For those of you who bought properties in phase one of Falcon City in Dubai, and have been wondering ever since when you’d finally move into your new home, the developer is now saying December.

Owners in phase one should have been moving in during December 2007. That was then put back to June 2008. With June around the corner and the homes showing no signs of being fully completed, developer Almoosa Enterprises has said during Cityscape in Abu Dhabi that the properties will be ready in December 2008.

So a year late, but with luck, owners will be celebrating Christmas in their new homes. But the delays don’t bode well for those who bought in phase two…

Sustainability is the buzz word for construction at the moment, so those who live in the Middle East will be heartened to know that the region is now becoming a force in the design and use of green building technology.

Among those that are touted as being particularly green are the new Bahrain World Trade Centre (WTC) – one of the subjects in AME Info’s recent iconic buildings of the Middle East report – and the planned Lighthouse (pictured) building in the financial district in Dubai.

The Bahrain WTC, designed by Atkins, includes three wind turbines which will generate 15% of the building’s energy needs. The Dubai Lighthouse is considered even more energy efficient, having attained Platinum status in the LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) green building rating system.