Construction projects in Abu Dhabi and Dubai

There were two interesting articles in the Gulf News newspaper that I recently read. The first is about a huge construction project that is taking place one block away from our apartment building. Abu Dhabi is building a huge Central Market complex that we can see from our living room window. In the article's photo our building is near the far top left and to the right of the very large building. It would be interesting to see when it is completed but it will take years and we may be gone before then. The pace of erecting new buildings is much slower here than in Dubai. A case in point is a three month abandoned building near us still seems no closer to being demolished.

Meanwhile Dubai continues to surge ahead with its incredible number of construction projects. They are building cities at about the same pace that it's been taking Abu Dhabi to construct single buildings. Here's a good article on what's going on in Dubai. It boggles the mind as to what is happening about 100 miles up the road from where we live. Despite all the hype and excitement that surrounds Dubai, we are content with living is the country's more sedate capital. Abu Dhabi does have many other grandiose projects that are on the drawing board but I've not seen them in the Gulf News yet.