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Qatar plans $1.6bn hotel for World Cup

A NEW $1.6-billion hotel and conference/expo centre has been proposed for the upcoming 2022 Fifa World Cup in Doha, Qatar. The Silver Pearl Hotel calls for a 1,000 plus-room luxury property to be located 1.5 km offshore near Doha. The name of the hotel refers to a structure that will literally rise out of the sea to recall the country’s seafaring and ...

Arcadis acquires two companies

ARCADIS, one of the world’s leading natural and built asset design and consultancy ...

Barwa to construct $137m mall with 650 retail shops

BARWA Real Estate Group is set to build a QR500-million ($137.1 million) mall, Alaateda, ...

Kale to launch 16 new showrooms next year

TURKISH ceramics pioneer Kaleseramik (Kale) is planning to open 16 new showrooms next year ...

New Bagnodesign outlet in Doha

BAGNODESIGN, a key designer and manufacturer of bathroom solutions, has opened a new ...





Contract awards slow down in third quarter

THE Saudi construction sector witnessed a significant drop in value of contracts awarded during the third quarter of this year, after showing signs of recovery during the previous quarter, mainly due to a lack of mega projects, said a National Commercial Bank (NCB) report. According to the Saudi bank’s latest Construction Contracts Index (CCI) ...

Blucher to supply 4.5 km of pipes for Jeddah airport

BLUCHER, one of Europe’s leading producers of stainless steel drainage systems, said ...

Nine groups bid for $4.4bn stadiums

SAUDI Aramco, the world’s biggest oil producer, has received bids from nine ...

Low-cost housing gathering pace

SAUDI ARABIA has launched construction work on a 700,000-sq-m low-cost housing project for ...

27 major projects planned in Yanbu

AS many as 27 major investment projects, including hospitality projects, have been ...





Gulf Related starts work on Abu Dhabi mall

LEADING regional development company Gulf Related has broken ground on Al Maryah Central, a 2.3-million-sq-ft super-regional shopping centre located at the core of Al Maryah Island in Abu Dhabi. Gulf Related is a joint venture between Gulf Capital, a leading alternative asset management firm in the region, and Related Companies, one of the largest private ...

Dubai in need of 227 more hotels

DUBAI is facing a serious challenge posed by the need for 283 new hotels to be delivered ...

Lootah breaks ground on Phase Two of Shamal project

LOOTAH Real Estate Development, a high-end real estate developer, broke ground on the ...

New partnership signed to develop Reem Mall

NATIONAL Real Estate Company (NREC), a leading real estate developer in the Middle East ...

State-of-the-art tramway launched

THE Dubai Tram, which was launched last month as the first tramway in the Gulf region, is ...





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