Emaar

Emaar Properties, Dubai's largest developer by market value, saw an 85 per cent fall in its income from apartment sales during the second quarter, as demand for real estate continues to fall in the emirate.

Saudi Arabia-based Emaar The Economic City, or EEC, said on Saturday it has terminated a SR325 million ($86.7 million) contract signed in 2008 with Al Radwan Contracting Co for the construction of 134 villas in King Abdullah Economic City.

Emaar Properties PJSC, developer of the world's tallest tower Burj Khalifa, Tuesday reported net operating profit of Dh843 million ($230 million) in the first six months of 2011.

Dubai's market dipped yesterday on concern the emirate's biggest companies would report lower than expected second-quarter results.

Guess what happened to the beleaguered hotel project in Kolkata that real estate major Emaar MGF said on Monday it sold off at a huge loss majorly contributing to its 2010-11 loss of Rs206 crore?

Emaar Properties dragged on the Dubai index this morning after the developer's Indian unit swung to a net loss. The Indian subsidiary of the developer of the world's tallest skyscraper, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, swung to a loss of 2.1 billion Indian rupees ($46 million) for the year ended March 31.

Emaar Hospitality Group, the wholly owned subsidiary of Dubai-based global property developer Emaar Properties, has said its CEO Marc Dardenne is leaving the company. In a statement issued to HotelierMiddleEast.com, the company said Patrick Heuze, the current chief executive officer “will take over as chief executive officer”.

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Now that Emaar Properties has written off its Dh172 million investment in Dubai Bank, investor attention is turning to the prospects of its much larger stake in Amlak, the troubled mortgage company. Amlak is carrying about Dh4 billion worth of property on its balance sheet at the original acquisiti0on costs.

The Dubai Government yesterday took over Dubai Bank, an Islamic bank owned by Dubai Holding and Emaar Properties, ending several months of speculation on the future and financial strength of the bank.