In Focus: Abu Dhabi property market

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In Focus: Abu Dhabi property market

Playing host to major global events like a F1 Grand Prix and the Volvo Ocean Race in the past few months has...

Infrastructure

Finland’s Wärtsilä to deliver two power plants in Oman

Finland-based Wärtsilä will supply two power plants with a combined capacity of 104MW for the Rural Areas Electricity Company (RAECO) in Oman....

Property

Meraas to develop Bulgari-branded homes in Dubai

The Dubai developer Meraas plans to build Bulgari-branded homes as part of a wider 158,000sqm development named after the luxury Italian brand. The...

Property

Alabbar’s Eagle Hills in deal with Serbia for $3bn Belgrade megaproject

The Abu Dhabi-based Eagle Hills, which is led by Emaar founder Mohamed Alabbar, has clinched a deal to build a massive waterfront development...

Property

Riyadh, Jeddah to see 16,000 new hotel rooms by 2018, says JLL

Saudi Arabia’s two major cities Riyadh and Jeddah are predicted to see 16,000 new hotel rooms by 2018, a recent report by...

Infrastructure

Qatar Rail completes 20km of tunnels for Doha Metro

Qatar Rail has completed nearly 20km of tunnelling out of a total of 113km for the Doha Metro project, it said at a press...

Construction

Construction begins on Dubai Expo 2020 site

Construction work has begun on the Expo 2020 venue infrastructure and other facilities that will be part of the 280,000-hectare project, a senior...

Construction

Abu Dhabi’s TDIC awards enabling-works contract for Saadiyat project

Abu Dhabi’s Tourism Development and Investment Company (TDIC) has awarded the enabling-works contract for its Mamsha Al Saadiyat project to Nael &...

Property

Cityscape: Aldar to build 2,000 homes to meet Abu Dhabi demand

Abu Dhabi’s Aldar Properties has launched three residential developments with 2,000 homes to meet growing demand in the emirate, the developer announced ahead...