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Sobha Realty Concludes FY 2025 with AED 30 Billion in Sales, Marking 30% Growth Over 2024

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Aerial night view of Sobha Realty master-planned waterfront community featuring illuminated high-rise towers, residential villas, landscaped roads, and Dubai skyline in the background

Sobha Realty, a leading global luxury real estate developer renowned for its commitment to exceptional quality and innovation, has announced its year-end sales figures for FY 2025 a total AED 30 billion, cementing the company’s status as one of the most influential real estate developers in the Gulf. 

Driven by a series of landmark achievements across sales performance, masterplan development, sustainability, and international expansion, the 2025 sales figures represent an uptick of 30 per cent year-on-year. The increased growth reflects sustained momentum in the UAE’s luxury real estate market and the strength of Sobha Realty’s diversified portfolio. A significant portion of this strong performance came from the company’s expanding footprint in Umm Al Quwain (UAQ), with AED 8 billion in sales from Downtown UAQ | Sobha Realty and Sobha Siniya Island.  

Together, these results underscore the outstanding market reception of Sobha Realty’s new masterplans in UAQ and reaffirm the increasing confidence of investors in the brand’s leadership and strategic development vision across the Emirates.

“Sobha Realty’s sales success in 2025 was complemented by significant development milestones. The company launched four masterplans, Sobha Solis, Downtown UAQ | Sobha Realty, Sobha Central, and Sobha SkyParks, bringing its UAE portfolio to 14 developments, comprising 12 in Dubai and two in Umm Al Quwain. Each new project is helping strengthen the company’s role in shaping the future of urban living in the UAE.”; said Sobha Group Chairman Mr. Ravi Menon.

This period of growth also saw Sobha Realty extend its reach well beyond the Gulf region, as it announced an expansion into the United States and Australia.This was supported by the establishment of regional offices and strategic land acquisitions in Texas, United States, and Queensland and Sydney, Australia. Together, these initiatives marked a pivotal milestone in the company’s evolution into a global real estate leader.

“This past year has been a defining chapter in Sobha Realty’s journey,” said Mr. Menon. “Our growth across the UAE and expansion into global markets reflect a vision that has remained constant since our inception: to create developments that stand the test of time. These achievements are a testament to the trust our customers place in us and to our unwavering commitment to excellence and craftsmanship. As we look ahead, we remain dedicated to shaping communities with projects that embody quality and integrity while grounded in Sobha’s philosophy of The Art of Detail.”

Sobha Realty’s international momentum was further bolstered by a strong financial year, underscored by the successful issuance of a US$500 million sukuk, which was oversubscribed three-fold at US$1.54 billion. Subsequently, the company launched its inaugural US$750 million Green Sukuk – the largest green sukuk ever issued by a real estate developer globally. It attracted approximately US$2.1 billion in orders and achieved 2.8 times oversubscription. Listed on both the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and NASDAQ Dubai, these issuances reinforced investor confidence in Sobha Realty’s strategic direction and financial stability.

Sobha Realty’s financial strength was further affirmed when Moody’s upgraded the Corporate Family Rating of PNC Investments LLC, its parent company, to Ba2/stable, reflecting enhanced credit metrics, supported by a strong revenue profile and substantial backlog.

Sustainability and people-centric progress remained central to Sobha Realty’s journey in 2025. During the year, Sobha One became the first building outside of Singapore to receive the Green Mark Platinum Super Low Energy certification. Additionally, the company achieved a score of 97 in the 2025 GRESB Real Estate Assessment and earned a 4-Star Rating, further reinforcing its leadership in ESG governance and low-carbon development.

This external recognition was complemented by internal advancements, including the introduction of a sector-first enhanced maternity leave policy, which offers 120 days of maternity leave while retaining all other employment benefits. This initiative underscores the company’s commitment to fostering a responsible and progressive workplace.

Sobha Realty further enhanced its global presence through strategic partnerships, including serving as a Global Partner for International Cricket Council (ICC) Men’s events, maintaining its collaboration with Arsenal FC, and continuing its association with the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards. These initiatives have significantly expanded the brand’s visibility among international audiences.

