Similar Articles |
|
National Real Estate Investor April 1, 2005 Nicholas Yulico |
Glowing Gem of the Middle East With booming commercial and residential real estate construction, Dubai's secret of success is that foreigners are able to easily make non-risky real estate investments and hold direct title of property in the city, unlike elsewhere in the region. |
AskMen.com November 1, 2000 Dennis O'Connell |
Top 10 Skyscrapers Afraid of heights? This feature is made for you. We have traveled the world at the speed of light to come up with a list of the world's most important skyscrapers in terms of height, social significance, design, and architecture... |
Popular Mechanics September 15, 2008 Kevin Hall |
The 10 Next Hot Skyscrapers You Won't Find in Dubai When it comes to tall buildings, all eyes are on the Burj Dubai. But across the world architects have already come up with mega engineering plans vying to be equally mind-blowing. |
National Real Estate Investor May 1, 2008 H. Lee Murphy |
Symbols of the Modern World The modern skyscraper, given up officially for dead by real estate investors and developers amid the post-9/11 frenzy of fear, is mounting a comeback. |
Popular Mechanics January 21, 2010 Adam Hadhazy |
Top 8 Skyscrapers That Will Push the Limits of Design Burj Mubarak al Kabir... 1 Dubai... Miapolis... Nakheel Tower... Sky City 1000... Bionic Tower... Kingdom Tower... Millennium Challenge Tower... |
Wired November 27, 2007 Andrew Blum |
Engineer Bill Baker Is the King of Superstable 150-Story Structures Baker's ascension -- and his buttressed core -- comes at the beginning of the supertall era. People, corporations, and even desert city-states with oversize checkbooks and matching egos are racing to conquer their skylines. Most of them call Bill Baker. |
BusinessWeek November 11, 2010 Mark Gilbert |
London's Rising Towers May Presage a Shrinking Economy As Renzo Piano's "Shard of Glass" rises, other skyscrapers are in the works. Unfortunately, new London towers often foreshadow shrinking economies. |
National Real Estate Investor May 1, 2008 H. Lee Murphy |
World Title Champion The world's tallest building has been enshrouded in secrecy since the start of construction early in 2006, but the current evidence suggests that Burj Dubai will eventually get to 2,684 feet, with 160 habitable floors. |
The Motley Fool February 18, 2010 Gerard Torres |
American Tower Hits the Spots American Tower's strategic positioning of its wireless towers helps it lead the industry. |
AskMen.com Norman Brown |
Top 10: Crazy Construction Projects This installment of the Top 10 features all sorts of construction projects -- not just skyscrapers -- that are either in the process of being completed or for which the plans have been finalized. |
National Real Estate Investor May 19, 2003 Parke Chapman |
Networks Sign on for Tallest Lease in NYC New York City's tallest office tower had a flurry of leasing deals recently as several television and radio stations signed on as tenants. Rather than occupying conventional office space, the broadcasters signed 15-year leases for space on the tower's 204-foot tall antenna. |
The Motley Fool April 20, 2004 Ben McClure |
Teetering American Tower The wireless transmission tower company isn't offering much of a future view. |
Popular Mechanics March 2004 Paul Eisenstein |
World's Fastest Elevator Designing the fastest elevator for the Taipei 101 building was challenging. |
BusinessWeek July 2, 2007 Stanley Reed |
The Master Builder Of The Middle East Mohamed Ali Alabbar is building towers in the desert - and a fast fortune. |
The Motley Fool December 14, 2010 Gerard Torres |
Wireless Cash Flow Battle Wireless infrastructure companies spend money to make cash. Who wins? |
The Motley Fool March 1, 2011 Bill Mann |
Dubai: A Mirage of Wealth? An inside look at "the Singapore of the Middle East." |
National Real Estate Investor June 6, 2003 Parke Chapman |
Hines Plans New 40-story Chicago Tower Hines will begin construction this fall on a 40-story office tower in Chicago at One Dearborn Street. The 820,000 sq. ft. tower is expected to be finished during the fourth quarter of 2004. |
The Motley Fool September 9, 2011 Harsh Chauhan |
American Tower Scales New Heights American Tower reports a strong second quarter. |
National Real Estate Investor June 1, 2006 Parke M. Chapman |
Ground Zero Office Glut in the Making? If Ground Zero's newest tower is any indication, filling space in the Freedom Tower and adjacent buildings will be a challenge. |
Outside May 2010 Craig Evans |
Early Birds A talk with Dave McDonnell, who jumped illegally from Dubai's Burj Khalifa building while it was under construction and spent three months in jail for it. |
National Real Estate Investor December 22, 2003 Parke Chapman |
