Strategy and Consulting
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15 December 2023
Project Name: Consultancy Services for Financial Feasibility & Economic Impact Assessment of New Futuristic Smart City Client Name: Government Entity Location: Oman Assets Covered: Residential, Retail, Hotel, Industrial and Office Project Size: 15.7 million sqm plot Project Value: Confidential Executive Summary The client is considering developing a masterplan for a project called “The New Futuristic Smart City. This project will […]
24 October 2023
Understanding luxury Luxury is a concept as old as philosophy itself. It has stirred debate for centuries. From the musings of Plato to modern economic thinkers like Werner Sombart and Thorstein Veblen, interpretations of the concept of luxury may differ, but they all seem to agree that luxury is an important aspect of society. Sombart championed luxury’s central role in […]
12 October 2023
Project Name: Academic City Masterplan Client Name: Private Client Location: Dubai Assets Covered: Residential, Retail and Education- Related Real Estate Assets Project Size: 1.6 million sq m Project Value: Confidential Executive Summary: The client is considering developing a mixed-use project on 1.6 million sq m of land in Academic City, Dubai. The development is envisioned to have develop-to-sell residential assets […]
9 October 2023
A swift recovery and return to sustainable growth What’s behind the remarkable post-pandemic performance of Dubai’s hospitality industry? Despite the curveballs thrown by COVID-19 and recent global conflicts that disrupted travel worldwide, Dubai is defying the odds and emerging as the superstar of the tourism world. In the first half of this year, a staggering 8.5 million globetrotters chose […]
22 June 2023
Perspectives on sustainability Architects, planners and regulators alike all favour sustainable buildings, each with good reason: to design, shape and order new developments that will benefit the planet and improve the environment. The upcoming COP28 Conference in Dubai,[1] and the prioritisation of carbon emission reductions through the circular economy as an integral part of 2023 as the Year of Sustainability,[2] […]
18 January 2023
GCC Inflation: perception and reality At the beginning of 2023, the consensus perspective is that the global economy is far from out of the inflationary woods yet. After a global average of 8.8% last year, opinions now diverge as to the curve of the downward trajectory this year, from the IMF’s global estimate in October 2022 of 6.5%1, to a […]
7 September 2022
IPOs have come back into fashion In the Gulf, they have done so in spectacular fashion. 2021 was itself a record year for IPOs globally, but in contrast to the slowing global IPO market the tempo did not let up this year in the region. Ernst & Young reported that MENA IPO markets saw fifteen IPOs during Q1 2022.[1] In […]
11 January 2022
Type: Financial Assessment And Scenario Analysis For A Residential Development In Muscat Location: Muscat, Oman Assets Covered: Residential Reason for Study: Internal Decision-Making Purposes And Securing Finance Completion Date: 2021 Scope of Work: Macroeconomic and demographic overview of Oman. Residential market overview: historical and forecasted market trends and key market drivers. Developed a bespoke MS Excel-based model to assess the […]
