Sama Dubai - UAE

Sources say unpaid bills are mounting and construction has been at a standstill for months.

Ratings agency takes account of planned merger of real estate operations with Emaar Properties.

Top executive says no merger, but back office operations have been consolidated.

Bribery charge defendants include ex-CEO of The Lagoons project.

UPDATE 1: Joint venture to build hotel resort for Sama Dubai gets cancelled.

Dubai Holding-owned Sama Dubai has said that Dubai Towers - Doha will be one of Qatar's first buildings to be designed to the US Green Building Council's (USGBC) Leed certification.

Sama Dubai's master plan for the US $25 billion (AED80 billion) Mediterranean Gate (Med Gate) project in Tunis has been approved by the Tunisian government.

Huge Dubai Creek project, The Lagoons, is now 95% complete, say development chiefs.

Golf course architect Robert Trent Jones II has been appointed designer for the 18-hole championship course at the US $2 billion (OMR770 million) Salam Yiti Resort in Oman.

The UAE is a haven for waterfront properties, especially ludicrously expensive ones.

Sama Dubai, the international real estate arm of Dubai Holding, signed an agreement last week with Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation (Empower) to provide cooling services to The Lagoons, a 6.5 million m2 Dubai Creek waterfront project.

SmartCity's Fareed Abdulrahman tells Tamara Walid how he will take the Dubai Internet City concept international.

Lauren Willington examines the new building regulations aimed at preserving the integrity of a city's aesthetic.

Peter Nikolaou, the senior executive director of Sama Dubai's The Lagoons project, passed away earlier this month.

The Dubai Real Estate Institute (DREI) has confirmed to facilities management Middle East that it will launch academic real estate courses starting from October 2007.

The FM industry's leading ladies take part in facilities management Middle East's first roundtable event.

Sheikh Mohammed inaugurates joint real estate development between Sama and Tunisian government.

Tunisian MPs have paved the way for the biggest investment deal in the country's history.

Sama Dubai is expected to invest over US $533 million (SR2 billion) in the tourism and real estate sectors in Riyadh, according to Asharq Al Awsat.

DMI announces programme schedule for Ramadan, the most lucrative time of year for broadcasters.

The Dubai Holding unit plans a development north of the Tunisian capital.

Tecom has finally signed off its $350m SmartCity project with the Kerala government.

Tecom Investments and Sama Dubai have signed a deal to build a technology and media business park in Malta.

With the value of projects planned or underway in the Gulf now exceeding US $1trillion, the Dubai Convention Centre played host to Cityscape last month, in a climate of unparalleled investment in the real estate sector.

Young filmmakers in the UAE are gradually beginning to receive support from the government and the corporate sector to make movies. Although the lack of it has not stopped a young generation of talented Emiratis from surging ahead with their dreams, support will make a big difference to the quality of movies produced. Digital Studio meets some of the people who are stirring the flames of the cinema movement in the UAE.