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Avenues unveils expansion plan

King Faisal Corniche Development Company plans to launch the second phase of The Avenues – Bahrain, the kingdom’s first waterfront shopping mall. The announcement comes as the Bahrain-based developer nears completion on the first phase of the premier shopping and leisure destination, which has a 1.5-km waterfront. With a leasing space of around ...

alfanar in PV plant deal

Alfanar Energy, a major player in the power and water sector in the region, recently ...

Qatar launches first 2022 Fifa World Cup stadium

Qatar launched the first 2022 Fifa World Cup stadium last month (May) at an event attended ...

Limak starts work at Kuwait airport

Turkey-based construction company Limak Insaat has started main construction works on ...

GCC contract awards to reach $86bn

It’s boom time for the GCC construction market with the value of new building ...





Al Faisaliah District revamp gets go-ahead

Salini Impregilo, an Italian specialist in the construction and civil engineering business, has won a SR1.1-billion ($293 million) contract from Saudi-based Al Khozama Management Company for the redevelopment of its ambitious Al Faisaliah District in the capital Riyadh. As per the agreement, Salini Impregilo will upgrade Al Khozama’s retail, ...

Aramco selects infrastructure JV partner

Oil giant Saudi Aramco said it has reached an agreement with US-based Jacobs Engineering ...

Jeddah Tower ‘ready by 2019’

The kilometre-high Jeddah Tower is due for completion by 2019 now that the financial ...

Yuksel win $506m Riyadh BRT contract

Turkish construction giant Yuksel has won a SR1.9-billion ($506.3 million) contract from ...

GE signs $15bn deals with kingdom

US technology and engineering conglomerate GE signed business deals worth $15 billion last ...





$1.7bn family destination launched

Dubai Holding has launched Marsa Al Arab, a mega-project spread over a 4-million-sq-ft area near the Burj Al Arab Jumeirah in Dubai, to be developed at a cost of Dh6.3 billion ($1.71 billion). Adding 2.2 km of beach frontage, the comprehensive tourist destination aims to elevate the family tourism proposition in Dubai as well as reinforce Jumeirah ...

Abu Dhabi to build ‘largest’ solar power plant

Abu Dhabi has launched work on a Dh3.2-billion ($870 million) project to build the ...

Schon breaks ground on $871m suites hotel

Schon Properties, a leading private developer in Dubai, and Dubai Civil Engineering, part ...

$1.4bn highway on track

Work is progressing as per schedule on the Dh5.3-billion ($1.44 billion) Mafraq-Ghuwaifat ...

Work starts on new City Centre in Sharjah

Majid Al Futtaim, a leading shopping mall and leisure pioneer across the Middle East, ...





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