More than 1,000 exhibitors and 60,000 industry professionals are expected to take part in the ‘biggest-ever’ Cityscape Dubai later this year.

The business-to-business real estate investment and development exhibition will once again feature industry heavyweights and include five conferences, organisers said.

Also, the prestigious architectural awards will continue to be its major attraction, IIR Middle Middle East added.

The expo has been extended to cover four days, from October 6-9, and is now set to occupy more than 75,000 sqm of exhibition space, close to the Dubai International exhibition Centre’s capacity.

It has grown by 25 per cent and 27pc respectively over the last two years, and this year’s event will be the biggest yet, not only in terms of exhibition space but also in terms of participants, Cityscape managing director Rohan Marwaha pointed out.

The exhibition last year featured 849 exhibitors, with 51,855 industry professionals taking part from 136 countries, he said.

Regional heavyweights, Nakheel, Aldar Properties, Qatari Diar and Dar Al Arkan, Saraya Holdings and Tanmiyat Group have signed up as platinum sponsors. Abyaar Real Estate Development, Tameer and Aqaba Development Corporation, have opted for gold sponsorship status, with Al Qudra Real Estate, MAG Property Development and Kazemir Aktau Development taking silver.

Besides the Cityscape Dubai Conference, the event will include Real Estate Leadership Strategy, Facilities & Asset Management, Hotel & Tourism Investment & Development and World Architectural conferences.

This year’s architectural Awards will be held under the theme of ‘Design for an Emerging World and will reward excellence in the field in the emerging regions of the Gulf, the Middle East, Asia, Africa, the subcontinent, Australasia (excluding Japan, New Zealand and Australia) and Latin America. – Trade Arabia News Service