Rivali Compound New Cairo carries an unusual pedigree for a Fifth Settlement address. Its developer, Samco Holding for Real Estate Development, spent three decades in contracting, manufacturing, energy and petrochemicals before pointing that construction capability at housing. Samco laid the project out on 15 acres off the Mohamed Naguib Axis as only 14 residential buildings, each rising a ground floor plus five upper storeys, with apartments, duplexes and penthouses priced from EGP 6,261,000 and a handover the company announced for 2025.
That combination changes the calculation for a buyer comparing options along the same axis. A short, already announced delivery window shortens the period during which money sits frozen in an unfinished contract, and a builder with its own execution arm carries a different risk profile from a newly formed, sales-led developer. The scheme also folds a commercial, administrative and medical mall inside its walls, so daily services and an income-producing unit type occupy the same 15 acres as the homes.
Samco Holding, the developer behind the project
Samco Holding for Real Estate Development was founded in 1994 and now counts more than thirty years of trading history. Its record sits outside property as much as inside it, spanning contracting, industry, energy, petrochemicals and pharmaceuticals, and the group has executed more than 50 projects in partnership with the Armed Forces Engineering Authority alongside more than 20 for private-sector clients. Its property work includes The Wave Mall in 6th of October.
That industrial base explains why the company runs construction in house rather than outsourcing every stage, and execution capacity is the single largest variable in whether an Egyptian off-plan project meets its stated date. For design and engineering consultancy Samco appointed Sabbour, one of the longest established engineering houses in Egypt. The brief produced facades that set contemporary glazing against Arab architectural detailing instead of committing to one idiom alone.
A masterplan of 14 buildings across 15 acres
Fifteen acres shared among only 14 residential blocks is a low building count for the plot, and the consequence shows at ground level. The open ground between blocks carries landscaped planting, water features and a dedicated walkway rather than additional slabs, and each entrance is shared by fewer households than in a denser New Cairo scheme. Every building is served by its own modern, fully secured garage.
Height is uniform across the compound at ground floor plus five upper storeys, so no block overshadows another and top-floor units keep an open outlook over the landscaped spine. The absence of standalone villas is a deliberate decision rather than an omission. Samco pushed villa-style features into the duplex and penthouse tiers instead, through private gardens at grade and large outdoor terraces at roof level.
Unit types and sizes at Rivali Compound New Cairo
The compound offers three residential formats and no standalone villas. Apartments cover the mid-sized family requirement, duplexes add private garden area at ground level, and penthouses crown each block with the largest outdoor allocation in the project. The table below sets out the ranges Samco released for each format.
| Unit type | Built-up area (m²) | Outdoor allocation | Starting price (EGP) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apartment | 155 to 177 | None | 6,261,000 |
| Duplex | 155 to 165 | Private garden, 40 to 93.5 m² | 7,415,100 |
| Penthouse | 180 to 227 | Garden and jacuzzi terrace, 115 to 127 m² | 9,120,000 |
The apartment band runs from 155 to 177 m², sized for a family that wants generous bedroom space without paying for garden upkeep. Duplexes occupy a narrower built-up band of 155 to 165 m² but attach a private garden of 40 to 93.5 m², so the largest duplex delivers close to 260 m² of combined footprint for a household that wants outdoor space its children can use unsupervised.
Penthouses run from 180 to 227 m² and add an outdoor area of 115 to 127 m² containing a garden and a jacuzzi. At the upper end that pairs 227 m² indoors with 127 m² outdoors on a fifth floor, an allocation no apartment tier in the compound matches and the closest substitute for a garden villa available here.
Unit prices and the 30% cash discount
Rivali Compound New Cairo prices start at EGP 6,261,000 for an apartment and reach EGP 7,125,000 for the largest apartment, while duplexes open at EGP 7,415,100 and penthouses at EGP 9,120,000. Samco applies a 30% discount to cash purchases. These figures reflect the 2026 update.
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Dividing the published prices by the published areas produces a cross-check that listing sites rarely show. The entry apartment works out near EGP 40,400 per m² and the largest apartment near EGP 40,250 per m², so the apartment tier is priced almost flat per metre rather than penalising the bigger units. That flat curve means a buyer moving from 155 m² to 177 m² pays for the extra area at broadly the same rate, which is uncommon in the Fifth Settlement and worth confirming against the current sheet.
