discuss Beyond Dubai: Reem Island, Abu Dhabi. Don't Miss Out!

[$$Domainer]

I am going to tell you about a gigantic project going on in Abu Dhabi called Reem Island. This project is so huge 3 of the largest developers in the UAE(Tamouh, Sorouh, and Reem Investments) are building it. It is even bigger than The Pearl Qatar project that appeared in this forum last June.

- Reem Island is a combined residential, commercial and business project being built on a natural island off the coast of Abu Dhabi City and will be directly connected to Abu Dhabi City by a number of bridges. The location of Reem Island is only 20 minutes from Abu Dhabi International Airport.

- Reem Island will accomodate and estimated 280,000 residents. Some estimates go as high as 350,000!!

- Reem Island will contain Numerous hotels, resorts, beaches, spas, shopping malls, restaurants, medical clinics, many, many businesses, a 27 hole golf course, etc., etc.

- Just one of the business projects on Reem Island is Addax Port. By itself Addax is a massive port project which will contain 5 huge towers: an office tower and 4 other residential towers. And this is just one "small" part of Reem Island.

- Of course there will be tons of luxury condos and homes and villas, etc. to accomodate the huge number of residents of Reem Island.

- Reem Island will eventually be the "center" of Abu Dhabi which is the Richest of all the Emirates. Even richer than Dubai.

- Do a google search to get lots more info on Reem Island and here are a few sites to get you started: ReemIsland.com, AddaxPort.com, ReemInvestments.com. There are many more.

- There are still many good names left. I picked up:

ReemIslandProperties.com

ReemProperties.com

...but there are still many more left. As a domainer if you miss out on Reem Island you will never forgive yourself. Good luck and I hope this post was of help to you.

 

[tetrapak]

If that happened all Dubai would be under water, not just the islands. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...sland_Resort.jpg/800px-Palm_Island_Resort.jpg

 

[gazzip]

There's likely more chance of an earthquake causing liquefaction than a tidal wave but both are strong possibiities.

When they built the islands they had to drive massive piles down into the sand and then vibrate them to try and make the sand settle and bond together to stop liquefaction from happening, That was also the reason they could'nt use desert sand and had to take sand from the seabed instead.

Although it is a great achievement it still has its risks, lets hope they did a VERY GOOD JOB as they do get earthquakes over there and if they get a big one shaking things up long enough then Atlantis Hotel could truly end up like Atlantis of the legends, under the sea

Earthquake Liquefaction
"Earthquake liquefaction is a major contributor to urban seismic risk. The shaking causes increased pore water pressure which reduces the effective stress, and therefore reduces the shear strength of the sand. If there is a dry soil crust or impermeable cap, the excess water will sometimes come to the surface through cracks in the confining layer, bringing liquefied sand with it, creating sand boils, colloquially called sand volcanoes."

liquefaction
"Deposits most susceptible to liquefaction are young (Holocene-age, deposited within the last 10,000 years) sands and silts of similar grain size (well-sorted), in beds at least metres thick, and saturated with water. Such deposits are often found along riverbeds, beaches, dunes, and areas where windblown silt (loess) and sand have accumulated. Some examples of liquefaction include quicksand, quick clay, turbidity currents, and earthquake liquefaction."

Soil liquefaction - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia



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[meditang]

ReemIsland.asia

Looking for offers

 

[gilescoley]

You may have already read this but here it is anway

Speedy speculator places money on burjkhalifa.com - The National Newspaper

 

[tetrapak]

They still quote the hilarious horse.ae sale, which never happened of course. Emaar made a huge mistake by not registering burjkhalifa.com pre Jan 4.

 

[xman]

They still quote the hilarious horse.ae sale, which never happened of course. Emaar made a huge mistake by not registering burjkhalifa.com pre Jan 4.

I had that domain available when I was at work and by the time I got home, all extensions were taken.

Anyway, I have to settle for AlReem .org and .info

 

[gazzip]

.ae reg dates on whois ?

Does anyone know how I can look up the reg date and expiry date of a .ae domain ?

I'v tried nic.ae but it does'nt show the dates.

any suggestions ?

Thanks :tu:


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[gazzip]

So how is it going now ?

Anyone having any luck with sales yet ?



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[tetrapak]

Dubai is dead meat! Well, kind of. I still have hotel / property leads, but Dubai domains - except if you have generic ones - are worthless.

 

[Jawed]

Dubai is dead meat! Well, kind of. I still have hotel / property leads, but Dubai domains - except if you have generic ones - are worthless.

