This article is part of a continuing Executive investigation into public and private lands along Beirut’s western coast. For more stories in this series, click here. No one knows what…
Real Estate
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Beirut’s eastern suburbs entail a broad social and economic mix, ranging from high-density residential areas dominated by aging apartment buildings, to the country’s most affluent areas in terms of average…
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Plastic sheets with slick photos and generic names like “The Candy Shop” covering storefronts make Amman’s The Boulevard look less empty than it is. Some five years after initially planned,…
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Lebanon has witnessed an upheaval in recent months over the new law liberating old rental contracts. Inflamed, people took to the streets, some for — some against. While the rental…
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When in September last year Erbil was hit by a series of terrorist attacks, fears over political instability in the Kurdish capital, among Iraq’s safest regions, might have scared foreign…
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In mid-June this year, some of Lebanon’s newest real estate projects will be judged by a pool of experts in the sector, including architects, academics, consultants and entrepreneurs. While transparency…
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Update: President Michel Sleiman announced he would not sign the rent law on May 7, 2014. The following article appeared in Executive’s print edition on May 1. When Parliament approved…
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Investors in Lebanese flagship developer Solidere this summer should see an improvement in the upcoming annual results, compared with the dismal year of 2012 and its 89 percent drop in…
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Solidere, the company responsible for the development and reconstruction of the Beirut Central District, has appointed Jamal Itani to be general manager of operations in what the company’s representatives called…
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Lebanon’s real estate market is not the most transparent for property buyers. But expats and foreigners looking to buy or rent assets in the country can turn to the internet…