Dubai Palm Developer Raises $4.6 Billion Loan Amid Housing Boom

  • Nakheel obtains the loan from a group of local lenders
  • Interest-rate hikes make it more expensive to raise funds

The Palm Jumeirah in Dubai.

Photographer: Christopher Pike/Bloomberg
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Nakheel PJSC secured 17 billion dirhams ($4.6 billion) in financing from a group of local lenders, as the developer of Dubai’s artificial palm-shaped islands seeks to kick-off new projects amid a property boom in the city.