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20 February 2019 | Gibraltar
Spain will allegedly take legal action to block a major affordable housing scheme in Gibraltar, according to local media reports. Spanish authorities say part of the plot for the planned...
20 February 2019 | Mumbai
In Mumbai’s real estate market, Edelweiss Asset Reconstruction Company is reviving the prestigious Kohinoor Square, a residential-commercial development in the Dadar neighborhood. The project has been mired in litigation, and...
20 February 2019 | Dublin
Office space in a converted 1880s warehouse at a top South Docklands location hit the market on the week of Feb. 18. Construction work on Ten Hanover Quay has just...
19 February 2019 | New York City
Curtain wall installation has begun on the lower floors of The Vandewater in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of New York City. The Vandewater was designed by Incorporated Architecture & Design ...
19 February 2019 | Madrid
A new hotel in the center of Madrid, Riu Plaza España in the Plaza de España, will have 585 rooms, a rooftop with 360 degree views, and a 3,000 square...
19 February 2019 | Kampala
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has commissioned the Uganda Revenue Authority’s (URA) Tower. Speaking during the commissioning ceremony, Ian Rumanyika, the manager for Public and Corporate affairs in the Commissioner General’s...
18 February 2019 | Detroit
Detroit has a buyer for a 17-story, severely dilapidated high-rise that the city hopes to see restored. Lee Plaza could be sold to Detroit-based Roxbury Group and Ethos Development Partners...
18 February 2019 | Damman
The 37-story AKH Tower is open for business, making it the tallest building in Dammam. Built by contractor Shapoorji Pallonji Mideast, AKH Tower will be the new headquarters for Al...
18 February 2019 | Adelaide
Cbus Property has revealed plans for a $300 million (US$213 million) office tower on Pirie Street in Adelaide’s city center. The developer says it is looking to address the current...
15 February 2019 | Chongqing
In the megacity of Chongqing another piece of architecture has been added to the city’s skyline. The “Sky Corridor,” also known by its official name Raffles City Chongqing T3N can...
15 February 2019 | New York City
Amazon has withdrawn its plans to bring half of its second North American headquarters to New York City. This comes after a report last week in the Washington Post that...
15 February 2019 | London
CF Møller is rethinking the use of engineered timber for its scheme to replace Robin Hood Gardens, following the UK government’s ban on combustible cladding materials for tall buildings. The...
14 February 2019 | Accra
The Parliament of Ghana is set to pass a bill that would require owners of high-rise buildings in the country to purchase a compulsory insurance policy in a bid to regulate condominiums....
14 February 2019 | Cleveland
The proposed 54-story nuCLEus skyscraper in downtown Cleveland looks to be trimmed by half in images of the project that surfaced Wednesday, January 23, 2019. The new drawings showed a...
14 February 2019 | Bangalore
The Four Seasons Hotel-Bengaluru at Embassy ONE, which is set to open in 2019, is accepting reservations beginning May 1. Four Seasons Hotel-Bengaluru will offer 230 rooms including 105 Four...
13 February 2019 | Los Angeles
Gehry Partners’ twin-towered The Grand development in Downtown Los Angeles broke ground on 12 February, 2019. The sizable mixed-use complex is to be located directly across the street from Frank...
13 February 2019 | Islamabad
The Pakistani government has decided to allow the construction of multi-story high-rise buildings in the federal capital, Islamabad. The departments and agencies concerned have been asked to formulate specific regulations...
13 February 2019 | Toronto
Work continues at the site of Citzyen Development Group and Fernbrook Homes’ Tower at Pier 27, where the architectsAlliance-designed condominium tower is rising above Queen’s Quay East. Under construction immediately...
12 February 2019 | New York City
One of the final pieces of the World Trade Center puzzle may be put into place—albeit in a somewhat risky fashion. Bloomberg reports that Larry Silverstein, the head of Silverstein...
12 February 2019 | Tokyo
A completed diagram of Bunkyo Gardens has been released for the under-construction Kasuga/Korakuen station project. The project will consist of four buildings: Park Court Bunkyo Koishikawa apartment building (40 floors,...
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