Abu Dhabi’s Kezad secures $40m industrial sector investment

Khalifa Economic Zones Abu Dhabi (Kezad Group), a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi-listed AD Ports Group, has secured five new industrial and logistics projects across Al Ain and Abu Dhabi.

Investments in these projects, covering more than 84,000 sq m of land, will reach AED147 million ($40 million) and create 500 new jobs, Kezad Group said in a statement on Monday.

Haber/Elixir will establish an oilfield chemicals blending facility, while Grand Line Industries will set up a car cleaning products manufacturing facility. 

Precent Enterprises Metals Coating will develop a metal forming and coating facility and Unibal Group Investment will build its second industrial and logistics warehousing project in Abu Dhabi and its first project in Kezad Al Ain. 

Al Lul Transport & General Contracting will build an industrial and logistics warehousing project in Kezad Al Ma’mourah, located between Abu Dhabi and Dubai.

Kezad has leased 73.6 sq km of land since 2025, with 67 percent of the total linked to industrial and manufacturing activity. 

AD Ports’ economic cities and free zones cluster, which includes Kezad, reported revenues of AED2.9 billion in 2025, an increase of 45 percent year on year.

Further reading:

• AD Ports net profit rises 16% to $572m
• AD Ports raises $80m from sale of Kezad warehouses
• Kezad to invest $169m to increase UAE warehousing capacity  

Abdullah Al Hameli, CEO of economic cities and free zones at AD Ports Group, said the new projects point to steady demand for industrial and logistics assets that support real economic activity in Abu Dhabi.

In 2025, the economic cities and free zones cluster added 146,000 sq m of new warehouse capacity and maintained a 91 percent warehouse occupancy rate. 

Kezad continued to expand specialised industrial hubs, including Metal Park, Rahayel Auto and Mobility City, Agtech Park and Abu Dhabi Food Hub.

Listed on the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange since 2022, AD Ports is 75.42 percent owned by ADQ, a unit of L’imad, an Abu Dhabi sovereign investment holding company.

Shares closed nearly 0.8 percent lower at AED3.91 on Monday and are down 18 percent so far this year.