CANNES, FRANCE-Marwan Shehadeh, group director at Al-Futtaim Group, the developer of the high-profile commercial real estate project as Dubai Festival City and the upcoming Cairo Festival City and Doha Festival City. He spoke with GlobeSt.com's Ian Ritter at the recent MAPIC conference about his firm's projects.

They specifically discussed:

  • Doing commercial real estate developments in various international markets.
  • Getting large commercial real estate projects done in this climate.
  • The retailers looking to expand in large developments.
  • How to get retailers to enter projects in this economic climate.
  • The challenges of getting financing for commercial real estate development.

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