25 October 2026 · Culture
In Dubai, business culture shapes how the market moves.
Relationships, calendar and language affect how decisions are made. Understanding them is as practical as understanding the market data.
U.A.E, Dubai · Commercial Real Estate · Journal
The
market,
considered.
A weekly journal exploring the buildings, capital, businesses and transactions shaping Dubai’s commercial property market, offering an inside perspective on the people, deals and forces driving the market.
02 · Journal
Recent thinking.
The latest three. Earlier pieces are in the archive.
18 October 2026 · Perspective
Four common misreadings of Dubai's commercial market.
Oil, tourism, tax and emptiness: what each assumption gets wrong, and what the evidence shows instead.
28 September 2026 · Market
Dubai's commercial market is entering a more selective phase.
Demand remains substantial, but scarcity, pricing and the quality of stock are beginning to matter more than the market's headline momentum.
03 · The week · Featured
Where commercial demand is actually moving.
Dubai's office story is no longer simply about rising rents. It is increasingly about the relationship between business formation, occupier requirements, the scarcity of quality stock and the places where companies can actually operate.
04 · Global View
Three markets. One lens.
The same question each time: what does each market make easier, and what does it make more expensive?
United Kingdom · Comparison
UAE / United Kingdom
A comparison of tax, operating structure, capital and commercial property demand across two mature but very different business environments.
United States · Comparison
UAE / United States
Market scale, capital depth and domestic demand set against Dubai’s role as an international base for regional expansion and cross-border business.
Singapore · Comparison
UAE / Singapore
Two international hubs examined through tax, talent, capital and connectivity — each serving a different geographic corridor.
05 · Current Projects
Building what comes next.
Alongside my work at Ahmed & Ahmed, I am developing tools that bring a deeper layer of intelligence to commercial real estate. The aim is simple: take information that is fragmented across the market and bring it into one considered view.
06 · Weekly note
One note.
Every week.
A short, considered view of what is changing across Dubai's commercial real estate market. No daily noise. Just one useful note.