In Dec, 2019, Dubai achieved the remarkable feat of building the world’s largest 3D-printed structure, using three workers and a printer. The two-storey administrative building is another jewel in Dubai’s architectural crown and a reminder of how far the industry has come. 3D printing is...

A French court recently ruled that the COVID-19 pandemic is a ‘Force Majeure’(1). The same court, which was reluctant to designate epidemics such as Chikungunya and Ebola under the same category in the past, provided a lawful excuse to non-performance of a real estate contract, provided ...

As a sector that accounted for 13.6% of the Emirate’s GDP in 2019, real estate is central to the grand ambitions of the country. It is therefore understandable why the UAE top brass laid special emphasis on the real estate sector in recent months, leading to a slew of measures. Notably, a spec...

The Financial Crisis of 2008 set the ball rolling on what can be dubbed as “retailpocalypse” – a widespread closure of brick-and-mortar retail stores. Over the past decade, while physical stores succumbed to the digital revolution, e-commerce has witnessed exponential growth. With ...

Excess economic dependency on the oil and gas industry is gradually becoming a thing of the past for the Middle East. A prolonged downturn and dampened outlook have incentivized governments to renounce their long-standing reliance on fossil fuels and invest in diversification strategies. In fact, th...

The COVID-19 outbreak has upended what was generally perceived as “normal circumstances”. The longer the crisis persists, chances are that we could reach a point of no return, where consumers will align their expectations with the transformative change. The impact has already begun to ta...