| At the present time, the centre of the construction | | | | massive residential new town, and Majid Al Futtaim |
| boom is undoubtedly Dubai. In the hotel sector alone | | | | has a massive shopping mall and indoor ski resort |
| there are plans to build 150 more hotels over the | | | | under construction on a nearby site.Around the Gulf |
| next five to seven years, expanding the number of | | | | region shopping malls are under construction all over |
| hotel rooms from 20,000 in 1990 to 55,000.Other | | | | the place. But for now the focus of building activity is |
| new projects underway in Dubai are the $2 billion | | | | Dubai , and all these new offices, homes and hotels |
| Dubai International Financial Centre, a huge office | | | | will need furniture and interior design. |
| complex rumored to include a major skyscraper; the | | | | In 2003, the value of building projects under |
| $2.5 billion expansion of the Dubai International | | | | construction in the UAE were estimated at $28 Billion. |
| Airport; the $3 billion Palm Island project; $1.6 billion | | | | The projects include new high-rise commercial |
| Dubai Marina leisure and residential development; $1.6 | | | | residential districts, hotels, houses, hospitals, schools, |
| billion Festival City mixed-use development; further | | | | universities, public parks, large shopping centers, |
| phases of the Dubai Internet City and Media City; | | | | beach resorts, man-made residential islands, the |
| and the new Convention Centre at the Dubai World | | | | massive expansion of the airports in Dubai and Abu |
| Trade Centre.In addition, Emaar Properties is | | | | Dhabi , and other commercial premises. |
| developing the Emirates Hills/Emirates Lakes into a | | | | |