Barcelona Meeting Point

"MORE INTERNATIONALIZATION, PROFESSIONAL VISITORS AND GENERAL ATTENDANCE THAN EVER”

Enrique Lacalle, Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the International Real Estate Show and Symposium Barcelona Meeting Point, organized by El Consorcio de la Zona Franca de Barcelona, whose Executive President is Manuel Royes, considers that the eleventh edition of BMP, that closes its doors today, “has turned out beyond all expectations, and confirmed it as the great international and national Real Estate meeting in Autumn”. BMP has represented a good sales’ thrust for our exhibitors at a time when the industry most needed it. The choice of Brazil as the invited country will bring together many more Brazilians next year. With BMP we may say that there has been no crisis.

Figures are spectacular:

SYMPOSIUM FIGURES

• Symposium Participants 2,465
• Speakers 135
• Symposium Sessions 46

EXHIBITION HALL FIGURES

• Professional visitors 22,000 (+10% than in 2006)
• Professional visitors and General Attendance 200,523
• Exhibiting companies 652
• Participating companies 8,715 (+19% than in 2006)
• National companies 6,210
• International companies 2,505 (+23% than in 2006)
• Exhibiting countries 23
• Participating countries 66
• Registered national journalists 540
• Registered international journalists 191

Enrique Lacalle says the BMP’2007 figures confirm the exhibition, which has occupied halls number 1, 2, 4 and 8 with more square meters and exhibitors than ever, as the first Real Estate Exhibition in Spain, the only professional and international one and a point of reference in the European real estate industry, and confirm the slogan that says: “Visiting BMP in the Autumn is a must in the real estate industry.”

It should be pointed out that 60% of the BMP’2008 exhibition area is already reserved, as happened last year, with new space reservations for international cities and companies for 2008.


Enrique Lacalle points out that the 12th edition of BMP will take place from the 4th to the 9th November, 2008 at the Halls number 1, 2, 4 and 8.

Although it is very difficult to make an exact calculation, in the duration of BMP’2007 “the estimate turnover of the real estate deals carried out by the exhibitors between the General Attendance and the Professional exhibition may exceed the 5,000 million euros, to be specified in the next months with a great growth in the international real estate transactions, specially Brazil”.

Lastly, Enrique Lacalle would like to highlight several aspects of BMP’2007:

• First, the overall satisfaction of exhibitors, professionals, Symposium attendees, and national and international attendance.
• Second, BMP’2007 has contributed to the hotel booking in the city as well as the Boat Show, due to its both national and international attendance, which created business for the city of Barcelona in all industries: restaurants, commerce, leisure, etc.
• Third, the high design and quality level of the stands, being the Exhibition with highest investment in stand construction.
• Fourth, the great level of parallel activities and events organized around BMP 2006 (more than a 150).
• Fifth, its international profile with 50% of the occupancy being international companies in the Professional Show.
• Sixth, the large attendance of local, autonomic and state professionals and institutions, national and international. One more year, Portugal has been the first country, followed by Poland, the USA and the UK.
• Seventh, the incorporation of new countries and companies of those ones, such as Bulgaria, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Turks & Caicos, Norway, Lebanon, Algeria, and Ghana.
• Eighth, the success of the “Live & Invest in Brazil” initiative, with an area of 4,000 square meters, which, up to date, is Brazil’s largest real estate exhibition carried out outside its frontiers.

It has to be pointed out the presence of the national, autonomic, and international personalities in the exhibition as:


National authorities:

