Strategy and Consulting

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12 April 2024

Asset management strategy – Retail portfolio – Abu Dhabi

Project Name: Asset Management Strategy for a Retail Real Estate Portfolio Client Name: State Owned Company Location: Western Region, Abu Dhabi Assets Covered: Regional Mall, Traditional Souq and smaller retail establishments Project Size: 200,000 SQM of retail assets Project Value: Confidential Executive Summary The client owns a diverse retail real estate portfolio consisting of a regional mall, traditional souq and […]
12 March 2024

Asset management strategy – Residential building – Abu Dhabi

Project Name: Asset Management Strategy for a Residential Building Located in Saadiyat Island Client Name: Private Company Location: Abu Dhabi Assets Covered: Residential Project Size: G+5 Building located in Saadiyat Island Project Value: Confidential Executive Summary The client owns a residential building located in Saadiyat Island and the asset is currently falling short of industry benchmarks from both a revenue […]
12 March 2024

Retail study – Abu Dhabi

Project Name: Retail Study Client Name: State Owned Entity Location: Abu Dhabi Assets Covered: Retail Project Size: 180 greenfield and brownfield land plots Project Value: Confidential Executive Summary: The client had a land bank of over 180 unused greenfield and brownfield plots across the UAE. Their strategic direction shifted from classic retail outlets to multi-use real estate development. The client […]
12 March 2024

Asset management – Abu Dhabi

Project Name: Asset Management Client Name: State Owned Entity Location: Abu Dhabi Assets Covered: Residential, Retail, Industrial, Commercial, Educational and Civil Infrastructure assets Project Size: N/A Project Value: Confidential Executive Summary The client sought to optimise their real estate portfolio, analysing leased, owned, and granted properties across various sectors. They aimed to identify performing and non-performing assets, recommend improvements, and […]
15 January 2024

A new era for real estate dawns in Oman

The context for Oman’s real estate boom Real estate as an engine for economic growth The importance of the real estate sector in any nation’s economic and social development is no secret. For years, construction has been celebrated as a pivotal economic driver, and in recent decades we have seen developed economies evolve from industrial and service-oriented development to what […]
15 December 2023

Financial feasibility & economic impact assessment – Muscat

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

Valuing luxury real estate in the Gulf

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

Academic City masterplan – Dubai

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

Dubai’s hospitality sector in a post-pandemic world

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

Does sustainability pay? How is the Gulf integrating global best practice?

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

How effective is real estate as an inflation hedge? A perspective from the Gulf

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

The significance of Gulf IPOs for real estate

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 […]

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