The duplex entry sits near EGP 47,800 per m² of built-up area before counting its garden, and the penthouse entry near EGP 50,700 per m² before counting its terrace. Read together, those rates show where the outdoor allocation is actually being charged for. The duplex garden and the penthouse terrace are not free additions to a flat, they carry roughly EGP 7,400 to EGP 10,300 per built-up metre above the apartment rate.
The 30% cash discount is the largest single lever on the price sheet. Applied to the entry apartment it removes about EGP 1,878,300 and brings the ticket to roughly EGP 4,382,700, a gap wide enough that any buyer weighing the nine-year plan against available liquidity should price both routes before signing. Prices were updated for 2026 and remain subject to revision, so confirm the current list before contracting.
Payment plans and the costs due at handover
Samco structured four instalment routes, and the tenor lengthens as the down payment rises. The buyer therefore selects a balance between the opening cheque and the monthly commitment rather than accepting one fixed formula, which is the practical difference between this payment plan and a single-option schedule.
- 10% down payment, balance in instalments over 5 years.
- 15% down payment, balance in instalments over 6 years.
- 20% down payment, balance in instalments over 7 years.
- 25% down payment, balance in instalments over 9 years.
Two further items fall due beyond the unit price and belong in any honest budget. Samco stipulates a maintenance charge of 10% of the unit value plus EGP 150,000 for the garage, while clubhouse membership is granted free of charge. On the entry apartment the maintenance line alone adds about EGP 626,100, which is why comparing headline prices between compounds without reading the fee clauses produces a misleading result.
Location inside New Cairo and the distances that matter
Rivali Compound New Cairo occupies the second plot from the Mohamed Naguib Axis in New Cairo (Fifth Settlement), one minute from South Teseen Street. The American University in Cairo lies minutes away, while the Mosheer Tantawy Axis, Nasr City, Heliopolis and the New Administrative Capital each sit roughly 15 minutes out.
Standing on the second plot rather than the first is the detail that shapes daily life here. The compound keeps the access advantage of an axis frontage while the carriageway noise lands on the plot in front of it, a trade every buyer on a main road eventually weighs. The Mohamed Naguib Axis itself is the corridor tying eastern New Cairo into the road network running toward the New Administrative Capital, so the address sits on a route still gaining traffic volume and services rather than one already at capacity.
- South Teseen Street: 1 minute.
- The American University in Cairo: a few minutes.
- Mosheer Tantawy Axis: about 15 minutes.
- Nasr City and Heliopolis: about 15 minutes.
- New Administrative Capital: about 15 minutes via the axis.
- Suez Road and the Ring Road: direct approach from more than one direction.
- Cairo International Airport: a short drive, which matters to residents who travel often.
The immediate neighbourhood is already built rather than speculative. The compound adjoins Mountain View iCity New Cairo and Telal East, two established schemes whose residents, retail and maintenance standards set the tone of the surrounding blocks. Buying beside delivered compounds removes a risk common in newer Fifth Settlement pockets, where a purchaser can wait years for the neighbouring plots to become anything at all.
The commercial, administrative and medical mall inside the compound
Samco placed a mall of commercial, administrative and medical units inside the compound walls, which serves two ends at once. Residents reach shops, offices and clinics without passing a gate, and investors gain a unit type with captive daily footfall from the 14 residential buildings around it. Retail and clinic space inside a gated community also meets less direct competition than a unit on an open street.
Commercial units start at 30 m² from EGP 3,000,000, which works out near EGP 100,000 per m² and reflects the premium attached to ground-floor retail frontage. Administrative and medical units start at 40 m² from EGP 2,120,000, or roughly EGP 53,000 per m², close to half the retail rate in the same building. A clinic or a small office at that entry level is the cheapest route into the compound for a buyer whose objective is rental income rather than residence.
Amenities and everyday services
The service programme covers leisure, sport and security within the same 15 acres. Open ground between the blocks carries the landscaped areas and water features, while the built facilities sit inside the compound and its mall, so a resident reaches most of them on foot.
