Real Estate

This article is part of an ongoing investigation on Beirut’s coast, from Raouche to Ramlet al-Baida. You can find the other articles here. *** It was 5 a.m. on Saturday…

Sitting in the gloom of the single room that is now her family’s home, shadows from the small candle placed between us — the room’s only light — played against…

As cities go, Beirut has every reason to be regarded as the grand dame of regional urbanity — a proud dowager that stands out among Arab metropolises as queen of…

Instead of hoping for good political news in Lebanon today, property hunters should just trust their fortunes. The country is much more stable than it looks, and smart money has…

Stadiums, like other large public meeting areas, do not exist separate from their surroundings. They form an integral part of the landscape, influencing not just the look and feel of…

There is a map of Beirut’s private coast from Dalieh to the southern city limits accompanying this article. You can find it here. *** On February 10, 1966, Inmaa Tourism and…

“We gradually noticed a few abandoned commercial venues being renovated and then new tenants moving in. They were mainly little boutiques owned by young adults and at first we felt…

As activists push ahead with a lawsuit to prevent the development of nearly 110,000 square meters of coastal land to the south of Beirut’s iconic Pigeon Rocks, Fahd Hariri —…

[pullquote]“The land, I think, [is worth] less than this amount, but the amount was [acceptable] like this because we’re not paying immediately”[/pullquote] Even with the smell of untreated wastewater wafting…

As in all historic cities across the globe, there are certain architectural structures in Beirut, such as the Egg in downtown or the old Manara in Ain El Mraisseh, that…