Construction & Real Estate

Construction & Real Estate

Combined Group Contracting lands $210m Kuwait Oil contract

Wed, 04 Feb 2026

Combined Group Contracting (CGC), a leading infrastructure specialist, has secured multiple high-value contracts worth $210 million from Kuwait Oil Company. The scope of work includes development of complex oil and gas infrastructure developments in Kuwait.

Construction & Real Estate

Residential market boom drives Kuwaiti property sales to record $14.3bn

Wed, 04 Feb 2026

Kuwait's real estate sector has recorded solid growth in FY 2025 with the Q4 property sales reaching record levels, supported by a significant increase in residential sales and robust commercial sales. For the full year, the sales came in at KD4.4 billion ($14.3 billion), said a report.

Construction & Real Estate

Msheireb, Honeywell in deal to power GenNext Smart City in Qatar

Wed, 04 Feb 2026

Leading Qatari developer Msheireb Properties has forged a strategic partnership with key telecom group Ooredoo and global automation giant Honeywell to help power its GenNext smart city - Msheireb Downtown Doha. The agreement also includes five years of managed services.

Construction & Real Estate

Select unveils premium residential project at Dubai Design District

Wed, 04 Feb 2026

Dubai-based developer Select Group has announced the launch of Artistry Two Residences, following strong market response. Strategically positioned within Dubai Design District, it features a collection of one- to three-bedroom apartments with premium amenities.

Construction & Real Estate

Dubai off-plan sales hit 130,000 homes; value touches $77.88bn

Wed, 04 Feb 2026

Dubai’s off-plan property sales reached a record AED286 billion ($77.88 billion) in 2025 with the sale of about 132,000 homes in the year, according to a new report.

Construction & Real Estate

Saudi Arabia completes world's first tokenised property deed transaction

Tue, 03 Feb 2026

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has achieved a global milestone in the digitisation of capital markets with the successful execution of the world’s first sovereign-native tokenised property title deed transfer. This infrastructure reduces property settlement times from days to mere seconds.

Construction & Real Estate

Arzan Wealth advises on partial exit from US real estate portfolio

Tue, 03 Feb 2026

Arzan Wealth (DIFC), a Dubai-based investment advisory firm, said it has successfully advised on a partial exit from a portfolio of radiology centres located in Long Island, New York. The transaction represents the first realisation from the portfolio, which was acquired in March last year.

Construction & Real Estate

Saudi Water Authority, IBM launch AI-powered Digital H2O platform

Tue, 03 Feb 2026

Saudi Water Authority has collaborated with IBM, a leading provider of global hybrid cloud and AI and consulting expertise, for the launch of its AI-powered Digital H2O Platform, a next-generation digital ecosystem designed to accelerate the kingdom’s water sector transformation.

Construction & Real Estate

KOC awards SLB $1.5bn contract for Mutriba field development

Tue, 03 Feb 2026

Global technology company SLB has announced that Kuwait Oil Company has awarded it a $1.5 billion, five-year integrated contract for the Mutriba field in Kuwait, including design, development and production management.

Construction & Real Estate

Dubai Loop passenger tunnel project work set to start

Tue, 03 Feb 2026

Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has signed a strategic partnership agreement with the US-based The Boring Company to start work on Dubai Loop, a cutting-edge passenger transport tunnel project in the emirate.