Companies Dubai merges two of its biggest developers Two of Dubai’s biggest developers, Nakheel and Meydan, are to merge under the umbrella of Dubai Holding, the investment company owned by Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, the emirate’s ruler. The…
News Work completed on Nikken Sekkei development that will be ‘Dubai’s front door’ One Za’abeel, a 530,000 sq m development consisting of two towers connected by a 100m-high, 230m-long cantilevered structure above a highway, will act as the “entrance to central Dubai” according…
News Construction begins on Dubai’s second tallest tower Work has started on the Burj Azizi, a $1.5bn tower named after Dubai Azizi Developments, which is likely to become the second tallest building in the city after the 828m…
News Dubai firm invests in $600m Ethiopian wind farm Dubai renewables developer AMEA Power has signed a deal with the Ethiopian finance ministry to invest in an 18,000-hectare wind farm in the Horn of Africa region. Set to cost…
News Luxury Dubai tower sells out before construction starts Dubai’s Samana Developers says all 193 apartments in its $68m Manhattan-1 residential tower in Jumeirah Village Circle have already sold out as the project to build it gets underway. The…
News SSH appointed lead consultant on beachfront development in Ras Al Khaimah RAK Properties PJSC has appointed SSH as lead consultant for a new beachfront development on Hayat Island in Mina Al Arab, Ras Al Khaimah, UAE.
News Spanish contractor wins share of $3.6bn Abu Dhabi gas project Abu Dhabi’s national energy company Adnoc has awarded a $3.6bn project to expand its gas processing infrastructure to a joint venture between Spain’s Técnicas Reunidas and the UAE’s state-owned National…
News Foster + Partners designs Dubai vertiport The ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, has endorsed a provisional concept design for a “vertiport” in the emirate created by UK headquartered architect Foster + Partners.…
News Adjaye Associates’ church, mosque and synagogue complex opens in Abu Dhabi The Abrahamic Family House, a religious complex designed by Adjaye Associates for Saadiyat Island in Abu Dhabi, is opening to the public today. The 7,700 sq m site contains a…
News South Korea, UAE eye projects worth $6.1bn South Korean president Yoon Suk-yeol’s state visit to the UAE has resulted in 24 memorandums of understanding covering projects worth an estimated $6.1bn, Korea.net reports. The agreements were signed on…
News China Harbour Engineering to build Khalifa Port in Abu Dhabi China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) has been hired to build Khalifa Port in Abu Dhabi, which is being developed by CMA Terminals (70%) and AD Ports Group (30%). CHEC will…