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RISE Dubai programme puts capital costs in focus
The October programme raises a practical question for commercial property clients: how should financing, fit-out and recurring occupancy costs be compared?
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Markets / Analysis
The commercial brief: evidence before an offer
This week’s reading brings together project delivery, leasing and registration. Each signal answers a different question about a commercial property.
Investing / Analysis
The office cost that headline rent leaves out
A worked comparison of fitted and shell-and-core offices shows why the first-year cash requirement and the annual rent can point to different choices.
Investing / Analysis
DLD takes Dubai’s investment story to Bengaluru
DLD’s Bengaluru announcement brings official investor information closer to buyers. Our analysis separates market-wide delivery figures from property-specific checks.
Investing / Analysis
What luxury home sales mean for commercial investors
A reported 335 ultra-prime home sales provide residential context. Commercial investors still need evidence about the particular occupier, unit and costs.
Investing / Analysis
Reading Dubai’s UBS property-risk signal
UBS places Dubai in its elevated-risk group. We explain the limits of a residential risk index and the questions it should prompt before a purchase.
Investing / Analysis
Rethinking office income as tenants negotiate
Residential and office rent reports describe different markets and periods. A commercial income assessment starts with the lease, expenses and vacancy assumptions.
Policy / Analysis
Off-plan mortgages and the escrow-account test
A reported court dispute puts developer financing and escrow in focus. Read the verified DLD service context and the questions for a transaction-specific legal review.
Markets / Analysis
The location test for Dubai’s events season
DET’s tourism announcement provides context for a location review. Our framework tests ordinary trading conditions as well as event-related activity.
Markets / Analysis
Dior’s Dubai South hub puts logistics locations in focus
Dior’s 7,200-square-metre EZDubai hub illustrates a logistics-location choice. Our analysis focuses on goods handling, specification and the full cost of moving.
Investing / Analysis
Ten checks before buying commercial property
Ten practical checks for a Dubai commercial purchase: identify the property, establish its operating case, test costs and record unresolved evidence.
Markets / Analysis
Warehouse rents: look beyond the headline figure
H1 warehouse rents rose while new contracts fell, according to reported Cavendish Maxwell findings. We separate the indicators and examine the occupancy decision.
Investing / Analysis
Larger purchases need stronger leasing assumptions
Industry observations about larger purchase budgets are not a commercial income forecast. Compare the full commitment, timing and leasing assumptions.
Investing / Analysis
Retail investment: sales momentum versus tenant demand
Retail buying and retail trading are different decisions. A purchaser needs evidence that the premises can serve an occupier at a sustainable cost.
Investing / Analysis
New supply demands a closer look at each asset
A larger development pipeline gives an investor more to investigate. It does not, by itself, establish the direction of rents or prices in a particular building.
Markets / Analysis
Flexible rent: what commercial tenants should actually check
A payment initiative is useful context. Your office lease still depends on the unit, landlord and written terms.
Markets / Analysis
The commute test for your next office
Assess access and daily operating costs alongside rent; understand what DLD’s registration platform actually changes.
Markets / Analysis
After the property show: turn contacts into an office shortlist
Compare Dubai office premises using documented terms, condition and usable space, with practical questions for a shortlist beyond exhibition claims.