Bahrain studying skyscraper plan

Bahrain’s Manama Municipal Council is seeking the approval for a new zoning plan that would reserve the shores of the Seef area...

Construction

UAE leads GCC interior contracting market in 2012

According to a study by Ventures ME, the UAE remains the leader of the GCC interior contracting and fit-out market for residential...

Construction

Ashghal extends bid deadline for commercial centre

The bid deadline for the contract to build a commercial centre in the Qatari capital, Doha, has been extendedby the Public Works...

Property

ACC purchases $100m Lebanese office complex

Arabian Construction Company, a Lebanese construction firm, announced on Thursday that it had purchased the Gefinor Centre office complex for $100m. Located...

Construction

Bahraini investor signs $63.6m deal to revamp Grand Muharraq Garden

Bahraini private investor, Fouad Shuwaitar, has signed a 30-year agreement with the government to begin work on the overhaul of the ‘Grand...

Construction

Dar al-Arkan inaugurates Riyadh’s largest shopping mall

Saudi Arabia’s largest developer by market value, Dar al-Arkan (DAAR), has announced the opening of the largest shopping complex in the capital,...

Construction

Iraq to be the next big thing, Dewan Architects head predicts

Iraq’s construction market will provide a lifeline for international construction firms as the government scramble to release multi-billion dollar projects that will...