CityScape Singapore World´s Biggest International Real Estate Investment Event: 19 - 24 May 2009

Investors gather for CityScape Asia real estate show in Singapore
Asia Property Report - Bangkok, Thailand
The global property world is turning its attention to Asia 009 will be the year to begin picking up potentially 'undervalued' assets ahead of regional economies emerging from the global financial crisis, say the organisers of the world´s biggest international real estate investment event. ...

Chief Executive of Hydra Properties Dr. Sulaiman Al Fahim Shares Knowledge of Raising Money in Downturn

The finance doctor
Construction Week Online - Dubai, United Arab Emirates
"'Ah yes, but you were born rich. Or if you weren't, well, somebody just gave you all that money. You were lucky. You woke up one day and found a pile of cash.'
These are just some of the many theories I still hear today from people trying to figure out how it is that a man like me, 31 years old, can put together a billion-dollar deal to launch a new project. ...

Carillion Wins £145m Hospital Contract

Carillion secures £145m Canadian hospital contract
news.careerstructure.com - London, UK
Construction firm Carillion has announced that it has won a £145 million contract to extend the Royal Victoria Hospital in Ontario, Canada.
The contract win, which provides a boost to construction jobs in the country, will see the size of the hospital almost doubling. ...

Dubai Food City Plan at $200 Million

Dubai Plans Food City Project Worth $200 Million
Zawya

Dubai: A $200 million (Dh734 million) Dubai Food City is in the planning stages, according to industry experts.

 

Dubai Food City will be a five million square foot self-contained development, aimed at wholesale food merchants, according to Farouk Qasim, head of the food and beverage group in Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI). ...

UAE Awards Boeing and Lockheed US $2.8 Billion Aircraft Deals

UAE signs $3 billion deal with Boeing, Lockheed
WREX-TV - Rockford, IL, USA
The United Arab Emirates has struck nearly $3 billion in deals with U.S. giants Boeing and Lockheed Martin to supply military transport aircraft. ...

UAE signs $3bn deal with Boeing, Lockheed
The Associated Press

The United Arab Emirates' official news agency says U.S. firms Boeing Co. and Lockheed Martin Corp. have been awarded almost $3 billion in contracts to supply transport aircraft for the country's military. ...

 

Boeing, Lockheed win $2.8 bln UAE plane deals
Reuters - USA

ABU DHABI, Feb 24 (Reuters) - U.S. firms Boeing (BA.N) and Lockheed Martin (LMT.N) have been awarded contracts worth a total of about $2.78 billion for military transport aircraft from the United Arab Emirates, a defence show spokesman said. ...

Bidding Invitation for Abu Dhabi's Metro Released

Abu Dhabi invites bids on 131km metro line
The National - Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
ABU DHABI // The capital moved a step closer to having a metro system yesterday as the Department of Transport invited tenders to design a 131km-scheme supported by a network of trams and buses.
The Government said it was inviting bids to prepare a feasibility study for the metro, create a preliminary design and provide a detailed implementation schedule for building a rail system. ...