El Rehab

El Rehab City: Talaat Moustafa's first city in New Cairo

El Rehab is a whole city inside New Cairo, not a compound: about 10 million square metres, roughly 2,380 feddans, built by Talaat Moustafa Group Holding and lived in for many years. The developer is not releasing units there now; ask what is available on WhatsApp 01270970000. This page covers where El Rehab is, which units it has and their sizes, its services, its pros and cons, and what to know about the developer before you decide.

Where exactly is El Rehab?

El Rehab is in New Cairo next to the First Settlement. It is a city of its own behind a wall with gates, not a district of the Settlements. According to the project data, Madinaty and El Shorouk are nearby, as are the American University in Cairo and the German University, and the main roads around it are the Middle Ring Road, the Suez Road, the Gamal Abdel Nasser axis, the Ain Sokhna road, the Amal axis, 90th Street and the Mohamed Naguib axis. El Rehab belongs to Cairo Governorate, as part of New Cairo.

What sets El Rehab apart from the compounds around it is that it is self-contained: inside the wall are markets, malls, a club and hospitals, so residents find most daily needs without leaving it. Every compound around it in New Cairo, with developer prices, is on Compounds in New Cairo.

The story of El Rehab

Hisham Talaat Moustafa said in a television interview reported by Sada El Balad in December 2019 that the idea for El Rehab was born in the 1990s, that its detailed programme was set in 1995 with international designers, and that construction began in 1997. He called the hardest challenge "creating life in the middle of the desert" and convincing people to move to a place where nobody lived yet. The same paper put the city at 10 million square metres in New Cairo, with room for about 200,000 residents.

That history matters to a buyer today: El Rehab was built in phases over many years. Some buildings date from the city's first phases, others from newer phases with a different design, including a phase called Eden with a character of its own according to the project data. A unit in El Rehab is valued by its phase and the age of its building, not by its size alone.

Unit types in El Rehab and their sizes

El Rehab has apartments from two to four bedrooms, townhouses and twin houses, villas from three to more than ten bedrooms, and shops, offices and clinics. The sizes below come from the units listed in the project data in October 2026:

Apartments vary a great deal: a three-bedroom can be 108 square metres in a building from the first phases, or 302 square metres in a newer phase on a garden. So compare two El Rehab apartments in the same phase, on the same floor and with the same view, not by bedroom count alone. The same goes for villas: a 1,250 square metre villa is often a large plot with an older house, while a 400 square metre one may be fully renovated.

Shopping and services in El Rehab

El Rehab has the services of a full city, working for years rather than promised on paper. According to the project data, the city has a commercial market and Rehab Mall, restaurants and cafes, banks and offices, El Rehab Sporting Club, hospitals and clinics, round-the-clock security and garages, all inside the city's own wall.

The club is one of the first things buyers ask about. Before buying, ask whether the club membership transfers with the unit and what it costs, and ask about the yearly service charges for the unit's phase, since they differ from one phase to another.

Pros and cons of El Rehab

The biggest advantage is that you live in a city that is lived in today, with its services, neighbours and rules. The biggest drawback is that the developer is not releasing units there now, so the long instalment plans developers offer in new compounds are not available here.

El Rehab or Madinaty?

Both are Talaat Moustafa cities built on the same idea: a complete city inside a wall. El Rehab is older and closer to the heart of New Cairo and its main roads, while Madinaty lies further out towards the Suez Road. If you want the same area but a new project with a developer instalment plan, look at the compounds around El Rehab and at Compounds in Mostakbal City, where developers sell with plans of up to 10 years.

For a ready developer flat in New Cairo, at October 2026 prices: Rock Vera has a three-bedroom of 153 m² at EGP 11,140,810, 8% down over 8 years, and Creektown a two-bedroom of 128 m² at EGP 11,448,396, 10% down over 8 years, both ready.

About the developer of El Rehab

El Rehab is by Talaat Moustafa Group, which started in 1970 according to the project data, and El Rehab was one of its first large cities. Madinaty came after it, along with other projects in our catalogue such as Privado, The Spine and Celia, and SouthMed on the North Coast. To find out what is available in El Rehab today, or to compare it with a new project on instalments, message Masharf on WhatsApp at 01270970000.