David Beckham again boosts interest in UAE investment property
January 7, 2009 by Mark Pollak
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Dubai has never failed to attract a bit of celebrity glitz and glamour to it’s real estate market – from palm shaped islands to golf courses, famous faces are synonymous with property in the emirate.
However, some were wondering how long the region could go on drawing big names as its stellar market finally experiences a slowdown.
Enter David Beckham, already owner of a villa on the iconic Palm Jumeirah, to inject a confidence boost just when investment property developers needed it.
The Becks soap opera is currently bewitching fans of his new club, Italian outfit AC Milan, which has pitched up in Dubai for a mid-season training camp.
And what has caught the England international’s eye this time? Well you can hardly miss it – it’s set to be the world’s tallest building.
‘The perfect fit’
According to the Daily Star, the 33-year-old is looking at buying a unit in Burj Dubai, set to stretch to 820 metres in height by the time it is finally finished in September. According to Digital Spy, the report quotes a source as saying:
“Beckham and the Burj Dubai would be the perfect fit. This is the finest building in the world, he is the finest soccer player. I believe he is being sounded out.”
Football teams with investment property
Maybe he’s taking the lead of Liverpool midfielder Steven Gerrard – set to get an entire UAE apartment development named after him, with a freebie unit in the development acting as payment for the endorsement.
Still, it’s a great excuse for a drool over Burj Dubai, which will have apartments 200 metres square and designed by Armani. It’s soaring shape is also inescapably phallic – appropriate if it really does become home to the man nicknamed ‘golden balls’.
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