Don't be impatient. Dubai will recover like other places.

 

[snoop]

Don't be impatient. Dubai will recover like other places.

It is going to be a long and painful one, and the level of speculation will never be what it was.

All in all the amount of domaining done in the area was way out of kilter with demand even at the top of the boom. For people sitting on dozens of domains none of which have sold time to give it up.

 

[gazzip]

Dubai is dead meat! Well, kind of. I still have hotel / property leads, but Dubai domains - except if you have generic ones - are worthless.

The property market is dead meat but it seems like the rest of Dubai is doing "ok" considering what's going on around the world just now.

Hey Tetrapak, did you notice burjkhalifa(*)com has a new home ?? was that you buddy Are you living it up in the caymans now :lol:

Any ideas what it went for? or was it taken perhaps ??

Don't be impatient. Dubai will recover like other places.

..patience is my middle name but unfortunately dosh is'nt !!

It is going to be a long and painful one, and the level of speculation will never be what it was.

All in all the amount of domaining done in the area was way out of kilter with demand even at the top of the boom. For people sitting on dozens of domains none of which have sold time to give it up.

I can't argue with that Snoop for the most part but developing them is also an option...an option that is easy to say and harder to do

Some of my names are reg'd till 2012, 2014 but I have been culling the herd a bit lately ...and some I won't ever give up



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[tetrapak]

I would guess BurjKhalifa.com was taken away from the original owner.
Jawed, you can wait as long as you want, if you don't have a generic name or you don't develop, nothing will happen.

 

[gazzip]

I would guess BurjKhalifa.com was taken away from the original owner.

Yeah it did get taken from him, he did'nt respond by the looks of it, I just found this > DECISION


...oh well


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[tetrapak]

Clear case, the owner was simply dumb.

 

[BrianBirt]

is this still worth investing in?

 

[Kate]

In my view Dubai was just overrated. It's not paradise on Earth, personally I wouldn't want to live there. For one thing, it's not exactly a beacon of freedom.

 

[tetrapak]

Lot of people with different principles than you or me would love to live there though. We have to admit that what was turned from sand to what Dubai is today is brilliant. I don't think Dubai was overrated (except for the property market), if they would have been able to turn their dream projects into reality, then it could have been a place like no other. Think of Dubailand, Al Bawadi, Nakheel Tower etc.

 

[Smith]

In my view Dubai was just overrated. It's not paradise on Earth, personally I wouldn't want to live there. For one thing, it's not exactly a beacon of freedom.

What are you comparing it to is the real question.

To someone who comes from a country like Egypt or Saudi or Pakistan or virtually any other Gulf country, Dubai is amazingly free & safe. It's a life that they could never hope to achieve at home.

The British expats also love it there. People who would be lucky to be a mid-level manager in the UK get executive positions in the Middle East and can have a life style that can't be matched at home.

Now what does one trade for this lifestyle is also something that is very real.

First off, you have to live in a Muslim country, a very confused and hypocritical one. If you've never lived in a Muslim country, imagine living in the deep southern bible belt where society revolves around church and Jesus. Yes, it's f---ing scary. Jesus or Mohammad / bible thumpers or Koran thumpers (torah thumpers for that matter) are all the same at the end of the day, nice individually collectively though ....

Then you have to consider that you're living under Monarchy rule, there is one guy, Sheik Mo who is "The Ruler" who is never wrong but has absolute idiots for advisers. The people realistically have no say in the governance of the city state.

Of course there are the human rights abuses, but that's on par for the region and Dubai outwardly is better than most in the Gulf.

And then there is the weather. It's hot, f---ing hot, and it's not a dry heat, it's like living in a sauna for 8 months of the year.

But why it worked in Dubai and why it continues to in some ways, is that everyone knew/knows what the deal going in. They know that you can get drunk and sleep with prostitutes as long as you do it within the unsaid rules of Dubai, they knew you can bend your morality around labour laws, they know that people were worth more based on where they come from. But everyone is on the same page, and everyone was making more money and living better than they could at home.

Dubai was a dream for many and for some it still is. It's not going to go away, but it will change. It's going to skim the scum of societies from around the world and condense it into the soulless cesspool that is Dubai. They have no choice now, they have already robbed blind everyone who believed in the Ruler's original vision, now it's time to feed off of everyone else.

 

[Kate]

Good summary Smith.

 

[nicedomains]

What are you comparing it to is the real question.

To someone who comes from a country like Egypt or Saudi or Pakistan or virtually any other Gulf country, Dubai is amazingly free & safe. It's a life that they could never hope to achieve at home.

