headquarters. So the developer works from this very building, the clearest sign of its standard of management and maintenance. Around it are its other projects, such as Westown Medical Center and Forty West.

The Polygon business park photos

The gallery and the master plan are at the top of this page. Since the office is ready, visit the building itself: see the floor, the light and the view, the lobby your clients will walk through, and the parking, because for an office those shape both daily work and rent.

Things to know before you buy an office in The Polygon

• Ask about monthly management and service charges, which in Grade A buildings are higher than in ordinary ones, and by how much they rise each year.
• Ask about the building's operating hours, whether working at night or on holidays is possible, and the cost of air conditioning at those times.
• Ask about the parking spaces allocated to the office and visitor parking, because 30 staff need somewhere to park every day.
• Ask which interior layouts are allowed and who bears the fit-out cost.
• Read the pros and cons above.

Your next step

See the office's details under available units, and turn to the FAQs for any question.

If you want to view the office or compare it with other offices of the same size in SODIC West, message Masharf on WhatsApp from the button on this page, and we will arrange the viewing and send you a written offer with the deposit and instalments.