Carmen Chacón, Minister of Housing
Ernest Benach, President, Parliament of Catalonia
Jordi Hereu, Mayor, City of Barcelona
Francesc Baltasar i Abesa, Minister of Environment and Housing, Autonomous Government of Catalonia
Joaquim Nadal, Minister of Territorial Policy and Public Works, Autonomous Government of Catalonia
Ana Isabel Mariño, Minister of Housing, Government of Madrid
Francisco Gonzalez Buendia, Minister of Housing, Government of Asturias
Julián Sánchez Pingaron, Minister, Government of Castilla La Mancha
Manuel Royes Vila, Special Delegate of the State, Consorci de la Zona Franca of Barcelona
Miquel Valls, President, Chamber of Comerce of Barcelona
Josep Lluis Bonet, President, Fira de Barcelona
Felix Arias Goytre, Managing Director, SEPES
Rafael Zorrilla, Secretary General, SEPES
Juan Blasco, Vice President, Government of Madrid
Maite Arqué, Mayor, City of Badalona
César Arrizabalaga, Mayor, City of Montcada i Reixac
Jordi Baijet, Mayor, City of Sitges
Joaquim Balsera, Mayor, City of Gavá
Manuel Bustos, Mayor, City of Sabadell
Celestino Corbacho, Mayor, City of Hospitalet
Ramón García Bragado, 4th Deputy Mayor, City of Barcelona
Sergi Alegre Calero, Minister of Urban Planning, City of Prat de Llobregat
Juan José de Gracia, CEO, Empresa Municipal de la Vivienda y Suelo
Alberto Fernández Díaz, President of the Municipal Group, PP
Jorge Bellver, Deputy Mayor Responsable of Urban Planning, City of Valencia


International authorities to be highlighted:

Jacques Wagner, Governor, State of Bahia (Brazil)
Marcelo Déda, Governor, State of Sergipe (Brazil)
Teotonio Vilela Filho, Governor, State of Alagoas (Brazil)
Erdoðan Bayraktar, President, TOKI-Housing Development Administration, Ankara (Turkey)
Marco Antonio Costa, Mayor, City of Vila Nova de Gaia, Vila Nova de Gaia (Portugal)
Jose Evaldo Gonzalo, Tourism National Secretary, Government of Brazil
José Chaves, Secretary of Tourism, Pernambuco Tourism Secretariat (Brazil)
Bedat Demiroz, Vice President, TOKI-Housing Development Administration, Ankara (Turkey)
Mehmet Fatih Kara, Director, Istambul Metropolitan Municipality, Istanbul
Fernando Fernández, Secretary of Tourism, Government of Rio Grande do Norte (Brazil)
João Gama, Secretary of Tourism, Government of Sergipe (Brazil)
Leonel Leal, SECRI, City of Salvador de Bahia (Brazil)
Domingos Leonelli, Secretary of Tourism, Government of (Brazil)
Virginio Loureiro, Secretary of Tourism, Government of Alagoas, Maceio (Brazil)
Julio Noronha, Secretary of Development, Economy and Commerce of Maranhâo, Sâo Luis (Brazil)
Carlos Eduardo Nunes Alves, Mayor, City of Natal (Brazil)
Luis Octavi, Secretary of Tourism, Government of Alagoas (Brasil)
Marcin Rosól, Member of the Board, Agency for the Development of Mazovia, Varsovia
Jerzy Stepien, Vice Mayor, City of Poznan, Poznan (Poland)




