20 October 2011

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07 November 2011

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08 November 2011

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11 November 2011

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20 October 2011

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These are some breath taking pictures :bow::bow:

12 November 2011

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gosh its massive! amazing

17 November 2011
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20 November 2011
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^^ The first picture is stunning :D

Eurofighter?

This city is so much better looking than dubai.

It definitely does and is ... however, it is not even near as livable then Dubai is, and that what counts the most.

What do you mean by livable?

26 November 2011

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06 December 2011
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11 December 2011
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12 December 2011
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Looks Topped Out! :banana:

In makes nice skyline.:cheers::banana:

Impressive!

What do you mean by livable?

Dxb's a better place to live.

In makes nice skyline.:cheers::banana:

almost a skyline on its own. :)

Kevin Brass | Dec 29, 2011

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The Norman Foster designed Central Market is among the prized Aldar assets that have been sold by the developer. Delores Johnson / The National

Aldar Properties is selling some of its prized assets to the Abu Dhabi Government for Dh16.8 billion (US$4.57bn) in a deal that includes Central Market and hundreds of homes on Al Raha Beach.

http://www.thenational.ae/business/property/aldar-to-sell-dh16-8bn-of-assets

What do you mean by livable?
Well I lived in Abu Dhabi last year... walked all over or just grabbed a taxi... Dubai is a nightmare... how is Dubai in any way 'livable' unless you are a multi-millionaire? Abu Dhabi is an actual functioning city with people, families, parks, etc... Dubai is like living at Disney World... it looks great and has lots of fantasy exhibits but it is 100% artificial... I could never handle more than 48 hours in Dubai... After a weekend at the rugby 7's tournament there last year I was relieved to be back in Abu Dhabi...

And I very much miss the view from my apartment in Abu Dhabi:
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And I just loved living 11 floors above a mosque so I could wake up to call to prayer at 5:30 AM every morning and be entertained by noon services every friday from my living room window:
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My roommate and I would watch Friday prayers out the window while gorging on real Oscar Meyer bacon that we paid 15 dollars a pack for at Spinney's and were grilling up on his George Foreman... one day my roommate ate 3 entire packs of bacon at once... he didn't feel too good after that, but it was bacon so it was still worth it...
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My old apartment building:
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When the third tower will be built?

Dxb's a better place to live.

Ya, I know what livable means, but what makes it a better place to live? From what I see, Dubai looks not as compact as Abu Dabi. I always find compact cities nicer to live.

When the third tower will be built?

It's under construction, it's just not visible yet in the pictures posted.

Ya, I know what livable means, but what makes it a better place to live? From what I see, Dubai looks not as compact as Abu Dabi. I always find compact cities nicer to live.
Dubai is EXTREMELY spread out from east to west... Abu Dhabi is a lot like midtown Manhattan... tall, skinny island, grid plan streets, mostly 20-30 story mid-rise buildings... (see my earlier pics) Abu Dhabi is very livable with a great taxi system, groceries, parks, shopping in most neighborhoods, etc... Dubai is fairly close to my idea of hell in terms of having to live somewhere... the scale of construction is beyond belief but it is all utterly pointless and not very useful.. it is just for show... you cant get to the Metro without a car and then when you exit you will need a car again... Dubai is just mega-malls, luxury condos that are 60% empty, fake islands with more mega-malls and condos, and then more malls and fountain shows and indoor ski-resorts...:ohno:

Obviously you people don't live in neither cities, and base your "opinions" on what you have seen elsewhere. Guess what: Life here is different from elsewhere.

... anyway, back to the towers.

01 January 2012
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31 December 2011
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Obviously you people don't live in neither cities, and base your "opinions" on what you have seen elsewhere. Guess what: Life here is different from elsewhere.

Well I lived in Abu Dhabi and saw this project from my bedroom window every day... so I would like to think my 'opinion' carries a bit more weight than those of others on here...

04 January 2012
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Dubai is looking more and more like hong kong!

^^ This is not Dubai it's ABU DHABI different city, the capital of UAE

07 January 2012
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nice pics. slow but constant progress

24 January 2012
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01 February 2012
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The sea is amazing, so clean and beautiful with the Central Market on the background. :)

01 February 2012
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05 February 2012
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Nice pics...:happy:

13 Feb
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Lovely pic Kanye.
Nice shot:)

16 Feb
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05 March
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Beautiful towers! Is Abu Dhabi planning on reaching its skyscraper-rich brother?

Beautiful towers! Is Abu Dhabi planning on reaching its skyscraper-rich brother?

Projects wise,they are almost there :)... but has been a careful step ahead

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3/16/2012

UAE recovering well from crisis, says IMF

Reuters/Abu Dhabi


Skyscrapers stand on the skyline viewed from the Central Market in Abu Dhabi. UAE residential property prices in some areas have picked up though the commercial market is still under pressure, according to a senior International Monetary Fund official
The UAE is recovering well from the Dubai debt crisis and its struggling real estate sector, the source of many of the problems, is showing some signs of regaining strength, a senior International Monetary Fund official said.
“The real estate sector has seen signs of stabilisation in some segments in recent months, though the picture as a whole is still very fragile,” Harald Finger, head of the IMF mission to the UAE, said after annual consultations with the government.
Residential property prices in some areas have picked up though the commercial market is still under pressure, Finger said in an interview late on Wednesday.
A corporate financing crunch that began in 2009 among government-related enterprises (GREs) mostly in Dubai, raised concerns about possible debt defaults and prompted Abu Dhabi, the richest emirate, to extend some $10bn of aid to Dubai. After last year’s consultations, the IMF urged the UAE to develop a framework for managing risks among its GREs.
Since then, GREs have been in talks to restructure billions of dollars of debt maturing in the next few years, and they and the Dubai government have promised to resolve the problems; Abu Dhabi has also acted, announcing this week that it will consider merging two of its major real estate firms.
Finger said that while more needed to be done, the IMF was encouraged that the GREs were getting to grips with their debts.
“Refinancing needs this year are substantial. But the GREs are increasingly becoming proactive in managing their upcoming rollovers. This is positive,” he said.
Last year, the IMF said Dubai-based banks “may pose a risk to financial stability”, partly because of real estate debt. Finger said on Wednesday that UAE banks appeared able to cope.
“Banks are comfortably liquid,” he said, though any reduction in foreign funding as a result of global financial instability could still put pressure on some of them.
The UAE, one of the world’s top five oil exporters, responded to the crisis by boosting government spending, helping to push up the oil price needed to balance its budget to an estimated $84 per barrel this year from $23 in 2008. That could pose a problem for state finances if oil prices fall back from current levels well above $100.
Finger said that while the UAE was expected to increase its spending on economic development this year, it was also taking other budget steps, which he did not detail, to save money and strengthen its finances.
The IMF estimates the UAE posted a consolidated budget surplus last year and that excluding some extraordinary items, its fiscal balance as a proportion of gross domestic product will improve by 0.5 percentage points this year, he said without giving an absolute figure for the surplus.
“We’re happy with the pace of fiscal consolidation,” Finger said.
The IMF predicted on Wednesday that the UAE’s GDP growth would slow to 2.3% this year from an estimated 4.9% in 2011, partly because there was little room for it to increase oil production further for now.
One uncertainty for the economy is the impact of tightening international financial sanctions against Iran, since Dubai is a major hub for Iranian re-export trade. The IMF has estimated that the sanctions could cost the UAE as much as 0.7% of GDP if trade halts completely.
Finger said it was too early to tell what the impact would be.

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Great pics!

09 April by sahocevar
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Nice cluster of modern glass towers. :)

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Amazing photos

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