The 300,000 sqft mall, located within the Living Legends development, is set for completion by the end of 2016.
The emirate recorded rental growth of 8.1 per cent last year, found Knight Frank’s global index.
The residential project will feature 99 four-bedroom villas priced from Dhs7.7 million onwards.
The new zone will feature theme park attractions inspired by Lionsgate’s blockbuster motion picture franchises The Hunger Games franchise and Step Up.
Ziad El Chaar said the momentum in the property market was being driven by foreign buyers, both those living in Dubai and abroad.
Property transactions slowed by 20 per cent year-on-year in January and 17 per cent in February, said the report.
Dar Al Arkan chairman Yousef al-Shelash said that he did not expect the tax to be applied to this land, since the company was in the process of developing it.
The cabinet’s decision aims to push out more land out into the market where it can be developed.
Much urban land in the kingdom is owned by wealthy individuals or companies who prefer holding it as a store of value, or trading it for speculative profits.
The company generated around Dhs600 million in revenues from the sale of land plots.
Arabtec’s board has approved disposing of Arabtec Saudi Arabia, Arabtec Construction Machinery, Saudi Austrian Arabian Ready Mix Co and EFECO Saudi.
The joint venture firm’s first project in Saudi Arabia will be an 11 million square metres project called Riyadh Investment Park.
Rental returns from the eight-storey tower in Al Warqa will be allocated to the Al Noor centre in Dubai.
Alabbar is managing the company’s business on a daily basis and is fully committed to it, Emaar said in a statement.
An increasing number of Filipinos in the UAE are opting to buy property in their home country.
There has been a direct correlation between the drop in oil price and applicants registering to buy residential property, according to Christie’s real estate arm.
The Central Park Residential Tower in DIFC consists of 426 apartments.
The two parties differed over the percentage of completed units that Arabtec should deliver to Egypt in lieu of payment for land used in the project.
The deals, made through its U.S. based property arm, bring the fund’s total purchases of properties in the country in the last 12 months to over $850 million, it said in a statement.
The project will be built in the long-term, depending on market conditions, says Ali Rashid Lootah.
The resort will have 136 rooms, residential villas, a polo academy, a polo club and a riding school.
The company said in a Dubai bourse statement on Monday that it was not involved in developing the planned new capital to the east of Cairo.
The housing ministry signed MoUs with Egypt’s Mountain View and Palm Hills, Saudi Arabia’s Sisban Holdings and a consortium of Arab firms.
The developer has not breached its contract, states Ali Rashid Lootah, chairman of Nakheel.
Capital City Partners, a private real estate investment fund headed by Emaar Chairman Mohammed Alabbar, will build the new Egyptian city.
Shuwaish al-Duwaihi has been replaced by Essam bin Saeed as minister of state and member of the cabinet.
Hayat consists of 730 townhouses in a mix of three and four bedroom units, located at the centre of the development.
The project will include a mall, two high-rise residential towers, one furnished apartment tower, a marina and a five star hotel.
The board also proposed a five per cent bonus share issue for 2014.
Prices for Trump PRVT mansions will start at Dhs6.5 million.