Company
Nearly three decades of work. One company to carry it on.
Sabir Engenharias – Construção e Projetos is the development, construction and design company of the Sabir group, a family group that since 1997 has developed, built and operated real estate in Portugal and Angola.
We started in Figueira da Foz, refurbishing hotels that we operated for years and eventually sold. Then housing in Aveiro and Coimbra and, from 2008, the Zona Financeira do Patriota in Luanda, through Paraurbana. Since 2021, Sabir Engenharias concentrates that experience in Portugal.
Today we have Fonte Santa Villas underway in Marinha Grande, and the rehabilitation project of Quinta do Paço de Valverde in Évora, awaiting approval to start on site.
Track record
Hotel Wellington, Figueira da Foz. Refurbishment to four stars and ten years of operation, until its sale in 2007.
Passeio Peninsular, Figueira da Foz. 18 apartments and 8 shops beside the Casino.
Live'in Glicínias, Aveiro. 89 homes and around 4,000 m² of retail.
Sweet Residence & Gardens, Figueira da Foz. Refurbishment and 16 years of operation, until its sale in 2018.
Sweet Atlantic Hotel & Spa, Figueira da Foz. Full refurbishment over the existing structure. Four-star hotel operated by the group.
Paraurbana, Luanda. Start of the Zona Financeira do Patriota.
Sabir Engenharias is born.
Fonte Santa Villas under construction, Quinta do Paço de Valverde in approval and Phase V of the Zona Financeira do Patriota under construction.
How we work
Developer's view
Every project starts with a business plan. We assess the asset, the licensing and the exit before laying the first stone.
Lean structure, direct management
A small, senior team manages each project end to end. Execution is handed to subcontractors chosen by us, whom we supervise and control on site.
Save and optimise
Before work starts on site, we read every engineering design side by side, looking for anything that will cost money for no good reason. A change on paper takes an afternoon; found on site, it takes weeks. We work this way because almost every project we have built was paid for with our own money.
Integrated chain
We follow every project from the first drawing to the last piece of furniture. Our aluminium windows and doors are made by Aluprime, a group company with a factory in Torres Novas and ISO 9001 certification. Interior design and furniture are handled by BV Interiores, and materials and equipment are bought through Sabir Internacional, the group's purchasing company. Keeping these stages within the group gives us direct control over time and cost exactly where projects tend to overrun.
Operation and exit
We operated hotels for 10 and 16 years and sold them. We design every asset for those who will use it and those who will buy it.
Team and credentials
A small team, led by Sabir Ali, founder of the group, and Sadik Ali. Execution is done by a network of subcontractors and designers, contracted for each project.
- Technical director: Alberto Reis
- Share capital: €400,000