Planned Ground Zero Building To Be World's Tallest It's finally official -- the first building to be developed on Ground Zero will be the 1,776-ft. "Freedom Tower." The building will boast 2.6 million sq. ft. of office space within 60 stories. |
National Real Estate Investor May 1, 2008 H. Lee Murphy |
A Labor of Indecision For his first project in Chicago, Donald Trump has been dogged by indecision. But the switch from offices to condos and the addition of a hotel didn't force revision of the exterior design all that much. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Jan/Feb 2015 James Kennedy |
Cell Tower Leases Several factors determine the value of these investments. |
The Motley Fool October 30, 2011 Eric Bleeker |
Can India Drive American Tower's Growth? Today, 81% of American Tower's assets are still held in the United States, but it's rapidly expanding internationally. |
Popular Mechanics February 12, 2008 Matt Sullivan |
Dubai's Mile-Long Super Bridge Set for March Construction Leave it to Dubai to build a bridge way harder, faster and stronger. |
BusinessWeek December 2, 2009 Stanley Reed |
Why Dubai Matters Sure, it will pay a hefty price for its debt woes. But the city-state's open economy has attracted legions of foreign investors and serves as a model for its Gulf neighbors |
BusinessWeek May 27, 2010 Jason Clenfield |
China's Elevators: Built for Serious Speed Competition for installations mounts as skyscrapers sprout. |
Salon.com September 11, 2001 Bill Wyman |
Why the towers collapsed The jetliners hit the World Trade Center buildings at a vulnerable point... |
The Motley Fool September 20, 2007 Rich Duprey |
Exchange Deal Seems Foreign The multifaceted Dubai-Nasdaq deal is sure to spark xenophobia and nationalism. |
AskMen.com March 24, 2013 Fraser Masefield |
F1 Malaysia Nothing is predictable in Formula One, not least the rain showers that can strike in Malaysia. Kuala Lumpur is home to 6.5 million people and is known as Asia's green capital. It's not uncommon to see monkeys scampering close to traffic. |
Popular Mechanics January 11, 2008 |
Four Engineering Breakthroughs Changing the Skyscraper Race Super-strong, next-generation steel... Nanotech-enhanced concrete... Thick cores for disaster... Building in a smart way out... |
AskMen.com Luke Arnott |
Do It All In Dubai Dubai, located on the Persian Gulf in the United Arab Emirates, has gone from small fishing town to huge urban center thanks to a government policy promoting trade and tourism. Here's a three-day guide to exploring Dubai's dynamic sights. |
The Motley Fool November 30, 2009 Alex Dumortier |
When Dubai Means "Don't Buy!" Dubai, part of the United Arab Emirates, requested a debt standstill on the back of a debt-fueled investment binge. That's a clear-cut concern for international bond investors, but why should U.S. stock market investors care? |
The Motley Fool May 18, 2010 Gerard Torres |
Wireless Towers: Propelling the Data Boom Recent earnings reports point to continued growth in the wireless tower industry. |
Outside February 2009 Nick Heil |
The Tortoise and the Stair No mountain? No problem. As our man discovered, racing up a skyscraper provides a challenge as daunting as many high peaks. |
BusinessWeek March 3, 2011 Zainab Fattah |
Why Dubai's Construction Boom Continues Despite a glut of residential and commercial properties, developers are finding the cost of walking away from projects is higher than completing them |
BusinessWeek October 22, 2009 Stanley Reed |
Debt Watch in Dubai The flashy city-state's companies owe 126% of GDP, and the main hope for salvation is Abu Dhabi. |
National Real Estate Investor March 1, 2006 |
In Progress: Ivy Hotel & Residence The project includes the renovation of the long-vacant Ivy Tower, one of the city's most interesting landmark buildings, to accommodate two restaurants, a salon, hotel meeting room and boutique hotel suites. |
Reason July 2005 Jesse Walker |
Building a New World Mini-nations for the super-rich: These private dominions are a light version of a country or society, stripped of annoying `features' like crime, bad weather and excessive taxes. Which leaves the good things like sun, nice villas and glittering shopping malls. |
National Real Estate Investor January 22, 2003 |
MetLife closes $46M refinance of Millennium Tower Millennium Tower LLC has refinanced the 200,000 sq. ft. commercial unit of Millennium Tower, a 20-story, mixed-use property in downtown Seattle. |
InternetNews April 28, 2011 Stuart J. Johnston |
Apple Denies Tracking Users - Plans 'Bug Fix' Apple says it's only trying to make users' wireless experiences faster and more useful. |
Boating December 2006 |
Tower Of Power Here is how to turn your boat into a wakeboard tow boat. |