Latest in Tag: Land Highlight
Latest in Tag: Land

Leftist parties denounce farmer arrests as ‘classist oppression’
Parties react to arrest of over 24 farmers claiming ownership to land against a businessman, say police stood with “armed thugs against farmers”

NUCA budget doubled to EGP 28bn in FY 2015/2016
New Upper Egypt cities will have a share in Authority’s development plans

Beit Al-Watan allocated 1,300 land parcels in second phase
Project’s committee meets weekly to discuss those who transferred down payments, violations of contract conditions
Government allocates land for public entities for development plans
Aim is to implement development plans and provide services to citizens, in Sinai, Beheira, and Sohag, says Mehleb
Revised legislations, facilitated lands availability to boost real estate: Maxim Holdings Board Vice Chairman
Egypt’s Economic Summit will launch an era of developments, according to Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors with the commercial sector of Maxim Holdings, Amr El-Kady. El-Kady added that the real estate sector is continuously growing despite the political challenges of the past four years. The government’s trend of new legislations will further encourage …

Growth awaits residential, commercial real estate development: EIG Inc marketing and sales director
Big demand for middle, upper-middle housing units by large segment of society, significant increase in demand of malls and administrative centres
5 commercial land parcels offered in Sheikh Zayed and New Cairo
Commercial land parcels to be used for restaurants, document coping centres and cafeterias amongst other projects
10,000 Sudanese acres ready for Egyptian farmers: Sudanese Investment Minister
Sudan is now adopting the open door policy for investments
5,000 farming families face eviction in Alexandria
Egyptian Endowments Authority seeking to convert land into real estate investments

IDA regaining authority in planning and allocation of land to investors: Chairman
IDA’s new protocol with the New Urban Communities Authority (NUCA) set to centralise procedures investors must follow to establish industrial development projects
Nile University students welcome president’s proposed resolution to conflict with Zewail City
Interim President Adly Mansour reaches “friendly agreement” Sunday allowing Nile University and Zewail City students to share contested lands until the latter moves out

Human Rights organisation calls on cabinet to ‘restore’ contested lands to Nile University
Government’s efforts to “stall” the implementation of a court verdict favouring the university “harm Egypt’s reputation,” says Arab Network for Human Rights Information

Industrial land to be leased on usufruct basis: Ministry of Industry
The lack of a specific land allocation policy hindered the industrial growth and development in Egypt, says Mounir Fakhry Abdel Nour

Supreme Administrative Court upholds Nile University’s claim over contested land
Nile University welcomes the verdict while Zewail City says the verdict “adds nothing new”

Cityscape conference explores opportunities for real estate investment in Egypt
Exhibition will be attended by the Minister of Housing Ibrahim Mahlab along with the industry’s key decision-makers in the sector to discuss FDI

Agricultural tax rates to remain the same, actual taxes could increase according to land value: Ministry of Finance
Ministry denies changes were made to the laws or rates of taxes on arable land

Ministry of Agriculture fights encroachment onto agricultural lands
405 agriculture engineers are given the right to judicially seize lands which violate agriculture land regulations

Finance ministry completes industrial land reassessment
Ministry taking further steps in the development of industrial lands

Activists, politicians condemn Prawer Plan
Protests planned outside the Arab League; Arab Organisation for Human Rights condemns plan

Hyde Park, New Urban Communities Authority forms strategic partnership
New venture pledges commitment to Deliver Units on Schedule According to Highest Standards

Former housing minister acquitted
Former housing minister Ahmed El-Maghrabi and businessman Mounir Ghabour cleared of illegal land acquisition

‘No development without security and no security without development’
Interview with Hany El-Assal, chairman of Misr Italia Holding

Prosecutor General asks Interpol to arrest Shafiq
Former presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq wanted on charges of “seizing and wasting public money”

Citizens of East Sinai protest land laws through poetry
Residents’ conference in South Rafah rejects the armed forces’ decision to prevent citizens from owning land in East Sinai

Two arrested in land investigation
Two members of the Pilots Land Association detained for 15 days pending investigation of illegal sale of land

Nubians protest marginalisation
Disenfranchised minority demands fairer representation outside upper house of parliament

Nubians demand return of their land
Protest at Abdeen Palace to highlight unjust treatment of Nubians.
Presidential decree solidifies military control of land in Sinai
Within the coming few days a presidential decree is to be issued to amend Sinai Development Act number 14 for the year 2012, which Prime Minister Hisham Qandil’s cabinet approved in its last meeting, state-run Al-Ahram reported Saturday. According to Al-Ahram’s report, the presidential amendment stipulates the establishment of a National Authority for the Development …
Morsy drops farmers’ debts
Addressing his audience of fellaheen (farmers), President Mohamed Morsy echoed former President Gamal Abdel Nasser, saying “I’m one of you in terms of roots and upbringing.” In his speech on Tuesday commemorating farmers’ day, Morsy praised Egypt’s fellaheen, stating that “Egypt’s farmers were the first to rebel against tyranny 4,000 years ago.” Presidential spokesman, Yasser …
Misr Real Estate Assets buys land worth EGP 300m from NBE and Banque Misr
By Asmaa Nabil Misr Real Estate Assets (MREA) has purchased 27.3 thousand metres of land from the National Bank of Egypt (NBE) and Banque Misr, valued at EGP 300 million. An official at Banque Misr said that MREA won the auction held last month for the two plots of land as part of plan to …