Dubai / Emirates Business Nine Elms Property Development Ltd, a subsidiary of DAMAC International Limited, has announced a re-branding of its premier residential project in London. AYKON Nine Elms, the 50-storey tower with interiors by Italian fashion house Versace, has been renamed AYKON London One, in a tribute to the skyscraper tower being the only ‘One’ in central London with ...

CAIRO / EMIRATES BUSINESS Egypt’s real estate developer SODIC signed sales contracts worth 4.4 billion Egyptian pounds (US$ 495.5million) during the financial year ended in December 2015, according to a source. SODIC , or Sixth of October Development and Investment Company revenues for the period reached 1.47 billion Egyptian pounds, while its net profit registered 321.331 million Egyptian pounds from ...

Bloomberg When Ethiopian farmer Mulugeta Mezemir ceded his land three years ago to property developers on the fringes of the expanding capital, Addis Ababa, he felt he had no choice. A gated community with white picket fences and mock Roman pillars built by Country Club Developers now occupies the fields he tilled in Legetafo, Oromia region, after the 60-year-old said ...