Emrill has signed a three-year integrated facilities management contract with Dubai development, The Beach. The company will provide maintenance and housekeeping services along with a range of other services which include waste management, generator and BMS maintenance to the development. Meraas owned The Beach, opposite Jumeirah Beach Residence (JBR), has over 70 restaurants, retail and entertainment outlets. Emrill did not reveal the value of the contract.
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Italian builder confirms mammoth deal for residential project to house 400,000 people.
Arabian Construction Company (ACC) has landed a contract to expand a specialist children’s cancer hospital in Egypt. Built by ACC and opened in 2007, Children’s Cancer Hospital Egypt 57357 is one of the largest children’s cancer hospitals in the world, providing world-class cancer care and treatment to infant and junior patients from Egypt and around the world. The extension consists of two buildings, an out-patient centre extending over 8,500 square meters and an administrative smart building of 2,500 square meters. Both contain three basements, ground floor and 13 subsequent floors. The out-patient centre also includes a bridge link back to…
The first of the 461 villas in the exclusive Hidd Al Saadiyat development in Abu Dhabi will be handed over in November. Construction Business News paid a visit to the site for a sneak peak. Location, location, location. The well known real estate mantra probably goes a long way towards explaining why villas at the cheaper end of the AED 2bn ($544mn) Hidd al Saadiyat residential development in Abu Dhabi come with a price tag just shy of $2mn – without a swimming pool – and rise to AED 38mn ($10.34mn) for the palatial properties at the more exclusive end…
Dubai-based investment firm Al Ashram Investments has signed an agreement with logistics company Aramex to build-and-leaseback its new Express Courier Facility in Dubai. Located in Umm Ramool area on Dubai Airport Road, the facility will be constructed by Al Ashram Contracting within seven months at an expected cost of AED75mn ($20.4mn). The new Express Courier Facility would be constructed on a build-to-suit basis as Aramex is the sole occupant of the property. This will allow the logistics the freedom to include its specific requirements in the construction of the building without owning the property. It has been designed to employ the latest technologies…
Atkins Acuity will combine engineering and master planning knowhow with new structuring, financing and project preparation expertise.
Aldar Properties has raised AED 1bn ($272mn) from the first sold out phase of 267 units of its Yas Acres villa development in Abu Dhabi. As a result of the strong demand the developer has put a second block of 125 units up for sale, it said today. The second phase includes 3 bedroom townhouses, 3 bedroom duplexes, 4 bedroom duplexes, 4 bedroom villas and 5&6 bedroom golf front villas. Prices start from AED 2.9mn. HE Mohamed Khalifa Al Mubarak, CEO of Aldar Properties, said: “With the launch of the second phase we are confident that Yas Acres will be the…
Firm will work on a range of design and technical features for Emaar’s supertall structure.
State of the art building will facility will help integrate various transport modes.
But affordable housing market will present something of an unstable investment opportunity.