BAY AREA BIZ (San Francisco Chronicle)

ABU DHABI’S SOROUGH STRIKES ALLIANCE WITH MGM, RUBICON (Asia Pulse via Yahoo!7 Finance)Tourism / leisure Sorouh Real Estate, one of the largest real estate developers listed on the Abu Dhabi Securities Market with a market cap close to AED 24 billion ($6.5 billion USD), today announced it has signed an agreement with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM) and Rubicon, Inc. (Rubicon) to explore the development of entertainment opportunities within Sorouh’s real estate .

I love Shanghai (China Daily)Comfortable black velvet lounge couches, tastefully dim lighting, hip urban graffiti photography on the walls, a sleek bar surface imported from LA, and a selection of individual cocktails, I Love Shanghai is a welcome addition to Bund Life clubbing, and a great spot for a relaxing candle-lit cocktail before heading off to the main event at Attica or Bar Rouge.

A Japanese developer who reaches for the sky (International Herald Tribune)At a time when urban planners in the West frown on hulking high-rises, Minoru Mori presents a new Asian urban sensibility, where architecture reflects soaring economic ambition.