Tiger Group – Real Estate Giant with a Heart for Community

Since very humble beginnings in 1976 as a small contracting company, Tiger Group has grown to become one of the most recognizable real estate giants in the Middle East, with projects that are anything but modest, doing for the community. Founded in Dubai by Waleed Mohammad AlZoubi, the company now stretches across every corner of the UAE, into Middle East, and Turkey, holding vast portfolios in anything from high-rise towers to hospitality and education facilities. Dubbed one of Forbes’ Top 100 Arab Family Businesses in the Middle East, Tiger Group is moving towards achieving much more than raising concrete buildings-it’s a legacy in the making.

Tiger Group’s power began in the construction industry with its flagship company, Tiger Contracting, and has operated over decades for the group as it ventured to other markets and industries. Among them include companies like Tiger International General Contracting, Tiger Properties, and Al Durah Contracting. Besides real estate, Tiger Group has businesses in tourism, hospitality, and industrial sectors with subsidiaries such as DubaiLink Tours and Samaya Hotels & Resorts. All of its divisions live up to the vision of excellence and innovation through different industries with a strong regional and international presence.

The portfolio includes not only landmark projects in Dubai but also a wide variety of properties and projects in other GCC countries as well as in Turkey, enabling Tiger Group to make a tremendous impact on the landscape of the region’s cities, contribute to the vibrant reality of their real estate market, and offer new standards in construction and property management.

Since Tiger Group always led the trend in real estate with high-profile projects, including the newly announced Tiger Sky Tower, Cloud Tower, launched in 2022, is offering cutting-edge residential units that merge the best of contemporary design with functional luxury. However, innovation has taken an important leap with the recently unveiled Tiger Sky Tower. The billion-dollar project features the world’s highest residential rainforest, infinity pool, and sky restaurant for exclusive use only. It shall also house a rooftop roller coaster and the world’s highest penthouse. Tiger Sky Tower is, therefore, a manifestation of its commitment to excel beyond the norm and continues to attract considerable local and international attention. These visionary projects highlight the Group’s position as the leading architectural and experiential innovation leader in the UAE, reaffirming its spot as one of the most transformative developers in Dubai’s real estate sector.

The mission of the Tiger Group extends beyond real estate alone. The Group has put significant investments in community initiatives with a focus on humanitarian projects and education that impact the Middle East. The Group established Al Yarmouk Private University aside from various schools in Syria, Jordan, and Turkey to give high-class education to the students in this region.

Besides educational work, the Group regularly engages in regional humanitarian work. In 2021, the company contributed AED 1 million to the “100 Million Meals” initiative, feeding families all over 30 countries. The next year, Tiger Group continued its support through philanthropy by donating AED 6 million to the “1 Billion Meals” initiative that has been launched to deal with hunger in more than 50 countries. All these contributions reflect the commitment of Tiger Group toward supporting local communities and creating sustainable changes beyond the re-emergence of real estate themselves.

Tiger Group has ensured that business objectives be in tandem with welfare of the community as well as environmental sustainability. For this purpose, it has started hospitality ventures in collaboration with global institutions like the University of Freiburg. This would bring about sustainable and community-based development at the heart of its operations. With this myriad of investments, Tiger Group is carving a balanced growth approach—building infrastructure along with social good.

All of this is based on an extremely progressive real estate strategy and a truly humanitarian vision, both of which manifest the Tiger Group’s intent to transform and become a driver of positive change in the Middle East. With projects of legend, a portfolio expanding daily, and the commitment to enriching the community, the Tiger Group built a brand synonymous with luxury and legacy, ushering in a new age of socially responsible development in the UAE and beyond.