Construction & Real Estate

RTA awards contract for three integrated truck rest areas in Dubai

Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has awarded a contract for the development of three integrated truck rest areas in partnership with the private sector. The facilities span a total area of over 210,000 sq m, with a combined capacity for 490 trucks and heavy vehicles. ...

Construction & Real Estate

Metal Park seals lease agreement with top Dubai developer Binghatti

Metal Park, the first integrated downstream metals ecosystem based in Kezad, Abu Dhabi, has signed a lease agreement with Dubai developer Binghatti, thus establishing a collaboration focused on optimising its own construction supply chain through improved control, efficiency and material assurance. ...

Construction & Real Estate

ALAS Emirates Ready Mix to set up new production facility in Dubai

ALAS Emirates Ready Mix, a leading ready-mix concrete supplier in the UAE and the largest in Abu Dhabi, has entered an agreement with Dubai Industrial City, part of TECOM Group, to develop a new facility in the region’s premier manufacturing and logistics hub....

Construction & Real Estate

UAE food company Barakat starts work on new Abu Dhabi manufacturing plant

Barakat Group, a leading UAE fresh food and juice producer, has announced that work has begun on its new manufacturing facility in Khalifa Economic Zones Abu Dhabi (Kezad) that will produce industrial-scale halal baby food. It is projected to create 200 direct jobs, spanning manufacturing, food safety and logistics sectors. ...

Construction & Real Estate

Aramco JV inks deal with Arcapita to build major logistics facility at Spark

ASMO, a joint venture between Saudi Aramco and DHL Supply Chain, has partnered with Arcapita, a global alternative investment firm, to develop a 1.4 million sq m purpose-built logistics facility at King Salman Energy Park (Spark) in Saudi Arabia that will house a 43,000-sq-m Grade-A warehouse as well as offices and staff facilities. ...

Construction & Real Estate

Modon, Medlog in deal to set up integrated logistics zone in Jeddah

The Saudi Authority for Industrial Cities and Technology Zones (Modon) has sealed an agreement with Medlog, the logistics arm of Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), for the establishment of an integrated logistics zone over a 100,000 sq m area in Jeddah. ...

Construction & Real Estate

GFH Partners Manrre, Palmon launch new chemical warehouse in Jafza

GFH Partners Manrre REIT, together with its development manager Palmon Group, has announced the opening of a specialised temperature-controlled chemical warehouse in Jebel Ali Free Zone (Jafza), Dubai further expanding the Fund’s Grade A logistics portfolio. ...

Construction & Real Estate

Legend Holding to set up major logistics complex at Jafza

Dubai-based Legend Holding has entered into an agreement with Jebel Ali Free Zone (Jafza) to set up its regional headquarters and logistics complex on a 1 million sq ft area. Construction will be delivered in two phases, starting with space for 5,000 vehicles in April. ...

Construction & Real Estate

Mawani joins Arasco to build logistics facility at Dammam port

The Saudi Ports Authority (Mawani) has signed an agreement with Arabian Agricultural Services Company (Arasco) to establish a new logistics facility for storage and distribution on a 40,000 sq m area at the King Abdulaziz Port in Dammam. ...

Construction & Real Estate

Saudi Global Ports breaks ground on logistics zone at Dammam

Saudi Global Ports has broken ground on its new SAR1.3 billion ($346 million) integrated logistics zone at Dammam. Spanning 1 million sq m, the key facility will provide modular warehousing and cold chain units as well as dedicated areas for petchem products....