DUSHANBE, August 8, 2014, Asia-Plus -- Dozens of new facilities for a total amount of 721.4 million will be put in commission in Dushanbe on the occasion of the 23rd Anniversary of Tajikistan’s Independence.

Construction of these facilities has been financed mostly from the city budget or by local entrepreneurs,” Shavkat Saidov, a spokesman for the Dushanbe mayor’ office, told Asia-Plus in an interview.

Among these facilities are several schools, shopping center Poytakht 90, one 12-story apartment building, 11 9-story apartment, 8 5-story apartment buildings and several sports grounds.

“The Dushanbe mayor’s office has also financed construction of a frontier post in the Zafarobod district, Sughd province,” the spokesman said.

According to him, Sheraton Dushanbe Hotel will also open its doors in September this year.  

We will recall that US hotel giant Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, inc. signed an agreement with CJSC CHL International last year, to open a Sheraton Hotel in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.  The Sheraton Dushanbe Hotel marks the entry of Starwood to Tajikistan.  The opening of this hotel is part of the company’s global strategic expansion plan that includes adding more than 60 new hotels to the Sheraton portfolio over the next three years.