LAUNCHES OF NEW MEGA PROJECTS AND THE SAME OLD RECORDS
A bunch of fascinating new real estate ventures were launched by Dubai developers last week and researchers reported that the emirate is still the world's hub for all the best records in construction and real estate investment.
Dubai's government is on track to deliver new mega projects in line with the needs and requirements of the Real Estate Companies in Dubai. The Dubai office market performed the best in 2015, according to the findings of various consultancies, and the demand for quality Grade A offices is expected to continue the upward trend. That's why, together with the Canadian company Brookfield Property Partners, Dubai's government-owned Investment Corporation of Dubai (ICD) has launched a new USD 1 billion office tower development at the DIFC. This ICD Brookfield Place project would add a further 900,000 sq. Ft of office space to the commercial property stock of the emirate and the building itself is going to set the neighbourhood as a new dominant. And, for these property units, the return on investment is around 15-20 percent, which is said to be one of the highest rates in the world.
However, buildings such as the 54-storey ICD Brookfield tower are just a backdrop for Dubai's megatall buildings that form its unique skyline. Last week, the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) announced that the amount of super-tall towers built in one city still makes Dubai the number one in the world. Eighteen out of one hundred 300-plus-meter skyscrapers constructed worldwide are housed in the emirate, and four more super-tall buildings are about to reshape the skyline of Dubai in the coming years.
Super-tall buildings are just part of the wonders of the universe that have accumulated in Dubai. In the Heart of Europe project, the developer Kliendienst Group has announced that the world's first floating villas are near completion. In the manmade archipelago The World in Dubai, Signature 'Floating Seahorse' villas will provide the unrivalled living experience.
Last week, one of the largest developers in Dubai, Damac, presented its new Navitas Hotel & Residences residential and hospitality project in Akoya Oxigen, its luxury Dubai golf course creation. This five towered group would also have a beneficial 4-year payment plan in place for property buyers with property prices starting from USD 119,000.
Along with the world's greatest wonders and records, high living standards attract millions of Dubai property buyers and Dubai Investment Real Estate annually. According to recent data from the Dubai Land Department, investors from 150 different nationalities invested more than USD 26 billion in Dubai real estate in 2015. The sheer diversity of investors in the Dubai real estate market is said to be seen as an overwhelming endorsement of Dubai's real estate ventures, the authorities of the Emirate have revealed.