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Fontainebleau Las Vegas at night, the lights look like staged drones to me - possibly testing for something, hard to tell. Any ideas?

The Las Vegas Grand Prix is still more than seven months away but at the corner of Harmon Ave. and Koval Lane, the race is already on to build the massive, state-of-the-art Formula One paddock.

On a recent tour of the bustling construction site, project manager Terry Miller said the goal was to complete work in September, leaving little margin for error with November's inaugural race down the Las Vegas Strip fast approaching.

Source: https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/las-vegas-grand-prix-speeds-citys-transformation-into-sports-juggernaut-2023-04-04/

Recently, it was announced that construction was temporarily paused at the Ritz-Carlton, Paradise Valley. With several clients in the project, as well as being in constant communication with the developer, here is what we can say. Projects this large are complex. As an example. financing alone has many layers and hurdles to cross. And that is what this is about. According to developer Five Star Development, they are heading into the final phase of their financing. Something about that process requires for construction to pause.

Takeaways From The Article Reported By Phoenix Business Journal:
* Construction has been paused to allow a transition during the final phase of financing
* The Ritz-Carlton Villas are almost complete and will be ready for occupancy in spring
* Ritz-Carlton Estate Homes are under construction, with more than half already sold
* The Ritz-Carlton Paradise Valley resort is expected to open by the end of the year
* The shopping and dining portion of the project is currently in the design board review approval process
* In fall, Fendi Private Residences will begin sales for a collection of luxury condos
* The project had been delayed due to litigation with the town of Paradise Valley regarding infrastructure costs, but settled in 2021
* The Covid-19 pandemic also caused construction delays
* Homeowners are frustrated with the construction pace, but the project is progressing towards completion

Source: https://williamsluxuryhomes.com/construction-paused-ritz-carlton-pv/

The video doesn't say but it looks like this is some of the Trojena construction. Does anyone know for sure?

Any more pictures? Would be good to see that land cleared!

Originally Posted by Danny

EventCity fully demolished [w/c 26 December 2022].

The first Waldorf Astoria in Costa Rica is due to open in 2025...

Hilton Hotels’ high-end Waldorf Astoria brand will debut in Costa Rica in 2025 with a barefoot luxury property and wellness retreat. The new-build resort will open in the tropical province of Guanacaste known for its lush forests and pristine beaches. Currently under construction, Waldorf Astoria Guanacaste is expected to open with 190 guest rooms and 25 branded residences.

Wellness will form a core part of the resort’s leisure facilities. The property will feature a holistic spa and wellness centre with a gym, a movement studio, outdoor yoga facilities and lap and thermal pools.

Source: https://www.spabusiness.com/wellness-news/Costa-Ricas-first-Waldorf-Astoria-to-feature-cenote-inspired-spa-and-outdoor-treatment-rooms/350684

Aldar Properties, in partnership with Diamond Developers, has launched The Sustainable City – Yas Island, a sustainability-centric community offering a new way of life for Abu Dhabi residents.

With a strong focus on enabling an active community, The Sustainably City – Yas Island will also be home to a range of communal facilities and amenities, including an equestrian centre with stables, a track and two arenas, a gym and multiple pools, cycling and jogging tracks, football, basketball and padel courts, retail and F&B outlets, and more. Within this low-emissions community, a network of communal battery-charged buggies and bicycles will be available so that residents and visitors can move around while their cars remain parked on the outer edge of the development.

In the first phase of the project, 272 condominiums and 240 townhouses will be released for public sale on 19 January. Condominiums are available in one-, two-, and three-bedroom formats, with the average price for a one-bed standing at $243k. Three- and four-bedroom townhouses at the development are also available with the average price of a three-bed standing at $882.8k.

Source: https://www.constructionweekonline.com/projects-tenders/aldar-diamond-developers-duo-launches-the-sustainable-city-yas-island

It has now closed, it closed on January 3rd 2023.

Over the final five days from last Friday, Jurong Bird Park had more than 30,000 visitors, the Mandai Wildlife Group that manages the park said.

Staff members of Jurong Bird Park posing for photos after the park shut for the final time on Jan 3, 2023 before its move to a new location.

Source: https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/jurong-bird-park-shuts-after-52-years-2600-people-final-visit-2084236

Originally Posted by Guest

So what happened or is happening to the Bird Park in Jurong?

City officials and celebrities threw a groundbreaking ceremony on Sept. 28 at the new Hard Rock Rockford casino and hotel site. At the official ceremony, Rockford Mayor Tom McNamara gathered with Hard Rock COO Jon Lucas and Rockford casino chief investor Dan Fischer, as well as Rick Nielsen, a Rockford resident and a member of the band Cheap Trick.

