Arada bought the dip in the UAE and reaped the rewards. But will it work in London?

By Daniel Gayne2026-03-30T06:00:00

Its purchase of developer Regal London last year might have been the first most in the UK had heard of Arada. But in the UAE it has been building up a reputation for green, wellbeing-led development for the better part of a decade. Daniel Gayne finds out what it plans ...

In recent years, Dubai has become a symbol in the British mindset for everything our country is perceived to be.

While frowned on by some - including, recently, the leader of the Liberal Democrats - who see it as an authoritarian tax haven for disloyal UK millionaires, for others it is a shining example of the kind of economic dynamism they see as lacking back home.

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