ENGLAND FOOTBALLER RIO FERDINAND VISITED THE SITE OF HIS NEW VILLA AT LE JARDIN DE FLEUR, SAÏDIA

Rio Ferdinand attended a private viewing on Friday 27 June hosted by Le Jardin de Fleur to the site of his luxury riad style Moroccan villa in 'Le Village des Amis', which he has named “one of the best spots in the world”.

Rio has purchased a 5 bedroom, three bathroom villa from Le Jardin de Fleur for £500,000, as well as townhouses for family members. Fellow team mates and friends, John Terry and Gary Neville have also personally invested in villas at Le Village des Amis. “I can’t wait to get out here on holiday when it’s all completed” said Rio.

The evening before the trip Rio attended a welcome reception in Marbella at the home of Mr. Margus Reinsalu - one of the three founding partners of Property Logic, before being flown by private aircraft to Oujda – just 30 minutes drive from the new holiday destination of Mediterrania Saïdia.

Mr. Ferdinand inspected the construction progress and admired Saïdia’s beautiful beachfront. The football hero also met with local children to give signed autographs, football shirts and to play some football on the beach before departing from Saïdia.

Le Jardin de Fleur offers attractive investment opportunities in a variety of luxury tourism residences composing 11 beautifully designed resorts within the Mediterrania Saïdia master plan. The developer behind Le Jardin de Fleur, Property Logic has already brought more than 1500 British visitors to Saïdia in the period of 2 years. Their clients are high quality investors who are impressed by the region’s potential to create a luxury tourism niche in coming years. The expansion plans for Oujda airport and the opening of the new access road between Oujda and Saïdia will also help to ensure that targets for tourism arrivals in 2010 are well on track.

Mr. Ferdinand is one of several Premier League stars who have built up a property portfolio with the help and advice of New Era Overseas (NEO), a company that specialises in advising the world's sporting elite. New Era Overseas Ltd was set up by former City trader Ross Taylor, ex footballer Jamie Moralee. Other investors in Le Jardin de Fleur include football stars from Spain, France, Serbia, Italy, Holland and Africa, along with VIPS from the world of entertainment.

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