International Professionals to be highlighted

Paul Altit, President, Odebrecht Emprendimentos Internacional
Miguel Almeida, Director, Aquapura Hotels Resorts e Spa, Lisbon
Henry Alster, Chairman, GRI Global Real Estate Institute, London
Brian Betel, Managing Director, Cerberus Global Investment Advisors, Baarn (Holland)
Emre Çamlibel, Managing Director, Soyak Construction, Istanbul
John Carrafiell, Global Co-Head Director, Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing, London
Felipe Cavalcante, President, ADIT Nordeste, Alagoas (Brazil)
Arturo Cepeda, President, Constructora Barajas, Cartagena (Colombia)
Robert Cervinka, Managing Director, Carberus Global Investment Advisors, Frankfurt
Romeu Chap Chap, President, SECOVI, Sâo Paulo
Philip W. Charls, CEO, EPRA, Schiphol
João Charters, President, SOINVIMO Sociedade de Investimentos Imobiliários S.A., Lisbon
Graham Chase, Chairman, Chase & Partners, London
Mircea Cleciu, Managing Director, Neocasa Real Estate Solutions, Bucharest
Alvaro Coelho da Fonseca, President, Coelho da Fonseca, Sâo Paolo
Frank Daniel, Director of the Departament- International Clients, Raiffeisen Bank Zrt, Budapest
Gabriella Dekany, Managing Director, Otton Centrum International, Budapest
Jacques Devergne Vice President, EU Affaires Union Nationale de la Proprieté Inmobilière, Paris
François Dormeson, CEO, Phitrust, Paris
Edgar Dotú, President, Vista Tourism Turkey, Istanbul
Alec Emmott, Director, Europroperty Consulting, Paris
Manuel Frois, Chairman of the Board ESPART-Espirito Santo Participaçoes Financieras, Lisbon
Henry Gabay, CEO, Duet Asset Management, London
Pedro Girâo, President, Euro Estates, Lisbon
Jacek Gleba, President, ICM Poland, Warsaw
José Jaguan, Partner, EDSA, Fort Lauderdale
Gilberto Jordan, President, Lusotur, Lisbon
Michael Jung, Director Financiero, Vivacon AG, Colonia
Wolgang Kälberer, Member of the Board, TEGoVA, Brussels
Issel Kiperszmid, President, DYPSA, Buenos Aires
Kazimierz Kirejczyk, President, Reas, Warsaw
William Kistler, President EMEIA, The Urban Land Institute Europe, London
Marek Koziarek, Managing Director Commercial Real Estate Area, BPH Bank, Warsaw
Wojciech Kruk, President, Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Poznan
Thiery L´ Escaille, CEO, European Landowners Organization, Paris
Laurent Lavergne, Director of Actives Managemen, AXA REIM France, Paris
Richard Lewis, Consejero, Curzon Global Partners, Londres
Rafel Liarte, President, Interplus Panamá, City of Panama
Rachel Lupiani, Associate Director, Carlyle, Paris
Michael MacBrien, Director General, European Property Federation, Brussels
Angus McIntosh, Partner, King Sturge, London
Roger Messenger, President, TEGoVA, London
Ryszard Mróz, Director of the Project Financing Department, Raiffeisen Bank Polska, Warsaw
Gareth Parker, Director, IPD, London
João Pessoa e Costa, Managing Director, Grupo Fernando Martins, Lisbon
Struan Robertson, Managing Director Europe, Morgan Stanley, Paris
Ruben Roca, President, Roca Real Estate Advisors, Coral Gables
Richard Rosan, President, The Urban Land Institute, Washington D.C
Marco Rosenbaum, Principal, Bank of America, London
Andrés Salas, Managing Director, Agrícola e Inmobiliaria Pastos Verdes, Pudahuel (Chile)
Nicholas Scarles, Financing Director, Grosvenor, London
Tad Shay, Partner Apollo Real Estate Advisors, London
Edward Siskind, Managing Director, Goldman Sachs, London
Van Stults, Managing Director, Orion Capital Managers, London
Vera Sturmann, Senior Relations Director – Multinational Corporation Clients, Raiffeisen Zentral Bank, Österreich AG Vienna
Haluk Sur, President, ULI Turkey, Istanbul
Turgay Tanes, Director General, IS REIT, Istanbul
David Tuffin, President, RICS, London
Scott Tullu, Director, Taurus Capital Markets, Boston
Karol Tylenda, Member of the Board, Podlaskie Region, Bialystok
Nick Van Ommen, President, EPRA, Schiphol
Erdinç Varlibas, Managing Director, Varyap, Istanbul
Elizabeth Vassileeva, Director, Excel Group, Sofia
Andrew Williams, Managing Director-Residential, Cushman & Wakefield, London
Alexandre Zubaran, President, Asociación Brasileña de Resorts
José Zuquim, President, Ambiental Expediçoes

