MYA: Yangon Urban Renewal and District Cooling Project

The Project is a landmark urban renewal, district cooling and heritage restoration project in central Yangon, comprising a district cooling plant and network (DC Plant), nearly 2 million square foot of hotel, retail, office and residential space across four 26- story towers and the preservation of a historical Victorian building, the former headquarters of the British Burma Railway Company. This grand heritage building, called The Old Lady , was built in 1877. The Project will be an anchor development, forming a central part of the business infrastructure of Yangon. ADB s loan will be dedicated to fund the DC Plant, which will be the first energy efficient district cooling system in Myanmar. The DC Plant will have a capacity of [8] MW and will provide sustainable, efficient, reliable, and essential cooling to the district. The DC Plant will generate cool water and distribute it through a network of piping systems to individual buildings of the Project. Construction of the DC Plant will be in tandem with the Project which is expected to commence in 1Q 2014 with schedule completion in 2 phases over 4 years.