by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Mar 7, 2010 | Construction
The Cedar Island project launched by Noor International may be getting a neighbor in brotherly Syria: Lebanon’s Noor International Holding said Thursday it had proposed a plan to Syrian authorities for a $10 billion real-estate development. The Arab Stars...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Feb 24, 2010 | Construction
No surprise here, very little had happened since the announcement of the Cedar Island project off the coast of Lebanon: Construction work on Lebanon’s $8.2bn man-made Cedar Island project is still on hold as the project’s developer, the local Noor International,...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Dec 20, 2009 | Construction
No, I’m not talking about the Cedar Island project off Lebanon’s coast; I’m talking about the Lebanon Island project off Dubai’s coast. Indian national, Mr. Wakheel Ahmed, the owner of the island plans to construct: …a resort comprising...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Dec 6, 2009 | Construction
In terms of construction, how quickly can you get things off the ground in Lebanon? Well, it depends who you ask: London-based practice Alex Cochrane Architects has won provisional planning consent for a £1.8 million ($3.1 million) private housing scheme in the...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Nov 16, 2009 | Construction
Dubai’s construction giant, Arabtec, has set up subsidiaries in Lebanon and Egypt as it tries to expand out of its UAE home-zone. For visitors to the UAE, Arabtec were the ones that constructed Burj Al Arab and Fairmont Hotel in Dubai, as well as Emirates Palace...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Oct 7, 2009 | Construction
Property might still be going strong in Lebanon, but Solidere’s first venture into the ‘real world’ has hit a snag: Al Zorah, a mixed-use coastal development planned by the Ajman Government and Solidere International, the overseas arm of Lebanon’s...
