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Marriott International has announced plans to expand its Middle East footprint with the addition of over 20 properties and more than 5,000 rooms across Gulf countries over the next 15 months. The announcement was made at the Future Hospitality Summit held in Dubai from September 19-21.

Marriott International’s current portfolio across the Middle East comprises 150 properties with more than 40,000 rooms across 21 brands, in 11 countries and territories

Source: https://gulfbusiness.com/marriott-international-to-open-over-20-properties-across-the-middle-east/

While the Los Angeles Angels team, stadium and development are in limbo, the Anaheim Ducks’ ocV!BE mixed-use project around the Honda Center is in its final stages of approval.
On Monday, the majority of the Anaheim Planning Commission voted 5-0 to approve the owner of the Anaheim Ducks, the Samueli family’s, proposed $4 billion mixed-use project and entertainment district on a 115-acre lot surrounding the Honda Center and the Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center, or ARTIC for short.

The ocV!BE master-planned development includes the building of new office buildings, a new 5,700-seat concert venue, more than 35 restaurants, retail, two hotels, 20 acres of park space, housing and parking structures.

Source: https://spectrumnews1.com/ca/la-west/business/2022/08/30/anaheim-planning-commission-approves--4-billion-ocv-be-project

Architects draw up fanciful plans for a giant ring structure around Burj Khalifa in downtown Dubai

It would stretch 1,800 feet above the ground and run to 1.8 miles in circumference between skyscrapers

Inside the ring there would be a mini-city of residences, commercial space and even a green Skypark

But the designers admit the mesmerising plans will never be built due to financial and practical obstacles

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11198213/Architects-dream-1-800ft-high-CIRCULAR-building-two-miles-thatd-wrap-Burj-Khalifa.html

Abu Dhabi developer Imkan Properties will launch new projects ahead of schedule this year amid strong demand for property in the capital.

A subsidiary of Abu Dhabi Capital Group, Imkan said a “remarkable” sales performance contributed to the sell-out of Pixel on Reem Island, Nudra on Saadiyat Island and the first phase of AlJurf Gardens, its “Riviera” project on the coast between Abu Dhabi and Dubai.

As a result, it will launch new projects ahead of schedule in the Makers District on Reem Island and AlJurf this year.

Source: https://www.thenationalnews.com/business/property/2022/09/08/imkan-to-launch-new-projects-in-abu-dhabi-as-developments-sell-out/

The Cloud Center will be an arts, culture and conference space in Qinhuangdao, China opening next year.

Chinese architecture studio MAD has revealed photos of its sculptural Cloud Center building in Qinhuangdao, China, which was designed for arts and culture community Aranya. Images of its construction show the 2,500-square-metre building's bulbous shape taking form, as well as the beginning of the process to clad its overhanging roof in white-stained glass.

The cultural center, which will be located in the port city of Qinhuangdao, 160 miles east of Beijing, will house a grand hall, a gallery and a small theatre. Its design was informed by the "shape and lightweight appearance of clouds" and will sit in the middle of a landscape conceived by MAD as a "white stone garden."

Source: https://www.dezeen.com/2022/09/02/mad-aranya-cloud-center-photos-qinhuangdao/

Originally Posted by Guest

Oh, wow, the first rendering is hilarious! How tall would that viewing deck structure have to be? 600 meters?

Good guess, this article says 550 metres...





Source: https://theinformant.co.nz/this-new-skyscraper-deserves-the-greatest-sci-fi-movie/

Capella Hotels and Resorts is going to open it's first resort in Japan in 2025.

Opening in mid-2025, Capella Hotels and Resorts will be making its debut in Japan with Capella Kyoto. Designed by world-acclaimed architect firm, Kengo Kuma and Associates, the luxurious two-basement, four-story, 92-room hotel will be located in the Miyagawa-cho district, an important geiko (geisha) and maiko (apprentice geisha) neighborhood and cultural treasure in Kyoto.

Developed by NTT Urban Development Corporation, a comprehensive real estate company within the NTT Group, Capella Kyoto is the hospitality component of a development that cements it between Miyagawa-cho Kaburenjo, an opera house that showcases famous female geiko and maiko dances such as the Kyo-Odori, and Miyagawa Maiko Performance School.

Source: https://www.travelpulse.com/news/hotels-and-resorts/capella-hotels-and-resorts-expands-into-japan.html

Oh, wow, the first rendering is hilarious! How tall would that viewing deck structure have to be? 600 meters?

An interesting look at some of the weird and wonderful projects coming out of Dubai may look like in the future. Some classics in here that will never get built but it's fun to see the ideas.





Source: https://www.timeoutdubai.com/news/dubai-in-the-future-what

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has launched the master development Downtown Jeddah project, formerly known as “New Jeddah Downtown”, to develop 5.7 million square meters with a total investment of SR75 billion ($19.98 billion).

The project will be implemented by the Public Investment Fund’s Central Jeddah Development in three phases, the first of which will be completed by the end of the year 2027.

Source: https://www.arabnews.com/node/1988621/business-economy