200 articles in Building and Developing in Saudi Arabia with practical commercial and delivery insight.
What a neighbourhood retail parade in Saudi Arabia demands before design begins: tenant mix, unit depth, service access, parking and the fit-out terms that decide whether it lets.
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Clear height, floor flatness, door count, yard depth and power are decided before any warehouse is drawn. The owner sequence that produces a building tenants will actually take.
Read MoreA medical building is defined by its licensing requirements and its services. The owner sequence from clinical brief and room schedule through validation to a facility that can open.
Read MoreA sequence for testing a Saudi contracting company on capability, capacity, finances and behaviour, so the appointment rests on evidence rather than on a polished meeting.
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What a development management agreement covers, the order in which to build it, and the gates that keep an absent owner in control of a Saudi project.
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How a developer gets from a permitted project to legally selling units before completion, what escrow does to your cash flow, and the gates along the way.
Read MoreHow to take a finished building from empty to fully let, from setting the rent and readiness of the units to marketing, tenant selection and the first renewal cycle.
Read MoreHow an owner moves a finished Saudi building from construction funding onto longer-term finance, what a lender tests at each stage, and where owners lose time.
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The parties a foreign owner funds on a development, what each one is actually responsible for, and how to stop paying twice for the same work.
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Comparables tell you what land has sold for; an appraisal tells you what it is worth to your scheme. When each answer should win, and why they differ.
Read MoreA contingency is a priced list of risks, not a round percentage. What belongs inside it on a Saudi development, what drives its size, and how to govern it.
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Six recurring reasons a Saudi approval submission is returned, what each round of comments costs a project, and the checks that prevent the resubmission.
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