With milestones spanning development, sustainability, global expansion, and brand influence, 2025 stands as one of the most transformative years in Sobha Realty’s five-decade history. These accomplishments establish a strong foundation for continued growth both in the UAE and internationally, further reinforcing the company’s position as a global standard-bearer in luxury real estate.

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Western Furniture Unveils a Spectacular Eid Al Adha and Super Sale Celebrating Luxury Living and Timeless Italian Design

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Dubai, UAE – May 2026: This season, Western Furniture invites design enthusiasts and homeowners to experience exceptional luxury living during its exclusive Eid Al Adha campaign and Super Sale event, taking place from 22–31 May 2026 across Dubai and Abu Dhabi.

The campaign features limited time offers on an extraordinary portfolio of internationally acclaimed furniture, lighting, and outdoor living brands. Showcasing iconic names including Adriani & Rossi, Miniforms, Schuller, Tonin Casa, Calligaris, Tomasella, Desalto, Natuzzi Editions, and Unopiù, the curated collections bring together contemporary elegance, exceptional craftsmanship, and timeless Italian-inspired design for both indoor and outdoor spaces.

Discover timeless elegance and contemporary innovation with these standout pieces:

Iconic Italian Lighting Brands

At the heart of the collection is an exquisite showcase of designer lighting pieces that blur the boundaries between art and functionality. Adriani & Rossi introduces sculptural creations such as the Calla Table Lamp, crafted from elegant matte white ceramic with luxurious gold or silver leaf interiors, radiating a warm and sophisticated ambiance. Complementing the collection is the minimalist File Suspension Lamp, a handcrafted ceramic pendant distinguished by its textured finish and modern silhouette, ideal for dining spaces and stylish contemporary interiors.

The lighting portfolio further expands with statement ceiling lamps including the playful Rificolona by Miniforms, the refined Norma ceiling lamp by Schuller, and the artistic Dali ceiling lamp by Tonin Casa, each adding dramatic character and timeless elegance to interior spaces.

Calligaris

The promotion also highlights an exceptional range of contemporary dining and lounge furniture from Calligaris, where functionality meets sculptural beauty. Elegant seating solutions such as the Betty Dining Chair, Fay Dining Chair, Tuka Bar Stool, and the sophisticated Oleandro Lounge Chair showcase soft silhouettes, ergonomic comfort, and refined Italian detailing.

These designs pair seamlessly with statement dining tables including the sculptural Ellisse Dining Table, the elegant Calla Dining Table, and the modern Breeze Dining Table, creating harmonious dining environments defined by

sophistication and versatility.

Natuzzi Editions :

For lovers of luxurious relaxation, Natuzzi Editions presents a refined collection

of sofas and beds that combine Italian craftsmanship with superior comfort.  

Highlights include the elegant Charlotte C391, the inviting Ernesto, the soft and contemporary Batticuore B889, the modern Wally C195, and the stylish Spirotosa C117, alongside the sophisticated Morfeo Bed, each designed to transform interiors into serene and luxurious sanctuaries.

Unopiù outdoor collection

Extending luxury beyond interiors, Unopiù introduces a sophisticated outdoor living collection inspired by timeless Mediterranean elegance and sustainable craftsmanship. Leading the collection is the iconic Amanda Hammock, a globally celebrated Unopiù design masterpiece featuring curved laminated wood poles and handwoven cotton cord, offering effortless relaxation in any outdoor setting.

The collection also includes the elegant Ginger Director’s Chair, crafted from premium teak and sustainable fabrics, and the refined Salò Sofa from the Salò 2025 Collection, inspired by the enchanting beauty of Lake Garda. Additional highlights such as the Synthesis Sofa in teak and WaProLace, the Low Lounge Chair and Stackable Coffee Table, and the sculptural Pevero Island lounge piece redefine outdoor comfort through timeless design, natural materials, and contemporary sophistication.

With this exclusive seasonal sale, Western Furniture continues to reaffirm its position as one of the UAE’s leading destinations for luxury interiors, offering discerning customers the opportunity to experience globally renowned brands, exceptional craftsmanship, and timeless design at attractive prices.

