Burj Khalifa

AlphaDinar has an interesting article on the surprise naming of the Burj and the economics of the new building.  Well worth a look.

This is similar to donors to universities having buildings named after them.  And in some cases a big enough contribution gets the donor's name attached to a school. 

Shaykh Khalifa is only lending US$ 25 billion to Dubai so it's just his name on the Burj.   At least for now.