Three years after Rockford selected Hard Rock Casino from among three viable casino proposals, construction has begun on the casino’s latest resort at the Rockford’s East State Street corridor. Hard Rock Casino Rockford threw an invitation-only party to celebrate the start of transforming a 25-acre empty field into a more than $310 million resort.

Source:https://www.playusa.com/rockford-ready-to-roll-with-hard-rock-casino-construction/

When it finishes in 2024, Gran Meliá Lombok will feature a YHI spa, a Yoshi Izakaya restaurant, a fitness centre, and a kids’ club, among others. Lombok’s prospects energise Brown, who attributes his entrepreneurial spirit to his great-grandfather who worked in Scotland’s Harris Tweed industry. With its rising middle class, Indonesia is well placed to provide the property, only the second Gran Meliá project in the country, a dependable fount of guests.

Source: https://www.asiapropertyawards.com/en/the-rise-of-lomboks-first-gran-melia-resort/

More "Moon Resort" news from Dubai

The city of Dubai is no stranger to ambitious construction and architectural projects. Dubai recently announced plans to construct a $5 billion resort that resembles the moon. The structure will be 735 feet tall, and will emulate the conditions of the actual moon. In today's video, we discuss everything you could expect to see once this megaproject is complete.

Gary Safady, a real estate developer and movie producer, has filed plans to build a 58-room hotel on a 33-acre hillside at 9704-9712 West Oak Road in Beverly Crest, the Los Angeles Times reported. The vision for the Bulgari Resort Los Angeles and eight single family homes has drawn fire from movie executives and celebrities who have squared off over the future of one of L.A.’s richest neighborhoods.

A planning committee meeting is scheduled this week to decide on a zoning change needed to build a commercial project in the residential area. A final approval would be required from the Los Angeles City Council.

If completed, The Bulgari would be one of eight hotels operated by a hospitality firm under LVMH, a French holding company created by the merger of fashion house Louis Vuitton and Moët Hennessy. The maximum occupancy of the hotel would be 715 people, including 130 employees per shift, according to city records.

Source: https://therealdeal.com/la/2022/09/20/planned-bulgari-resort-in-benedict-canyon-celebrity-brouhaha/

I can't find any news on the test flight in July 2022 actually taking place however. Anybody know if testing took place?

Dara Sakor International Airport in Koh Kong province’s Botum Sakor district is set to conduct flight trials in July, according to the State Secretariat of Civil Aviation.

The flight validation or flight testing has been conducted since April 19 and will be completed next week, SSCA’s undersecretary of state and spokesman Sinn Chansereyvutha said yesterday. After these procedures, flight trials are set to be conducted in July this year, he said.

Source:https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501062922/dara-sakor-intl-airport-conducts-flight-testing/

With world-class entertainment, expansive white sand beaches, luxury hotel suites, and experiential restaurants, VAI Resort is truly elevating the hospitality game. In addition, VAI also offers a 20,000 square foot extravagant spa and wellness center, elegant wedding chapel and over 40,000 square feet of flexible ballrooms and meeting spaces.

Source: https://glendaledailyplanet.com/largest-hotel-in-arizona-set-to-open-in-glendale-in-late-spring-vai-re-p2452-121.htm

We got to enjoy the resort tour of City of Dreams Mediterranean this morning, working on our dream tennis academy coming next year!

Source: https://twitter.com/marcosbaghdatis/status/1585660277978193922/photo/1

Aerial look at construction of Evermore Orlando Resort. A luxury resort anchored by Conrad Orlando. North of Hyatt Grand Cypress.

Source: https://twitter.com/bioreconstruct/status/1568925349848969216/photo/1

Italian studio Stefano Boeri Architetti has adapted its Vertical Forest concept for a pair of skyscrapers in Dubai, which will be covered in thousands of trees. Revealed by Stefano Boeri Architetti yesterday at the COP27 climate change conference in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, the project comprises two tapering towers at 190 and 150 metres tall.

Together, they will integrate 2,640 trees and 27,600 shrubs on the facades, along with "a system of greenhouses and hydroponic gardens", the studio said. Hydroponic gardens are engineered to grow plants in a vertical formation using water-based, mineral nutrient solutions in place of soil.

Source: https://www.dezeen.com/2022/11/08/stefano-boeri-architetti-vertical-forest-dubai/

With 900 days until the opening of the next World Expo, the meeting provided an opportunity for Expo Organizers, officials from the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE), and representatives of participating countries and international organizations to review progress and ongoing preparations for the event. Following on from Expo 2020 Dubai and the gradual lifting of travel restrictions related to COVID-19, this first large-scale gathering of all key stakeholders in Expo 2025 Osaka Kansai marks a key step in the journey towards the next World Expo.

