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Spectacular illumination lights up Downtown Dubai as city’s brightest lifestyle destination

This winter, Downtown Dubai will have the brightest nights in the city, ever. The best visual spectacle of the Festive Lighting can be witnessed from At the Top, Burj Khalifa, the world’s highest observatory deck with an outdoor terrace, or The Address Downtown Dubai, the 63-storey hotel next to The Dubai Mall.

Christmas at Armani Hotel Dubai

Savour the best of Italian cuisine, served with style at Armani/Ristorante for a signature fine dining experience.

* Location: Lobby Level
* Time: 7.00pm onwards
* Festive Degustation Menu (December 22 – 25)

Emaar Malls Group to host raffle draws and UAE National Day events to mark Dubai Shopping Malls Group campaign

Emaar Malls Group, the shopping malls and retail subsidiary of global property developer Emaar Properties PJSC, has joined hands with the Dubai Shopping Malls Group to host the 40th UAE National Day promotional campaign offering visitors to all its shopping malls the opportunity to win attractive prizes.

Live life Burj size: High life at a low price

Bassel Al Masri, Senior Sales Director at Ocean View Real Estate, said, “The maintenance fee at Burj Khalifa is Dh55 per sq ft. Owners are happy as long as the rentals cover service charges and their apartments get used. Leaving them unoccupied has its own problems.”

Emaar Properties records net operating profit of Dhs1.249bn in first nine months of 2011

Emaar Properties PJSC, the global property developer of iconic projects, reported a net operating profit of Dhs1.249bn ($340m) in the first nine months (January to September) of 2011. Revenue for the first nine months this year reached Dhs5.873bn ($1.599bn).

Burj Khalifa bomb threat was plot to jail innocent man, court told

A man contacted Dubai Police headquarters and threatened to blow up the Burj Khalifa unless US$1 million (Dh3.7m) was paid to him, a court heard this morning. The 38-year-old Indian businessman JF sent a text to a Dubai Police major on February 5 saying, “tomoro burj kaleefa blast arange no arrange 1oooooo dollar take”, prosecution records show.

At.mosphere scales new heights with Guinness glory

Dubai boasts of a number of the world’s biggest and tallest structures, not to mention having at least five Guinness world record entries within one square kilometre in Downtown Dubai. The Guinness World Records presented a plaque yesterday recognising ‘At.mosphere’ as the world’s ‘Highest Restaurant from Ground Level”.

The crisis returns

The mood is grim at the Address Hotel in Downtown Dubai. Overlooking the iconic Burj Khalifa, the hotel has become a vantage point for viewing the spectacular dancing fountain that comes to life several times a day. But as we wait for the arrival of two of the UAE’s most senior government leaders, smiles are hard to come by and the music from the fountains is being drowned out by talk of a second global recession.

Olive: Why skyscrapers are enjoying an unlikely renaissance

For all that, skyscrapers remain one of the biggest crapshoots in business. Dubai’s $1.5-billion Burj Khalifa, the reigning world’s tallest building, at 828 metres – twice the height of the Empire State Building – nearly bankrupted the United Arab Emirate.

Deyaar to showcase Central Park development

Strategically located off Sheikh Zayed Road, with easy access to the Burj Khalifa district and the DIFC metro station, this project includes a 45-storey, 877,000 sq ft commercial tower, and a 47-storey, 558,000 sq ft residential tower, the company said in a statement.