Logistics
TECOM’s AED 32 Warehouse Rate and the Dubai Industrial City Land Ledger
TECOM Group PJSC reports an average warehouse rate of AED 32 per sq ft for H1 2026, up from AED 22 in…
Roksolana Pyrtko
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Investment
What the ADGM Register Vouches For on Freehold Land and Al Reem Island
From 1 October 2024 the ADGM Register records freehold in land, and the Regulations apply to Al Reem Island from 1 January…
Investment
Who Carries the Service Charge on a Dubai Shop, Office or Warehouse Unit
Law No. 6 of 2019 treats a shop, office or warehouse as a Unit, so the owner carries the service charge unless…
Retail
Dubai’s Two-Speed Retail: How Community Malls and Super-Prime Play Different Games
A neighbourhood centre in Nad Al Sheba and The Dubai Mall are both counted as retail, but they run on opposite business…
Retail
Who Actually Fills Dubai’s Malls: The Footfall Economics of an Expat-and-Tourism Market
Dubai's population passed four million and the city drew 19.59 million overnight tourists in 2025. Together they explain why the emirate's tenant…
Retail
Dubai’s Malls Are Selling Time, Not Just Space: The Experiential Retail Turn in 2026
Dubai's largest mall operators are pouring billions into theatres, cinemas, wellness and dining rather than more shops. The product being sold is…
Retail
Dubai’s Prime Retail Is a Landlord’s Market in 2026 — and Scarcity, Not Growth, Explains Why
Dubai's malls look packed, yet the retail market has tilted decisively toward landlords in 2026. A constrained prime pipeline, near-full occupancy and…
Investment
How Dubai Protects Off-Plan Buyers: Escrow, RERA Oversight and Oqood
Buying off-plan means paying for something that does not yet exist. Dubai's answer is a per-project escrow account under Law No. 8…
Investment
Dubai’s Record Transaction Year and Where the Real Commercial Yield Sits in 2026
Dubai recorded roughly AED 917 billion in real estate transactions in 2025, but that headline mixes two different metrics — and the…
Logistics
Dubai South and Etihad Rail: How the Track Reprices Warehouse Location
Etihad Rail's freight terminal at Jebel Ali and its national network are quietly redrawing which industrial addresses command a premium. Dubai South,…