The case is likely to cause a stir in Casablanca. An influential real estate developer from Bouskoura is accused of pressuring his clients to make cash payments, even though his project is heavily mortgaged and legally unsellable. Revelations about a race against time that looks like a desperate escape.
The race for the construction of the new terminal of the Casablanca airport seems to be coming to an end. Following the opening of the technical and administrative bids on Tuesday, the Moroccan consortium formed by the giants SGTM and TGCC is the only candidate still in the running for this market estimated at more than 12 billion dirhams.
With compensation set at 140,000 dirhams for a simple slip, the court of first instance in Casablanca establishes a strict precedent. This judgment puts an end to the systematic classification of these accidents as "personal faults" to impose direct responsibility on operators for the safety of their facilities.
Following the tragedy in Fez that claimed 22 victims, the Casablanca-Settat region has triggered a state of maximum alert on its real estate portfolio. This tragedy marks the end of tolerance for anarchic renovations, to impose a rigorous technical audit of buildings at risk of collapse.
Morocco has just broken up a plan for an international mafia meeting on its soil. The security services arrested a dangerous Israeli criminal as soon as he got off the plane in Casablanca, preventing the holding of a summit aimed at organizing drug trafficking in the Middle East.
The Casablanca authorities are conducting a control campaign targeting cafes in the city. Agents are issuing fines for shisha use and the unauthorized broadcasting of matches, reminding owners of the obligation to respect copyright legislation under penalty of sanctions.
The state’s fuel bill has exploded suspiciously, triggering an immediate response from the control authorities. The General Inspectorate of Finance (IGF) is currently conducting targeted audits in several public institutions to uncover a vast system of waste and misappropriation of funds.
Rabat, Marrakech and Casablanca are in the top 10 of the Africa Pulse 2025 ranking on purchasing power. This grouped performance validates the stability of Moroccan indicators, while South Africa retains the top four places in the continental ranking.
Royal Air Maroc opens a direct connection between Casablanca and Los Angeles. This is the first time an airline has connected Africa to the west coast of the United States without a stopover. This new service will be operational as of June 2026, just before the start of the World Cup.
A municipal plot, initially classified as a green space, was found to be registered in the name of a private company without any official decision being made. This "suspicious" transfer of ownership, discovered in the Aïn Sebaâ area, caused a political storm during the extraordinary session of the Casablanca municipal council this Tuesday, with elected officials denouncing a "real estate scandal" and demanding accountability.
The real estate prices in Casablanca are experiencing a moderate increase, but commercial activity is booming. While the overall value of properties increased by 1.2% in the third quarter of 2025, the volume of transactions jumped by nearly a quarter over the same period, driven by a rush on apartments.
Derb Ghallef is a global temple of informal trade, but its days in its current form are numbered. The new development plan for Casablanca plans to replace this maze with a modern shopping center of more than 7 hectares, radically transforming the face of the Maârif district.