From Nasir Bin Abdullah and Sons comes a €400 million mega-plan to attract wealthy visitors to Spain’s famously over-developed Costa Del Sol. The Al Thani Port appears to contain luxury residential property as well as commercial space. Once opened, it is unclear whether there will be a tax to inhibit poor people from marking up the new floors or asking how much things cost.
Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Abdullah Al Ahmed Al Thani, a distant billionaire relative of the country’s ruling Al Thani family and owner of Malaga F.C., is leading the charge that will see a Dubai-style marina built by 2016, with work starting sometime next year.
Malaga airport recently opened up its trans-Atlantic flight routes and looks set to accommodate any visitors who leave their mega-yachts at home.