Construction Sentiments
In terms of construction, how quickly can you get things off the ground in Lebanon? Well, it depends who you ask:
London-based practice Alex Cochrane Architects has won provisional planning consent for a £1.8 million ($3.1 million) private housing scheme in the Achrafieh district of Beirut in Lebanon.
“One thing that is great about Beirut is that [...]
Mohammed’s Island
The brainchild behind the Lebanon Cedar Island says everything is full steam ahead:
The massive chunk of dredged seabed or transported earth — converted into an $8 billion paradise with luxury villas, apartments, shops, restaurants, white-sand beaches, parks, schools and hospitals — would nurture national pride, says Saleh, chairman of Noor International Holding.
Mohammed is preaching the [...]
From “Little Beirut” to “Little Dubai”
Did you know that Portland (Oregon, USA, I assume) used to be called “Little Beirut”?
George Bush Sr.’s staff called Portland “Little Beirut” in the early 1990s. Now some say Portland is on the way to becoming “Little Dubai” (a wildly overdeveloped Middle Eastern nation).
Well so is Beirut! Dubai built/is building Palm Islands and we are [...]
Noor at the End of the Tunnel
Zawya takes a look at Noor International’s Cedar Island, focusing on the environmental hurdles that the company is facing, and will face. Interestingly, cracks are showing in Noor’s original press release.
Originally, the company reported that government approval process should be complete in two to three months. Now they are saying:
Official responses should come from the [...]
Dreading the Dredge
The Middle East Economic Digest (MEED) magazine has reported that a number of companies have submitted their intention to handle the dredging work for the Lebanon Cedar Island project off the Lebanese coast:
Beirut-based developer Noor Holding has prequalified up to eight international dredging contractors to carry out the first phase of construction on its Cedar [...]
