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Shops to Homes Plans Cautiously Welcomed by LPC
Government plans to allow local authorities to convert swathes of empty high street shops have been cautiously welcomed by LPC Living. Accordingly to The Telegraph, a consultation paper by planning minister Nick Boles will be issued later this week which will encourage local authorities to concentrate shopping facilities within a couple of high streets. All other areas could be converted to housing. With an estimated 14% of the country’s shops [...]
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Dubai Creek Harbour: A new “city” in Dubai
One of the main roads through the United Arab Emirates – the E44 or ‘Ras Al Khor Road’ – is receiving a makeover with a new boulevard taking shape not far from Dubai’s mangrove forest at the head of its iconic creek. New signage being installed this month identifies the project as “Dubai Creek Harbour”. Newly-planted date palms line both sides of the road and cranes, trucks and earth-movers, conspicuously [...]
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Confidence Returns to Dubai Real Estate Market
Dubai’s leading real estate developers are placing a huge weight in the delivery of projects, following a spate of high profile announcements. With a resurgence in property prices over the past 18 months, a host of projects have been brought to the Dubai market as confidence increases. Whilst buyers are returning in big numbers, more stringent and protective legislation has been introduced to provide reassurance and confidence to those investing [...]
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Construction Boom Returns to Dubai
Dubai’s leading real estate developers are placing a huge weight in the delivery of projects, following a spate of high profile announcements. With a resurgence in property prices over the past 18 months, a host of projects have been brought to the Dubai market as demand drives a second phase of development. Buyers are returning to the market in big numbers following the introduction of more stringent legislation to provide [...]