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NATUZZI ITALIA LAUNCHES EID AL ADHA SUPER SALE SHOWCASING ICONIC ITALIAN CRAFTSMANSHIP

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Natuzzi Italia renowned for its Italian craftsmanship and innovative design, invites design enthusiasts and homeowners to experience its highly anticipated 3-Day Super Sale, running from May 22 to May 31, 2026, across its showrooms in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. The exclusive event offers exceptional savings on a curated selection of sophisticated furniture, lighting, and statement pieces that embody the brand’s philosophy of harmony, comfort, and refined living.

Featured Highlights of the Sale:

Deep Sofa

Designed by Nika Zupanc, the Deep Sofa captures the flow of sea waves with its modular, customizable configurations and enveloping lines—perfect for unwinding in style. Also Deep Chaise Lounge blue jeans  .

Easy Sofa


The Easy Sofa (3+2-Seater) Sofa and Half Corner Sofa perfectly blends practicality with luxury, featuring a seamless “ready-to-bed” mechanism for effortless comfort. Its rounded lines create a harmonious style and function. Available in white.

The sale also highlights Natuzzi Italia’s exquisite lighting collection

Germoglio Lamp by Marcantonio: A poetic and artistic addition to any room, the Germoglio lamp illuminates spaces with a soft, Mediterranean-inspired glow.

The Natuzzi Italia Galileo table lamp: a sophisticated addition to any living space. the lamp features a distinctive base in Calacatta marble or black lacquered beech wood with a scratched effect, paired with an adjustable aluminium diffuser available in various colours.

Kendo table lamp: Inspired by the traditional Japanese martial art of Kendo.the Kendo Table Lamp masterfully balances wood and metal, offering minimalist sophistication ideal for contemporary homes

Colosseo:

Designed by Mauro Lipparini, Colosseo is a monument to versatility. With a cultured and sophisticated design, this sofa includes storage units as armrests or table tops, redefining the living area concept where flexibility merges with innovative comfort.

Elsa Stand Lamp

A Timeless Embrace Elegance and purity find their form in Elsa. This masterpiece features a charm carved from artisan glass, playing against the natural, sophisticated veins of Calacatta marble. Topped with a decorative accessory in brushed light gold, Elsa is not merely a lamp, but a precious jewel for the contemporary interior.

The Milano sofa: Bring timeless charm and comfort to your space with the Milano Sofa—a perfect blend of bold design and cozy sophistication

 

Oblò:

Designed by Maurizio Manzoni, Oblò is a welcoming embrace with a sleek silhouette. The tubular metal structure not only adds elegance but also gives the sofa an airy and streamlined look, creating a warm and inviting atmosphere.

Voyage Dining Table A tribute to Natuzzi’s pursuit of perfect harmony, the Voyage table unites form, function, and materiality in a beautifully balanced composition. Crafted with precision and conceived as a statement centrepiece, Voyage reflects the brand’s Italian artistry—transforming a dining table into a sculptural expression of refined living.

Buddie Sofa

A project that perfectly embodies the spirit of the Natuzzi design blend, Buddie is a collection in which form and function, aesthetics and ethics, creativity and innovation, both technological and emotional, find a perfect synthesis in the name of harmony.‎ Available in sophisticated Leather Bianco and Fabric Castiglione.

 Levante sofa

The Levante sofa, designed by Mauro Lipparini, embodies compact strength and undeniable style. Available in sophisticated iron-grey fabric, it exemplifies Italian Minimalism, offering a harmonious blend of elegance and profound functionality.

The Leaf Sofa

Soft lines meet Italian sophistication in the Leaf Sofa, a design that brings warmth, elegance, and effortless comfort into the living space. With its inviting proportions and refined detailing, Leaf transforms everyday moments into an experience of understated luxury.

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AI WON’T REPLACE ARCHITECTS – BUT IT COULD CHANGE THE WAY THEY THINK

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Kanaka Raghavan, Senior Lecturer in Graphic Design, Middlesex University (MDX Dubai)

The way we design has always been a reflection of the tools available to us. As an undergraduate student about two decades ago, the tools we used were quite traditional: A sketchbook, a drafting board, piles of drawing sheets, tracing paper, freshly sharpened pencils, and a half-empty coffee mug. Design was physical, tactile, measured, and every revision cost you something. Technical drawings and models would take days to produce, and critique was received with extreme resistance due to the effort involved in making the slightest modifications. Gradually, digital drawing and 3D modelling software evolved to generating sections and elevations automatically, removing the long nights spent working on these manually. Having computers handle the repetitive, mechanical work has allowed one to pay attention to the most interesting part of the process: the designing itself.

