Sama Dubai ( ar, سما دبي) was an Emirati real estate company noted for its legal troubles, including

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s of senior management, during its brief existence.

History

Sama Dubai was founded in 2006 as a member company and subsidiary of

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, a

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set up by the government of

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. Sama Dubai was created as a company with wider responsibility and mandate than its predecessor, Dubai International Properties. Sama Dubai is practically the international property arm of Dubai Holding. It develop real estates and properties in numerous countries, globally. A number of legal issues arose, predominantly related to Sama Dubai's main project in Dubai. The best known of these is the arrest of four senior members of management, including CEO Abdulsalam Almarri, as part of the cleanup of the Dubai property market. Other disputes relate to Sama Dubai's blocking of transactions, pending irregular payments and statements from the company that it is not bound by investor protection laws, such as the escrow law. It was announced in the summer of 2009 that Sama Dubai would be merged into

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, along with Dubai Properties and Tatweer.

Portfolio

Sama Dubai develop real estate and property

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in various countries. However, most of these projects have been suspended indefinitely. These originally included projects such as: * Dubai Towers - A series of supertall,

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being developed in three countries that will contain residential, business, office and entertainment sections. ** Dubai Towers Casablanca in

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- this project has been suspended indefinitely. **

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- this project has been put on hold due to the financial crash in Dubai. **

Dubai Towers Istanbul Dubai Towers Istanbul ''(or DTI)'' was a skyscraper project that was to be built in the district of Levent, in Istanbul, Turkey. It comprised a twin-tower complex which was to contain extensive office space, residential apartments and penthouse ...

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- this project has been cancelled. **

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in Dubai, UAE - this project has been suspended indefinitely in favor of The Tower. ** Dubai Towers Jeddah in

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, Saudi Arabia - this project has been suspended indefinitely. * Salam Resort & Spa - a resort and spa hospitality

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launched by Sama Dubai ** Salam Yiti - in

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; a AED3 billion project consisting of 2.6 million square meter resort with 18-hole

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, luxury hotel,

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and eco centreSama Dubai to develop AED3 billion lifestyle resort in Oman
Sama Dubai News Centre, 2005-06-06. ** Salam Bahrain - in

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* Amwaj - Another real estate development in

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to create a waterfront city in 100 hectares featuring buildings in classical Mediterranean and

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* Century City & Mediterrenean Gate - A

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investment on the Lac du Sud of the

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. This project covers an area of 830 hectares and will comprise the construction of a new city with skyscrapers, hotels, residential complexes, cultural and leisure complexes, a marina and shopping malls. The costs for this project are estimated at $14bn. The construction works have already commenced in August 2007, the completion of the project will take about 15 years. The first phase was scheduled for completion in 2012. Much of this portfolio is now thought to be on hold.

The Lagoons image gallery

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References

External links

Sama Dubai
- official website {{DEFAULTSORT:Sama Dubai Emirati companies established in 2006 Real estate companies established in 2006 Property companies of the United Arab Emirates 2009 mergers and acquisitions Real estate companies disestablished in 2009 2009 disestablishments in the United Arab Emirates