- Landscaped grounds, water features and a dedicated walkway threading between the buildings.
- Swimming pools, a gym and a spa inside the compound.
- A kids area fitted with children’s play equipment.
- A cultural club for residents who read.
- Restaurants and cafes inside the project’s own mall.
- A modern, fully secured garage for every residential building.
- Advanced surveillance cameras and security personnel on site.
- Maintenance and cleaning services running around the clock.
Clubhouse membership comes free with the unit, which removes a recurring annual charge that several Fifth Settlement compounds bill separately. Read alongside the 10% maintenance payment, that free membership is one of the few post-handover line items moving in the buyer’s favour.
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Delivery, finishing and what the announced schedule means
Samco announced handover of every unit during 2025, a short horizon against the five and six year schedules common in recently launched Fifth Settlement projects. A shorter wait compresses the period between paying a down payment and either occupying the home or letting it, which is why the delivery date carries as much financial weight here as the price per metre.
Because that schedule was announced for a year now behind us, treat it as the developer’s stated commitment and verify current construction and handover status on site before committing. The finishing specification is not stated in the published project data either, so confirm whether a unit is delivered semi-finished or fully finished, and ask whether the contract carries a penalty clause for late handover.
Who this project suits, and who it does not
Three facts carry the investment case, and each was stated above rather than assumed. The address occupies the second plot of a main axis inside an already built pocket beside Mountain View iCity New Cairo and Telal East, which supports steady resident demand and limits price volatility. The announced 2025 handover shortens the wait before a unit can be let. The developer’s contracting background and its appointment of Sabbour lower execution risk relative to a sales-led company with no build record.
The profile fits two buyers cleanly. A family with a budget opening near EGP 6.26 million that values proximity to the American University in Cairo and the eastern axes will find the apartment tier sized and priced for it. An investor targeting rental yield can enter through a medical or administrative unit in the mall from EGP 2,120,000, a ticket well under half the entry apartment, inside a community that supplies its own customers.
The project does not fit a buyer who requires a standalone villa, because no villa product exists on these 15 acres. It also suits a cash buyer materially better than an instalment buyer, given the 30% discount, so a household planning to borrow should model the nine-year plan against the discounted cash price before deciding. The penthouse, with 115 to 127 m² of garden and jacuzzi terrace, remains the closest approach to villa amenity at apartment pricing.
This analysis is guidance drawn from the stated project data and is not investment advice.
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Frequently asked questions
Does Rivali Compound New Cairo have villas?
Rivali Compound New Cairo contains no standalone villas. The project offers apartments of 155 to 177 m², duplexes of 155 to 165 m² with gardens of 40 to 93.5 m², and penthouses of 180 to 227 m² whose outdoor areas of 115 to 127 m² include a garden and a jacuzzi.
What is the smallest down payment?
The smallest down payment at Rivali Compound New Cairo is 10% of the unit value, with the balance settled over 5 years. Raising the down payment lengthens the tenor, reaching 9 years at 25% down. Paying in full instead earns a 30% cash discount.
How many buildings are in the compound?
Rivali Compound New Cairo comprises 14 residential buildings across 15 acres, each with a ground floor and 5 upper storeys. The low block count leaves the ground between buildings to landscaping, water features and a walkway, and every building holds its own secured garage.
Who was the design consultant?
Sabbour, among the longest established engineering consultancies in Egypt, handled the design and engineering consultancy for Rivali Compound New Cairo. The resulting facades combine contemporary glazing with Arab architectural detailing, applied across all 14 blocks at a uniform height of ground floor plus 5 storeys.
How much does a commercial unit cost at Rivali Compound New Cairo?
A commercial unit at Rivali Compound New Cairo starts at 30 m² from EGP 3,000,000, close to EGP 100,000 per m². Administrative and medical units start at 40 m² from EGP 2,120,000, near EGP 53,000 per m², inside the compound’s own mall.
The verdict
Rivali Compound New Cairo pairs a low-density plan of 14 buildings on 15 acres with an axis address beside delivered compounds, apartment pricing holding near EGP 40,000 per m² across the tier, four instalment routes reaching 9 years, and a 30% cash discount that rewards liquidity. To check current prices or arrange a viewing, get in touch through the form on this page.