In this mission to outsource dreary, tedious tasks to the machines, it seems like we may have gotten a bit carried away. With Artificial Intelligence (AI) already embedding itself into the mechanics of our daily life – the way we draft a message or edit a photo, it is inevitable for the technology to make its way into the creative process. Unlike conventional design software, which relies entirely on dimensions and constraints manually fed by the architect, AI has fundamentally changed the ideation process. Brainstorming concepts, generating multiple façade options, and exploring design possibilities has become far more fluid, like having a hardworking graduate assistant.

The architecture industry has seen rapid growth in AI adoption. Across early stages in areas like concept visualisation, specification writing, compliance checking, and product selection, as well as day-to-day practice management like report writing, bid creation, and project scheduling. According to a recent report, 59% of practices reported using AI on at least occasional projects, up from 41% the previous year, a sizeable increase.

Bigger studios have acted as early adopters. Zaha Hadid Architects developed bespoke AI software in collaboration with NVIDIA, exploring generative AI across façade patterning, structural optimisation, and urban-scale planning. For MVRDV, data is actively shaping building form from the very start. BIG’s Bjarke Ingels has spoken about how AI reduces the time between intuition and iteration, helping teams move faster through design options. Smaller design studios are finding their footing too. London-based Fu recently launched what has been described as the world’s first fully AI-driven architectural project, a residential scheme at Slovenia’s Lake Bled, where AI helped accelerate iteration and uncover spatial relationships that traditional processes might have missed.

Yet the technology, for all its speed and spectacle, requires scrutiny. Where AI has made its presence felt is primarily in the everyday operational side of practice – drafting emails, managing budgets, transcribing client meetings. Only 13% of practices are currently using AI for actual design and planning tasks. As Zaha Hadid Director, Nils Fischer, puts it, general purpose AI has a “pseudo-understanding of construction,” particularly bad at grasping how building elements actually meet and connect. While it is a capable assistant, AI is still a few upgrades away from playing a meaningful role in the construction process.

So, can the architect be confident about their future in the industry?

Designing buildings is like solving an intricate puzzle, and the architect has always occupied a unique position. Part researcher, part craftsman, part ethnographer, part philosopher. They aren’t just resolving a design; they are learning to understand people. To become a good architect, one must develop an empathetic read of the problem before proposing a solution. The creative process demands that we sit with complexity, allowing the concept to find its philosophical grounding before it becomes form. It is slow, sometimes frustrating, and entirely necessary.

That is where AI can pose a conundrum. When a tool can generate fifty design options overnight, how does the architect still develop the conviction to defend one? And how do they avoid the trap of sameness that AI has been accused of producing, where similar prompts fed into similar models begin to yield unsurprisingly similar results? Research in cognitive science suggests that exposure to others’ ideas early in the creative process can inhibit our thinking.  More unsettling still is the effect of passive AI acceptance. In a post-ChatGPT world, taking the first generated response and running with it has become second nature for many. Researchers are finding, however, that this habit may be rewiring how we think, not just individually, but collectively. And when individual creativity suffers, the diversity of our collective creativity inevitably suffers along with it. This is particularly worth considering for the next generation of architects, who risk treating AI as a silver bullet rather than simply another tool in their arsenal. While it makes connections we sometimes can’t, AI still remains a machine, not a problem solver, not an architect. There is still a vast distance between a striking AI-generated image and a building that can actually be built, specified, and guaranteed. The real skill lies in knowing what to do with that output, pushing it further, making it respond coherently against a brief, a site, a context.

An architect’s empathy is not merely a soft skill, it is the diagnostic tool that determines whether a building serves its people or merely stands. No model trained on images of buildings understands why a space needs to feel welcoming, or how a layout shapes the way people move through their lives. Those judgements cannot be prompted into existence. An architect’s value has never been in the mechanics of drawing, it’s in the thinking, judgment, and empathy behind it. AI can accelerate the process, but if architects let it do the thinking too, they risk losing the very thing that makes them irreplaceable.

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