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| Mipim to highlight fast-growing region's huge market potential Mipim, the World's Property Market, together with Mipim Horizons, dedicated to fast-growing regions, will share the billing in Cannes from March 16-19. Mipim featuring Mipim Horizons will highlight such markets as Latin America, Turkey and Africa. Major real-estate developments from in these high potential regions will help expand the Mipim exhibition hall this year. Flagship projects include the Sport Cities International Tunis project (Tunisia), a sports-focused real estate development, which will be presented by the Bukhatir Group. Nicaragua Developments (Nicaragua) will exhibit its luxury Seaside Mariana resort, located on the Pacific coast. The developer Sbt Juul (South Africa) will unveil the Monte project, located in the Rivers State (Nigeria) and directly inspired by traditional Tuscan villages. Other projects will be showcased by the investment firms Cedar IV C / O Renaissance Partners (South Africa), Rooya Group for Real Estate Investment (Egypt), Eria Partners Real Estate Investment (Turkey). The free zone of Ras Al Khaimah (United Arab Emirates) and the architects De Yturbe Arquitectos SC (Mexico) will also be on show. The 2010 conference sessions will be specially designed to probe deeper into the particulars of these markets, often perceived as hard to penetrate by professionals, and highlight potential investment opportunities. For example, case studies will be dedicated to countries such as Brazil, which will promote the infrastructure to be developed for the 2014 World Cup Finals and the 2016 Olympic Games which it is hosting. Another session will focus on the extensive redevelopment plan launched in Morocco. This national program factors in sustainable development criteria and is intended to create new urban areas and open up traditional rural communities to meet the country's new needs. Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey will also be analysed. Other major topics to be discussed in the conference programme include social housing, which is increasingly under scrutiny by governments of these countries, with the keynote given by Dr. Anna Kajumulo Tibaijuka, Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director, UN-HABITAT. As is the subject of Islamic finance, which will be dealt with by Khaled Al-Aboodi, CEO of the Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (Saudi Arabia). write your comments about the article :: © 2010 Construction News :: home page |