Osool Digital City Master Plan
Smart infrastructure roadmap for a planned digital innovation and investment hub in Saudi Arabia.
Strategic redevelopment roadmap for Digital City: Riyadh's established information technology park in the al-Nakheel district, near King Saud University, comprising 377,000 sqm of office space across 30 buildings and now expanding with a residential and retail phase. Advised owner-operator Osool Integrated Real Estate on the technology and smart infrastructure integration for the next phase of the development, spanning six domains: integrated building and facility management, smart security integration, IoT and smart technology monitoring, smart waste management, smart wayfinding and lighting, and mobility management.
Digital City, opened in 2017 as one of Saudi Arabia's earliest technology park developments, needed a strategic redevelopment roadmap under new owner-operator Osool Integrated Real Estate, extending an established 377,000 sqm office campus into a mixed residential and retail hub, with smart infrastructure integrated into the urban fabric, across building, security, utility, and mobility systems.
Advised as Smart City Strategic Advisor on the redevelopment roadmap, incorporating technology and innovation across six domains: integrated building and facility management systems, integrated smart security, IoT and smart technology monitoring, smart waste management, smart wayfinding and lighting, and mobility management. Aligned each domain to the goal of a sustainable, efficient, and livable digital city supporting a knowledge-based economy.
Strategic roadmap delivered positioning Digital City as a hub for digital innovation, entrepreneurship, and investment in the region. Smart infrastructure framework established across all six domains, supporting the development's expansion into a mixed-use knowledge economy district and Saudi Arabia's positioning as a leader in the global digital economy.
A digital hub competing for investment and talent has to prove its technology credentials before a single tenant signs: the smart infrastructure roadmap is part of the pitch. The same logic applies to any business positioning itself as forward-looking: the technology backbone has to be visible and credible to the audience you are trying to attract, whether that is investors, tenants, or customers.
Kok, T. (2026). Osool Digital City Master Plan [Case study]. terencekok.com. https://terencekok.com/projects/osool-digital-city-master-plan/
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Book the WorkshopDiscuss a similar programme- Digital City, Riyadh, Osool Integrated Real Estate project profile: 377,000 sqm office campus across 30 buildings, LEED Gold certified, expanding with residential and retail phases
- Digital City (Riyadh), Wikipedia: Saudi Arabia's first smart city and IT park development, opened 2017 in the al-Nakheel district
- Employer testimonial letter from Meinhardt SUIT Pte Ltd (Managing Director, July 2025) naming this project available to procurement teams on request; not published online
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Digital City opened in 2017 and had aged the way any technology park does until a new owner needed a redevelopment roadmap that proved the place still belonged in a knowledge-economy conversation. Advising Osool meant being honest that some of the original infrastructure decisions no longer fit, which isn't always the message a client wants from a strategic advisor. They took it well. Watching a nine-year-old campus get a credible second act is a good outcome.