National professionals to be highlighted


Rafael Abella, Partner, Deloitte
Maciá Alavedra, President, Abertis Logistica
José Manuel Albaladejo, Managing Director, Gerens
Juan Antonio Alcaraz, CEO, ASTROC
Iñigo Aldaz, Managing Director, Realia
Salvador Alemany, CEO Abertis Infraestructuras
José Antich, Director, La Vanguardia
Ricardo Arranz, President, RA Capital
Juan de Azcárate, Managing Director Europe, Inmobiliaria Caisse de Depôts
Eduardo Aznar, Executive Director, PROCAM
Anna Birulés, Vice President, Renta Corporación
Eulogi Bordas, President, THR
Josep Carbonell, CEO, Copcisa Inmobiliaria
Luis Casamitjana, President, Espais
Joaquin Castellví, President, Grupo Castellví
Guillermo Chicote, President, APCE
Pedro de Churruca, CEO, Jones Lang Lasalle
Ismael Clemente, Managing Director, Expansión RREEF
Héctor Colonques, President, Porcelanosa
Fernando Conde, President, Newland Property Consultants
Luis Conde, President, Seeliger & Conde
Roger Cooke, CEO, Cushman & Wakefield
Luis Eduardo Cortés, President, Vallehermoso Promoción
Leslie Crawford, Chief Madrid Correspondent, Financial Times
Carlos Cutillas, President, Inmobiliaria Chamartín
Felix de Diego, CEO, Occidental Inmobiliarias
Juan Ignacio Entrecanales, President, Acciona Inmobiliaria
Martín Eyríes, Honorary President, Vallehermoso
Marcelino Fernández, President, Dragados
Eduardo Fernández-Cuesta, CEO, CB Richard Ellis Madrid
Bruno Figueras, President, Habitat
Josep Figueras, President, Riva y Garcia - Grupo Azimut
Joan Font, Managing Director, Saba
Pedro Fontana, Managing Director in Catalonia and the Balearic Islands, BBVA
Jose Antonio Galán, Managing Director, L-35
José Manuel Galindo, President, Asprima
Javier García-Renedo, President, AECC
Carmen Godia, Partner, "El Conventet"
Carlos Gonzalez, President, Deloitte
Luis Hernández, President, Renta Corporación
Luis Maria Isasi, President, Morgan Stanley España
Francesc Jordà, Managing Director, Jordà & Guasch
Venerando Lamelas, President, BD Promotors
Eduardo Larraz, CEO, ARPEGIO
José Antonio León, Managing Director Hines España
Felix Llorente Sanz, Managing Director, Wilcox
Javier López, Managing Director, Credit Services
José Antonio López-Esteras, CEO, Grupo Jale
Carlos Losada, Managing Director, ESADE
Joan Majó, Managing Director Corporación Catalana de Radio y Televisión
David Manchón, Director General, Anuntis
José Luis Marcos, CEO, ROAN
Lluis Marsà, President, La Llave de Oro
Fernando Martín, President, Martinsa-Fadesa
Ramón Martín, Managing Director, Home Center & Café
Enrique Martínez-Laguna, Managing Director, CB Richard Ellis
Felipe Massot, President, Vertix
Santiago Mercadé, CEO, Grup Layetana
Juan Miarnau Montserrat, Chairman of the Board, IOSA Inmuebles
Mariano de Miguel, CEO, Inmobiliaria Colonial
Javier de Montalvo, President, SEOP
José Luis Miró Morales, Managing Director, Sando Inmobiliaria
Jordi Moix, Managing Director Expansion, Reyal Urbis
Mauricio de la Mora, Director Architecture and Urban Planning, DTZ
Clemente Muñoz, Editor, Spanish Real Estate
Rafael Muñoz Toledo, President, Constructora Level
Juan Maria Nin, Managing Director, “la Caixa”
Josep Lluis Núñez, President, Nuñez y Navarro
Concha Osácar, Director Partner, Azora Gestión Inmobiliaria
Nicolás Osuna Garcia, President, Inmobiliaria Osuna
Juan Parada, President, FBEX
Antonio de la Peña, Vice President, AECC-Arpa Arquitectos
Luis Pereda, CEO, Grupo Lar
Jesús Garcia de Ponga, CEO, Metrovacesa
Luis Portillo, President, Inmocaral e Inmobiliaria Colonial
Rafael del Pozo, CEO, Vallehermoso Inmobiliaria
Enric Reyna, President, Amrey
Josep Mª Riba, Presidene, Casa Bioclimática
Josep Ribas, Architect, Ribas Arquitectos
Jordi Robinat, President, Medgroup
Pedro Javier Rodera, CEO, Reyal Urbis
José Romero, President, Grupo Prasa
Alfredo Saenz, Vice Chairman of the Board, Banco Santander
Alfonso de Salas, President-Editor, El Economista
Roman Sanahuja Pons, President, Sacresa
Rafael Santamaría, President, Reyal-Urbis
Mario Sanz, CEO, Parquesol
Narcís Serra, President, Caixa Catalunya
Xavier Solano, President, Restaura
Jordi Sumarroca, President, Teyco
Antonio Trueba, Vice President, Parquesol
Juan Manuel Trujillo, President, Grupo Trusam
Carlos Uriarte, President, Proincasa
Javier Valls Taberner, Ex-President, Banco Popular
Carlos Vela, CEO, Martinsa-Fadesa
Jaume Vila, President, Ingreen
Antonio Vila, Executive Director, “la Caixa”
José Mª Xercavins, CEO, Metropolis

