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French President Nicolas Sarkozy invited 10 architects and their firms to create a new grand design for Paris, Le Grand Paris. The most visited city in the world, the challenge is not necessarily to reshape the current city, but to integrate it with the outskirts and suburbs. The 2 million residents of the city are […]

The largest golf resort developer in South Africa has just announced plans to build a spectacular new resort in Nigeria. Pinnacle Point Group has recently signed agreements with the Lagos State Government and Unibright Nigeria to develop and construct a multi-million dollar golf resort, the Lagos Keys.   The Lagos Keys development will consist of

Selling a property in the current market is hard but seemingly it has been even tougher for those seeking to sell or buy a home for the disabled. This has now been addressed by one of the UK’s most established private sales website at The Little House Company.co.uk. It is the only private property sales portal that

Thailand’s popular resort destination island of Phuket is becoming the place for the wealthy to find a tropical home, according to recent local news source thephuketinsider.com. Two members of Forbes Magazine’s billionaire’s list have their own luxury villas on Phuket, and other rich businessmen and sporting stars have places here as well.   The Chandler

Several major real estate and construction projects have been put on hold throughout Spain as the economic downturn has hit the country hard. The City of Justice project in Madrid was recently announced as going on hold, according to British Architecture website bdonline. According to the news, a spokesman for architect Zaha Hadid, who was

Commercial real estate firm CB Richard Ellis has been named the top brand in commercial real estate around the globe by the The Lipsey Company. This is the 8th consecutive year that the company has come out on top of the survey.   Conducted by The Lipsey Company, the survey measures how industry participants perceive

Falling rents in Dubai are helping some residents to move into more spacious apartments, according to a recent poll by the Khaleej Times. Many of these renters are expatriates and are moving from small and cramped flats in older parts of town to the newer and more spacious accommodations.   Musham Khan, the manager of

Brazilian football/soccer star Ronaldo defied predictions once again to make his latest comeback, this time for Corinthians in Sao Paulo. The 32 year old former world footballer of the year has played for some of the most well-known clubs on the planet, including AC Milan and Real Madrid, and won the World Cup with his

The US government recently reported that new home construction rose a surprising 22.2 percent in February, showing the largest percentage gains since January, 1990.  The rise to a seasonally adjusted pace of 583,000 new homes is the first since April of last year. Analysts had expected starts to decline a small amount for the month

Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen and Tom Brady are visiting her hometown in Brazil, according to news reports. The model and American football star are in the southern Brazilian town of Horizontina for the 83rd birthday of Bundchen’s grandfather and so that he can meet her family.   Some news reports are noting that the couple,