It was designed by Rahman Golzar, Architect Dr. Fereidoun Azari, and American architecture firm ‘Gruzen Partnership’.

[5] At the beginning, Ekbatan was the largest property development by a privately held company in Western Asia.

The constructor group was owned in majority by Rahman Golzar and his family, and in minority by Mohammad Ali Bagherzadeh.

Following the 1979 Revolution, the new incoming government nationalized the group and all its subsidiaries and affiliates, and placed its ownership with the Ministry of Housing, it was later sold to public and is now privately owned.

The landscape is designed in a way to combine nature and modern living together; a concept that, due to environmental concerns, is being explored more in architectural practices.

The town also has a variety of shopping places, such as the Mega Mall located at Phase 2, which have developed within the recent years.

The main boulevard in Phase 2 is named after IRNA reporter Mahmoud Saremi, a terrorism-victim killed by Taliban while working in Mazar-i-Sharif.

On the last Wednesday eve of the Iranian year, before Nowruz, Ekbatan is the host of one of the biggest Charshanbe Suri festivals in Tehran.

In March 2023 the 'Ekbatan girls' hit national headlines with their dance video protesting the Iranian government's stance on women's rights, for which they were detained.