Dubai-based Emaar has not been contacted about any post-war Gaza reconstruction projects and is not interested in participating in them, the company's founder and chairman, Mohamed Alabar, told Reuters.
While US President Donald Trump envisioned the creation of a new "Riviera" in Gaza, Alabbar said that reconstruction should be carried out by those responsible for its destruction.
"That's my philosophy... everyone should clean up after themselves," he said at the Reuters NEXT Gulf Summit in Abu Dhabi.
"I'm very focused on making money for my shareholders," he added.
Emaar, which has been one of the pillars of Dubai's transformation into a global economic player in recent decades and which built the tallest building in the world, is involved in projects across the planet.
Its Marassi Red Sea project in Egypt, which it is developing together with Saudi and local investors, will involve investments worth $17 billion, Alabar said.
Emaar is also considering possible new projects in India and China.
"Economic development in India is progressing quite well. China, you know, is still struggling with problems in the housing sector, but they will solve that," he said.
At the same time, he stated that the housing shortage in the US is a "disaster" and that it should be a priority for Trump, calling on states and large companies to work together to solve the problem.
"You can talk about autonomous cars, investments in, you know, data centers. Thank you very much. We would like to have a roof over our heads," Alabar added.
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