Dubai International Properties, the international real estate arm of Dubai Holding, develops and invests in real estate projects throughout the Middle East and, eventually it hopes, the world. It currently has five projects under development: two mixed-use complexes in Qatar and Turkey, two resorts in Bahrain and Oman and a city in Morocco. An architect by training, Dubai International Properties CEO Farhan Faraidooni speaks here about his firm's focus on large scale developments, his thoughts on the Middle East real estate market and Dubai International's global ambitions.
3 min read · 23 January 2013
With its significant growth, healthy demographics and strong liquidity, real estate investors are turning their attention to the Middle East—and finding value across the region. By Aaron Lovell
7 min read · 23 January 2013
Dubai has ambitions to become the economic hub of the Middle East. Given the pace of recent activity, it's well on its way. By Jonn Elledge
9 min read · 23 January 2013
For the past 40 years, Sam Zell has been one of the biggest and most successful players in the US real estate market. Always opinionated, never boring, Zell recently sat down with PERE to discuss his views on the global real estate market, his unconventional holiday gifts and why he likes Libya and Brazil. By Paul Fruchbom
10 min read · 23 January 2013
Lukewarm holiday sales in the US retail sector betray the increasingly picky purchasing habits of shoppers.
2 min read · 23 January 2013
New York-based alternative assets firm GSC Partners and property group Tishman Speyer are teaming up to invest in Shanghai and Beijing.
4 min read · 23 January 2013
The biggest pension fund in the US likes China. How does the hype compare to the risk? By Aaron Lovell
4 min read · 23 January 2013
The global private equity group has created a joint venture with Spanish firm GED to help develop the Romanian real estate market.
4 min read · 23 January 2013
With the addition of two new managers, Rockpoint is the latest US private equity real estate firm to set up shop in Europe.
2 min read · 23 January 2013
Six of Paris' most luxurious hotels, including one owned by Starwood Capital, have been fined for anti-competitive practices.
6 min read · 23 January 2013