Representatives of over 100 countries participated in the first International Planning Meeting ahead of Expo 2025 Osaka Kansai.

The Meeting is the first of several to be held before the opening of the Expo on April 13, 2025, as host country and participants cooperate around the development of the Expo’s pavilions, content and experience. Dedicated sessions took place October 25 and 26 with regard to the development of the Expo’s theme, “Designing Future Society for Our Lives,” as well as more technical aspects relating to the Master Plan, pavilion construction, logistics and operations, as well as participation in the Virtual Expo.

The signature of these agreements is possible once details about each country’s pavilion is defined, including the theme as well as the size and location of the pavilion. The nine countries are the very first to reach this stage among the 142 countries having thus far confirmed their presence.

Source: https://www.inparkmagazine.com/expo-2025-osaka-kansai-first-meeting/

The Clark County Commission in Nevada unanimously approved plans for Houston billionaire businessman Tilman Fertitta’s proposed resort on the Las Vegas Strip Wednesday 19th October.

The 43-story luxury project will include 2,420 hotel rooms, a theater consisting of 2,536 seats and a multiple-level parking garage on a 6.3-acre lot located on the east side of Las Vegas Boulevard South near the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino, according to Clark County public records.

The casino resort will also include retail space, indoor and outdoor dining, a spa and fitness center, conventions, offices and a wedding chapel, according to the document.

Source: https://www.constructiondive.com/news/officials-approve-new-las-vegas-strip-resort-construction/634595/

Travellers hoping to visit Dubai’s much-anticipated Atlantis The Royal have a little longer to wait until they can check-in to the five-star resort.

The ultra-luxury waterfront hotel will open to guests in the first quarter of next year. A grand reveal weekend that was set to take place in November has been postponed until late January. An email sent to The National on Wednesday said that the mega hotel was dealing with construction interruptions.

The public opening had already been announced for early next year but media, influencers, special guests and celebrities had been set to descend upon Palm Jumeirah's newest hotel for a sneak-peek VIP weekend next month.

The preview weekend also promised to include an after-party DJ’d by The Chainsmokers, fashion and styling events co-hosted by Valentino, the launch of the first Nobu on the beach and appearances by celebrity chefs Heston Blumenthal and Jose Andres, both of whom are set to open restaurants at the hotel.

Designed by New York City’s Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, the 43-storey cantilevered hotel will now hold its "grand reveal" weekend on January 20. Organisers promise “the magnitude of the weekend event will remain as planned”.

Source: https://www.thenationalnews.com/travel/hotels/2022/10/19/dubais-atlantis-the-royal-opening-delayed-until-january-2023/

Tiesto just announced for Royal Atlantis for November 3rd...

This project is now getting a little confusing.

There is some land reclamation going on in the bay BUT it looks like it's another project - Horizon Manila. And that project would make it difficult to build "City of Pearl" as they would essentially be in the same bay space either side of the current jetties shown in both sets of concept art.

Does anyone know which project this reclamation is for? This video says it's for City of Pearl but also shows the horizons website and I could do with a translation if somebody could give it a listen and work out what the deal is?





This is the horizon project - https://horizon-manila.com/
You can see the space behind it is where the City of Pearl is meant to be going...



Video of land reclamation

The estimated cost of the Osaka Pavilion at the world expo set to take place here in 2025 has soared yet again to reach 11.5 billion yen (roughly $80 million) after earlier ballooning to 10 billion yen (about $68.6 million).

It was originally estimated the pavilion would cost 7.3 billion yen (about $50 million). As the Osaka prefectural and municipal governments will face a heavier financial burden to cover the additional expenses, the prefectural government submitted a supplementary budget proposal to the Osaka Prefectural Assembly on Oct. 11.

Officials considered changing the shape of the roof to lower expenses, and Osaka Gov. Hirofumi Yoshimura said Sept. 16 he had heard the cost would somehow be kept down to 10 billion yen.

However, at that stage the actual cost of construction was estimated to be 11 billion yen (around $75.5 million), and 10 billion yen was said to be only a "rough estimate." In the end the estimated cost came to some 4 billion yen (approximately $27.5 million) more than the original estimate. An additional cost of approximately 2 billion yen (about $13.7 million) was included in the prefectural government's supplementary budget. Negotiations to reduce the cost further will be made in the future with Takenaka Corp.

Source: https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20221011/p2a/00m/0na/014000c