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First REIT in United Arab Emirates on the Drawing Board

First REIT in United Arab Emirates on the Drawing Board

The first real estate investment trust in the United Arab Emirates is expected to be launched this year with about $27.2 million (100 million dirhams) in seed capital. As a first step towards creating the REIT, National Bank of Abu Dhabi states in a news release from Dubai that it is setting up a fund and partnering with Gulf Investment Corp. of Kuwait to find properties in the UAE. The fund will be converted to a REIT.at an undetermined later date when an initial public offering will be announced. Read More

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Global Cross Border Real Estate Capital Flows Decline in Q1, Down 21% Over Last Year

Global Cross Border Real Estate Capital Flows Decline in Q1, Down 21% Over Last Year

According to a new report by Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL), global direct commer... Read More

 
Dubai's Burj Khalifa Tower to Hold Online Auction for Full Floor Corporate Space

Dubai's Burj Khalifa Tower to Hold Online Auction for Full Floor Corporate Space

Dubai's sluggish commercial real estate market is getting international att... Read More

 
Islamic Owned Real Estate Values Grow to Estimated $1.1 Trillion in Middle East, Asia and Africa

Islamic Owned Real Estate Values Grow to Estimated $1.1 Trillion in Middle East, Asia and Africa

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Sluggish Global Commercial Markets Start in 2012 to Improve in Second Half of Year, Says C & W Report

Sluggish Global Commercial Markets Start in 2012 to Improve in Second Half of Year, Says C & W Report

According to global commercial real estate firm Cushman & Wakefield's lates... Read More

 
Cairo's Commercial Real Estate Market Enjoys Activity Increase Post Arab Spring, Yet Challenges Remain

Cairo's Commercial Real Estate Market Enjoys Activity Increase Post Arab Spring, Yet Challenges Remain

According to Jones Lang LaSalle's (JLL) latest Cairo Real Estate Overview, ... Read More

 
Global Office Rent Index Rose 5% in 2011, Office Capital Value Index Rose 8%

Global Office Rent Index Rose 5% in 2011, Office Capital Value Index Rose 8%

According to CBRE's latest Global Office Rent and Global Capital Value Indi... Read More

 
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Russian Bear Shows Teeth in Global Office Market, Moscow Rents Spike 41%

According to Cushman & Wakefield's Office Space Across the World 2012 repor... Read More

 
London, New York, Paris Benefited Most from Cross-Border Commercial Investment Activity in 2011

London, New York, Paris Benefited Most from Cross-Border Commercial Investment Activity in 2011

Based on Jones Lang LaSalle's Year End 2011 Global Capital Flows Report, th... Read More

 
Beijing is World's Fastest Rising Office Rental Rate Growth Market

Beijing is World's Fastest Rising Office Rental Rate Growth Market

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London, Tokyo, New York and Hong Kong Lead List of Top 30 Real Estate Investment Cities of the World

London, Tokyo, New York and Hong Kong Lead List of Top 30 Real Estate Investment Cities of the World

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Global Commercial Real Estate Investment Up 25% in 2011%, Over $400 Billion Placed

Global Commercial Real Estate Investment Up 25% in 2011%, Over $400 Billion Placed

Global commercial direct real estate investment proves resilient in 2011, s... Read More

 
Abu Dhabi's Yas Mall Sign Five Retail Brands

Abu Dhabi's Yas Mall Sign Five Retail Brands

Abu Dhabi-based Aldar Properties announced today that five major UAE retail... Read More

 
Saudi Arabia's Kingdom Tower Announced, World's Newest Tallest Tower

Saudi Arabia's Kingdom Tower Announced, World's Newest Tallest Tower

This week Chicago-based Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture announced t... Read More

 
Abu Dhabi's Trust Tower Starts Office Pre-Leasing Program Ahead of 2012 Completion

Abu Dhabi's Trust Tower Starts Office Pre-Leasing Program Ahead of 2012 Completion

Abu Dhabi-based Aldar properties announced this week that Trust Tower, the ... Read More

 
Europe, Middle East and Africa Posting Office Rent Increases

Europe, Middle East and Africa Posting Office Rent Increases

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