retail shops

Article Taken from Times of India - by Anshul Dhamija,

TNN 6 January 2010, 12:17am IST

An apartment on the 100th floor of 'Burj Khalifa', the world's tallest building and one of the most sought after addresses in the world today, comes at a price of Rs 38,000 per sq ft.

But if you think that's a soaring price, consider this: desi realty rates beat that by a mile. The rates of apartments on Prithviraj Road and Aurangzeb Road in central Delhi are much higher. The per sq ft rate of apartments in Marble Arch and Tata Apartments on Prithviraj Road is around Rs 65,000 per sq ft. Similarly, Ansal apartments on Aurangzeb Road have a price of Rs 55,000 per sq ft, said senior broker Hemendra Sharma.

This is a recent post on The Gulf Times website. Please read this through and consider how many people would love to live in nice housing, with cheap rent and all of the amenities that the BARWA housing has planned for it's fortunate residents. Don't you think a little patience and gratefulness is needed here? BARWA could have halted the move in and let the residents keep paying high rent elsewhere if they minded driving a bit to the supermarket. Maybe with a bit of planning somebody could pick up the milk on the way home? I am sure all of the workers living in labor camps wouldn't mind to do so. Please people learn to look at those who have less than you and be grateful for what you've been given before it's gone.

Nearest grocery 8km for Barwa complex tenants

Nearest grocery 8km for Barwa complex tenants
Delay in the construction of a supermarket at the Barwa residential complex in Mesaimeer is causing inconvenience to the tenants.
Close to a thousand residents of the Barwa Housing Programme’s first residential project in Mesaimeer say they face a real dilemma and inconvenience since just to get milk they have to drive for 8-10km.

The low-cost housing programme initiated by the Barwa Real Estate Company to free up the housing crisis in Qatar, offered residents two- and three- bedroom units through 31 buildings on a 200,000sqm plot in Mesaimeer since March 1 when the keys were handed over to tenants screened earlier through computer balloting.

Following the recent offers on international calls, it seems that Qtel and Vodafone are starting to shift their attention towards Mobile Internet users. Vodafone Qatar is now offering free 300 MB Mobile Internet usage on top of its Flexi Plans until the end of September [1]. Vodafone Qatar has also announced that it will be selling a limited number of iPhones at its outlets [2]. Qtel on the other hand has just launched its new Mobile Internet Packs (50 MB, 250 MB, 1 GB, 3 GB, and Unlimited) along with its Shahry Plans at the prices of QR 25, 50, 100, 200 and 400 respectively [3]. Unlike Qtel’s Mobile Broadband packages which are provided with “Data-Only” SIM cards, Qtel’s Mobile Internet Packs can be activated on your existing Shahry SIM card.

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Congratulations to the new Owners.

Source: Gulf-Times

Taste of high life in dream homes

Tower Four
By Pratap John
The Pearl-Qatar has crossed a major milestone with first residents taking up their new homes at the QR50bn state-of-the-art island, owned and developed by United Development Company.
The first residents were handed over the keys to their new homes by senior executives of UDC recently.
The first family took up residence at Porto Arabia on May 1. The handover to other new homeowners is taking place daily and will continue in the days and weeks ahead, UDC said.

I heard retail shops are open in Peral Qatar and is open for public. Tried to visit. The security on gate was very rude and just turned me back. It was one of the worst experiences I had. You need some kind of pass to get in to that place. May be it is reserved for certain nationalities as I saw lots of Qatari’s and western nationals getting in without any problem. Is that place worth so much efforts? I really doubt.