Call it Qatar’s two-track real estate development strategy. The gleaming new high-rises in the upscale West Bay enclave answer to Qatar’s need for a swanky real estate profile that is in tune with its soaring global aspirations. At the same time, the Gulf state is not about to let go of its traditional moorings, and a newly unveiled development — Musheireb — and its masterplan offer a sneak peek of how this is going to be achieved in the capital, Doha.
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By Colin Foreman www.meed.com
While years behind Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Doha are at last taking public transport schemes seriously.
The past five years have clearly demonstrated that when Dubai builds something, its rivals quickly try to follow with their own schemes. Dubai was the first city to start building super-high-rise towers. Now, Doha, Jeddah, Riyadh, Kuwait [...]
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Source: www.gulf-times.com
The UITP (International Association of Public Transport) Second Middle East and North Africa (Mena) Congress starts in Doha on October 25, a senior official has said.
Mowasalat Director of Business Development Ahmed al-Ansari said that at least 300 delegates representing various transport companies, regulatory authorities, vehicle manufacturers, government departments, local civic bodies and planning forums [...]
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MEED reported that trying to devise realistic economic plans is fraught with difficulties at the best of times, let alone in the middle of a global economic downturn. But that is the task facing officials at Qatar’s Urban Planning & Development Authority and Japan’s Oriental Consultants which are due to finish [...]
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