The British expats also love it there. People who would be lucky to be a mid-level manager in the UK get executive positions in the Middle East and can have a life style that can't be matched at home.

Now what does one trade for this lifestyle is also something that is very real.

First off, you have to live in a Muslim country, a very confused and hypocritical one. If you've never lived in a Muslim country, imagine living in the deep southern bible belt where society revolves around church and Jesus. Yes, it's f---ing scary. Jesus or Mohammad / bible thumpers or Koran thumpers (torah thumpers for that matter) are all the same at the end of the day, nice individually collectively though ....

Then you have to consider that you're living under Monarchy rule, there is one guy, Sheik Mo who is "The Ruler" who is never wrong but has absolute idiots for advisers. The people realistically have no say in the governance of the city state.

Of course there are the human rights abuses, but that's on par for the region and Dubai outwardly is better than most in the Gulf.

And then there is the weather. It's hot, f---ing hot, and it's not a dry heat, it's like living in a sauna for 8 months of the year.

But why it worked in Dubai and why it continues to in some ways, is that everyone knew/knows what the deal going in. They know that you can get drunk and sleep with prostitutes as long as you do it within the unsaid rules of Dubai, they knew you can bend your morality around labour laws, they know that people were worth more based on where they come from. But everyone is on the same page, and everyone was making more money and living better than they could at home.

Dubai was a dream for many and for some it still is. It's not going to go away, but it will change. It's going to skim the scum of societies from around the world and condense it into the soulless cesspool that is Dubai. They have no choice now, they have already robbed blind everyone who believed in the Ruler's original vision, now it's time to feed off of everyone else.

Always enjoy reading your posts Smith!

I've always been more interested in Abu Dhabi.. I just reg'd one in that niche today, 3dAbuDhabi.com. Also, I have FINALLY got AbuDhabiBlog.com monetized and off the horrible b2evolution platform. Looking forward to adding some fresh content on it now.. B2 was the first blog platform I tried and all I knew how to do, actually all I could stand doing was adding articles. I have small logo contest going on here, any opinions/comments welcome in that thread.

Any one else picked up any Abu Dhabi domains lately..?

 

[gazzip]

In my view Dubai was just overrated. It's not paradise on Earth, personally I wouldn't want to live there. For one thing, it's not exactly a beacon of freedom.

I would'nt want to live there either, I'm a country(or Island) boy at heart, my idea of paradise on Earth is a place with very few people in it

Pretty amazing what has been achieved there so far though, technology, building design wise.

Great post Smith (all of it)

Dubai was a dream for many and for some it still is. It's not going to go away, but it will change. It's going to skim the scum of societies from around the world and condense it into the soulless cesspool that is Dubai. They have no choice now, they have already robbed blind everyone who believed in the Ruler's original vision, now it's time to feed off of everyone else.

I think that is what I have found so interesting about following Dubai news everyday, its been more like following a social experiment for me.

What happens when "the have's" get the "have nots" to build a huge new city at breakneck speed, the Dream was good but the reality of what has happened so far can be pretty much summed up by your last few paragraphs...however, to those who come from other cities in the middle east Dubai is probably still VERY appealing.

It will change but it will be very difficult to change it for the better now, as you say, those that believed in the rulers original vision have been burned pretty badly....or locked up!

Any one else picked up any Abu Dhabi domains lately..?

I'v picked up a few useable Abu Dhabi ones for future development of a mini network, Golf, Hotel, tourism related.


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[slaich2000]

It was shocking when I seen that in news and online news. Its bad luck. I pray dubai to return to its back...
People are also talking for Dubai industry leading domains right here and my hands goes for www.digitaldubai.com. This domain has potential for overall market in dubai. I think it worths....

 

[domainerd1]

I was poking around on the Internet for info on the progress of the Reem Island project. My thinking was that the economic slowdown would have brought the construction to a halt, or slowed it greatly. But, judging from the photos I've seen, it looks like decent progress is being made on this particular large-scale project. I was debating whether I should hold on the Reem-related domains that I own, but I'll probably hang onto some of them for now. Anyone else have thoughts on Reem?

 

[snoop]

I read a couple of days ago about volumes on the Dubai stock exchange still falling, down 80-90% from the peak with pretty much all brokers losing money and a lot looking to shut up shop, seeing no rebound in sight. Talk about a vote of no confidence, would be keeping well away from all this. Whether a particular project gets finished on not the area is going to on the doldrums for years.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-...ck-trading-falls-to-lowest-in-four-years.html