Last November 8th, BMP 2007 granted the following awards:

- BMP Award to the Best National Professional to Josep Casamitjana, Espais’ Honorary President,
- BMP Award to the Best International Professional to the Duke of Westminster, President of Grosvenor for 33 year.
- BMP Award to the Best National Development to Valencia’s “Sea Front”
- BMP Award to the Best International Development to TOKI – Housing Development Administration, Turkey
- Special Award to Pedro Gamero del Castillo

Mr. Enrique Lacalle would like to highlight that “BARCELONA MEETING POINT IS THE SHOW OF THE DREAMS”, since buying an apartment is one of the main events in the life of a family. “Barcelona Meeting Point 2007 has fulfilled all the expectations consolidating itself as a leading exhibition in the industry”, said Lacalle.

El Consorcio de la Zona Franca de Barcelona—whose Executive President is Manuel Royes, President of B.M.P.S.A and Special Delegate of the State at the CZFB—at present time organizes the Meeting Point real estate shows, BMP, Central Europe Meeting Point whose third edition will take place in April 22-24, 2008, and Bucharest Meeting Point, to be held on May 22-24, 2008 in Bucharest, as well as the International Logistics Show to take place on June 3-6, 2008.

“The Consorcio de la Zona Frana is proud to have contributed to the creation of BMP, an exhibition that is a real active for Barcelona’s international promotion. It must be reckoned that BMP has been able to see further than just supply and demand and that in this eleven years of life it has offered a space for reflection about the real estate development business, about the environmental building trends, about the need for social housing and the restoration of urban areas. In this sense, Barcelona Meeting Point offers a space to live in and a space where we can all reflect on”, has said Manuel Royes.

Finally, the Chairman of the Organizing Committee of BMP thanks all the authorities, national and international associations that collaborate with the Symposium, speakers, sponsors and very specially to the main ones, La Caixa, La Vanguardia, La Razón, El Economista, TV3, FBEX and CB Richard Ellis, as well as to the rest of sponsors such as Morgan Stanley, Reyal Urbis, Grupo Sánchez, Credit Services, Porcelanosa, Copcisapromo, Iris Plus International, Teyco, Fotocasa.es – Anuntis Segunda Mano, Endesa, Espais, Grupo Trusam, Ingreen, Cushman & Wakefield, Jordà & Guasch, Home Center & Cafe, Restaura, Hercesa Inmobiliaria, Chamartín Inmobiliaria, Institut Català del Sòl, Uponor, Grupo Alcaraz, Deloitte, Magma Turismo, Bovis Lend Lease, LKS, Gerens Management Group, LV Salamanca Ingenieros, Iberdrola Inmobiliaria, Argos, Peugeot Barcelonesa, Automóviles Fernández and Europe Real Estate, exhibitors, national and international participants, media and the City of Barcelona for their collaboration and enthusiastic participation, that has made this 11th edition of the International Real Estate Show and Symposium be possible, that will keep on growing next year.