Middle East

Qatar Developer Barwa Halts $9.2 Billion of Projects

Robert Tuttle and Zainab Fattah Bloomberg News 31.08.2010

Aug. 31 (Bloomberg) -- Barwa Real Estate Co., Qatar’s biggest property developer by assets, halted planned projects worth $9.2 billion in the cities of Doha and Al Khor until the market improves.

Can Saudi Arabia fix its housing time bomb? Reuters 27.08.2010	Real estate group to be set up MANAMA 14.02.2010
Like thousands of young Saudis, Nayef al-Nasser is trapped between love and a dysfunctional real estate market.	MANAMA: Diyar Al Muharraq yesterday hosted Bahrain's leading property development professionals in a high-level meeting to agree upon forming a representative organisation, with a vision to be the kingdom's internationally-recognised property development association.
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Dusit International announces its first hotel in Saudi Arabia. Andrew Batt Property Report 26.01.2010	Better Homes to open operations in Doha, Qatar AME Info 26.07.2009
Dusit International, one of Asia’s leading luxury hotel groups, marks another major milestone in its expansion plan with the announcement of its seventh property in the Middle East, and the first hotel in Saudi Arabia.	Better Homes, the region's largest real estate agency, will launch a new office in Qatar by Q4 2009.
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QSAS - Certified Green Professional 3days training workshop ends AME Info 16.07.2009	Mamilla Hotel opens in Jerusalem Hotel News Resource 16.07.2009
Barwa Real Estate Company (Barwa) and Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment Company (Qatari Diar), has finished Qatar Sustainability Assessment System QSAS - Certified Green Professional training workshop conducted by the T.C. Chan Center for Building Simulation and Energy Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, headed by Dr Ali Malkawi, on 12, 13 & 14 July at Millennium Hotel - Doha.	A significant cultural, architectural and touristic evolution of the urban fabric of one of the world's most iconic and timelessly beautiful cities happens this June with the opening of the first luxury lifestyle hotel in Jerusalem and Israel: Mamilla Hotel.
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Real Estate Demands Remain High in the Middle East Nadine Marroushi Global Arab Network 16.07.2009	Research agencies differ on regional ad spend fall Dima Hamadeh Business24\|7 12.07.2009
The financial crisis may be causing project delays and slower growth, but large, young populations and economic development goals mean that demand for real estate in the Middle East and North Africa region remains high, writes Nadine Marroushi...	Research agencies in the Middle East revealed different findings in their research figures as two of the leading firms Ipsos and Pan-Arab Research Centre announced their own versions of advertising spend in the second quarter in the region.
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