The general master plan was designed by the Italian architect Enzo Calabrese and his architecture firm Kei_En.
Construction began in 2008, after being approved by the former Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.
[1][2] The site is located in the Lac de Tunis area in the northern suburbs of the city.
The site is bordered by two roads, the main Rue de Lac on one side and the motorway connecting Tunis with the suburbs on the other.
The first part of the project is Cedar, a housing district made up of 11 high-rise apartment buildings, approximately 50 standard villas and grand villas, as well as 13 blocks of low-rise townhouses/apartments which will be called the village.