Dubai Pearl, the US$3.8 billion (Dh13.95bn) development near the entrance of the Palm Jumeirah, has lost one of its largest investors and construction activity has been scaled back.
Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) Investments, the commercial arm of the financial free zone, pledged Dh3bn to buy 29 floors of the east tower of Dubai Pearl in late 2008. The deal was one of the last major announcements in the peak of the property boom that year.
But DIFC Investments paid only $13.6 million to Dubai Pearl. Shahli Akram, the chief executive of DIFC Investments, said this week the company had "no further commitment beyond the $13m invested in the project".
The challenges faced by Dubai Pearl are typical of the kind of problems that have led to a sharp decline in building activity across the emirate. Developers are still struggling to find funds to complete buildings that were stalled after the property downturn hit in late 2008.
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