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Dar Al Arkan Real Estate Development Company

Dar Al Arkan Real Estate Development Company Overview

Dar Al Arkan Real Estate Development Company is based in Riyadh and was established in December 1994.

It became a public company in December 2007 and is now the largest property development company in Saudi Arabia by market value, with more than $8 billion in assets.

Dar Al Arkan’s core businesses are land development, developing infrastructure on raw land; constructing residential complexes and commercial units, and property management, including leasing and maintaining residential, commercial and retail units.

It claims to be the first company to introduce 3D concrete printing into the region, creating the first 3D construction printed (3DCP) villa in 2022.

Dar Al Arkan’s independent subsidiary and international real estate arm Dar Global completed a $600 million listing on the London Stock Exchange in February 2023. 

Dar Global operates in eight countries, including Qatar, the UAE and Oman, where it is building the Trump International Hotel in Muscat, expected to be finished in 2028.

It has also announced plans to build Trump Towers in Jeddah and Dubai.

Further afield Dar Global has projects in Spain, the Maldives, the UK and Bosnia.

Dar Al Arkan Real Estate Development Company News

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Damac secures rights to build Trump Tower Abu Dhabi

The Dubai luxury developer Damac Properties has secured the rights to build a Trump Tower in Abu Dhabi, sources familiar with the matter have told AGBI, as the Trump Organisation expands its footprint in the Gulf. Damac has an established relationship with the Trump Organisation, the family business of US President-elect Donald Trump, with a […]

A rendering of the $530m Trump Tower in Jeddah. The developers plan another Trump Tower in Riyadh

Trump Towers proposed for Saudi and UAE capitals

The Trump Organization intends to build Trump Towers in Riyadh and Abu Dhabi, marking its expansion across the Gulf region. The projects will be developed in partnership with Dar Global, the global development arm of Saudi-listed Dar Al Arkan, Eric Trump, the US president-elect’s son, told Reuters. The Abu Dhabi project is scheduled for launch next year, he said. Ziad El […]

President-elect Donald Trump has lent his name to a range of Dar Global projects

Dar Global plans two Trump-branded projects in Riyadh

Real estate developer Dar Global has signed an agreement with The Trump Organization to build two “landmark projects” in Riyadh.  No details were provided on the Trump-branded projects, which are set to be the fourth and fifth collaborations between the two companies.  Dar Global, the international arm of Saudi-listed developer Dar Al Arkan,said the projects […]

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The remaking of Riyadh ahead of World Expo 2030

Expo 2030 is already propelling real estate development in Riyadh six years before the international fair is scheduled to take place – and, along with other giga-projects, is helping to shift the city’s core to the north. The World Expo, which typically takes place in a different city every five years, is expected to occupy […]

Dar Global CEO Ziad El Chaar at the London Stock Exchange. The company will develop Trump Towers in Jeddah and Dubai

Dar Global reports H1 2024 loss as revenue drops 60%

Developer Dar Global, a Saudi-listed Dar Al Arkan subsidiary, recorded a loss in the first half of 2024 after revenues fell nearly 60 percent year on year. The company, also listed on the London Stock Exchange, reported losses of nearly $13 million between January and June, compared to a profit of $21 million a year […]

The Trump hotel and tower in Chicago; details of location and construction of the Dubai tower are expected to be released before the end of the years

Dar Global to build new Trump tower in Dubai

The Trump real estate brand got another boost in the Gulf on Thursday as developer Dar Global announced it would build a Trump Tower in Dubai. The London-listed overseas arm of Saudi Arabia’s largest developer Dar Al Arkan said further details about the agreement with the Trump Organization, such as the exact location and construction […]

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Trump’s convictions no problem in Gulf, says Saudi partner

Donald Trump’s felony convictions in New York last week are not a deterrent to his potential business interests in the Gulf, a leading Saudi developer has said. Trump became the first former US president to be convicted of felony crimes on May 30 when a New York jury found him guilty of all 34 charges […]

The first phase of the luxury residential tower 'DG1' in Dubai, built by Dar Al Arkan's international arm Dar Global, should be completed this year

Dar Al Arkan Q1 profit rises 31% on higher property sales

The net profit of Saudi Arabian real estate company Dar Al Arkan rose 31 percent in the first quarter of 2024 to SAR154 million ($41 million).  The earnings increase was driven by higher property sales, a fall in operating expenses, and higher non-operating income from Islamic deposits. Property sales increase drove revenue higher by 13 […]

Executives from Dar Global, Marjan, Aston Martin and Aarvees Group at the signing ceremony

UAE launches Aston Martin-branded residential tower

The global development arm of Saudi-listed Dar Al Arkan Real Estate Development will launch a $250 million luxury beachfront residential project in Ras Al Khaimah with interiors designed by British luxury carmaker Aston Martin. The residential project, located on Al Marjan Island, will be launched in May, London-listed Dar Global said in a statement. The project is […]