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Emaar Properties

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Emaar Properties Overview

Emaar Properties is a UAE real estate development company with operations covering real estate, retail and shopping malls, leisure and hospitality.

Founded in 1997, Emaar Properties was listed on the Dubai Financial Market in 2000 and became the first property company to offer shares to foreign nationals.

Emaar’s two largest shareholders are Dubai ruler Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum and the UAE’s sovereign wealth fund Investment Corporation of Dubai.

In the UAE Emaar is known for large-scale projects Burj Khalifa, Downtown Dubai, Dubai Mall, Dubai Marina and the Dubai Fountain.

Internationally Emaar has established property developments and projects across the Middle East, including King Abdullah Economic City and Jeddah Gate in Saudi Arabia, the Samarah Dead Sea Resort in Jordan and Uptown Cairo and Cairo Gate in Egypt.

It also has operations in India, Pakistan and the US. In September 2024 it was reported that Adani Realty, owned by Indian billionaire Gautam Adani, was holding discussions with Emaar to buy a stake in the latter’s Indian subsidiary.

Emaar Properties News

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City, Water, Waterfront

Emaar revenue surges 30% on strong property sales

Revenues of Emaar Properties, Dubai’s largest listed real estate company, rose 30 percent year on year in the first nine months of 2024, driven by growth in property sales. The top line reached AED23.8 billion ($6.5 billion), up from AED18.4 billion a year earlier. Property sales hit AED50 billion in the first nine months of […]

Locals playing boules by Lake Anosy in the centre of Antananarivo. Madagascar.Madagascar.

Emaar’s Alabbar eyes major investment in Madagascar

Emaar founder Mohamed Alabbar is planning a major investment in Madagascar, marking the island nation as his next big venture. “Madagascar is the next new thing in my life,” Alabbar said at the Future Investment Initiative in Riyadh on Tuesday. “It’s going to be a very big investment,” he said, but did not provide further […]

Dubai's Emaar Properties owns 79 percent of Emaar Development and also has hospitality and retail divisions

Dubai’s bellwether Emaar to report Q3 profit rise

Dubai’s Emaar Properties, bellwether of the emirate’s bourse, and its real estate development subsidiary, are likely to report sizeable increases in third-quarter profits versus the preceding three months as margins expand and under-construction projects reach revenue recognition thresholds. Emaar Properties owns 79 percent of Emaar Development and also has hospitality and retail divisions. It is […]

The new technology can help with tracking projects as contractors often have no idea how many workers are on site at one time and workers are frequently unsupervised

Saudi startup’s smart helmets upping safety on building sites

When Hassan AlBalawi first proposed a smart helmet that would track all employee movements on building sites, construction companies could not see the point.  “We were focusing on this problem of how to get technology into the construction field, measuring the drowsiness of construction workers. But it turned out the construction companies didn’t know or care,” […]

A view of Emaar India's Gurgaon Greens project in Haryana. Adani Realty and Emaar executives are holding talks in Dubai

Adani in talks to buy stake in Emaar’s Indian subsidiary

Adani Realty, owned by Indian billionaire Gautam Adani, is holding discussions with Emaar Properties to buy a stake in the Dubai-based developer’s Indian subsidiary, a news report said. Adani Realty and Emaar executives are discussing a possible transaction for a stake sale in Emaar India in Dubai, Business Today magazine reported, citing unnamed sources. The talks […]

Lionel Messi poses for a photo at Dubai Expo 2020. He and his Argentina teammates will soon be appearing on 'giant billboard on Sheikh Zayed Road' to advertise property

Project stardust: why Dubai developers still want celeb tie-ins

Lionel Messi, Rohit Sharma and Chris Hemsworth are just some of the famous faces who have promoted UAE real estate in recent years. Superstar sportsmen and Hollywood heroes do not come cheap, but are they really a good investment for developers or just an excuse for the CEO to get a selfie?  Many industry observers […]