Though the Gulf media has been giving increasing coverage to a possible easing in the region’s real estate market and falling share values of some of the Middle East’s leading property developers, it seems that Qatar isn’t taking a lot of notice. Almost every week, one of the emirate’s growing number of developers either unveils a new project or announces the completion of a stage of an ongoing real estate scheme. One of the country’s highest profile developments – The Pearl-Qatar – has just seen another of the key elements of $5 billion project put in place, the filling of three marinas built on a series of man made islands off the coast. When completed in 2009, The Pearl, a project of Qatar’s United Development Company, will offer a range of hotels, recreation facilities and luxury residences for 5000 people as well as adding about 400 hectares to the landmass
