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CLEARING THE AIR
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C O N T E N T S
PERSONALITY
Essa Saeed Ahmed Al Mansoori
11 OWNERS ASSOCIATIONS
Interim measures 12 NEWS
Transactions in first 45 days 16 DEVELOPERS
Current list
45 LAUNCHES
Commercial tower and hotel apartments
46 UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Payment schemes, buildings on schedule
49 INFRASTRUCTURE
The first pultrusion factory in Dubai
20 MARKET TRENDS & ANALYSIS Make me an offer Dubai is too big to fail Growing divergence in office rentals
28 COMMENTS
Time to get it right
Mergers – tread with caution Living in a connected world Property players vs property investors The changing face of real estate When cash was king
53 Law & Regulations Questions & Answers 54 Law & Regulations Law 27 DUBAI REAL TIMES
From ‘greed to need’
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