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, considers that the thirteenth edition of BMP “has been a success in attendance and sales made, surpassing all expectations, which demonstrates that the real estate industry still arises interest and that there is a need to buy”.
Despite the times, Barcelona Meeting Point has proven to be useful and profitable for those participating in it, the reason why it will take place again in the next Autumn, making Barcelona once again Europe’s real estate capital.
The participating figures are impressive:
SYMPOSIUM FIGURES
• Symposium Participants 2,470
• Speakers 116
• Symposium sessions 44
EXHIBITION FIGURES
• Professional visitors 22,105
• Professional visitors and General Attendance +150,000
• Exhibiting Companies 250
• Participating companies 8,730
• Spanish companies 60%
• International companies 40%
• Exhibiting countries 25
• Participating countries 55
• Spanish registered journalists 550
• International registered journalists 165
Enrique Lacalle says the BMP’2009 figures confirm the exhibition, which has occupied halls number 5 and 8 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: “BMP has proved to be the meeting place for the European real estate industry and more necessary than ever”.
Enrique Lacalle points out that the 14th edition of BMP will take place from the 19th to the 24th of October, 2010. Due to the success of the countries coming from the Americas in BMP, a novelty of the 14th edition will be the creation of a new great area called Americas Meeting Point that will concentrate the real estate offer from North, Central and Latin America.
Although it is very difficult to make an exact calculation, in the duration of BMP’2009 “the estimate turnover of the real estate deals carried out by the exhibitors between the General Attendance and the Professional exhibition may exceed the 2,100 million euros, to be specified in the next months with a great growth in the international real estate transactions, specially the Arab countries, Russia, Panama and Brazil”.
Lastly, Enrique Lacalle would like to highlight several aspects of BMP’2009:
• First, the overall satisfaction of exhibitors, professionals, Symposium attendees, and national and international attendance.
• Second, BMP’2009 has contributed to the hotel booking in the city due to its both national and international attendance, which created business for the city of Barcelona in all industries: restaurants, trade, 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 2009 (more than a 150).
• Fifth, its international profile with 85% 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.
• Seventh, the success of the 1st Euro-Arab Real Estate Conference, the ULI Urban Investment Network Summit “Cities and Real Estate” and the Year of Russia.
The exhibition was attended by such renowned national, autonomic, and international personalities as:
National Authorities
José Montilla, President, Generalitat de Catalunya
Beatriz Corredor, Minister of Housing
Jordi Hereu, Mayor of Barcelona
Francesc Baltasar, Minister of Environment and Housing, Government of Catalonia
Manuel Royes Vila, Special Delegate of the State, Consorci de la Zona Franca de Barcelona
Marcos Vaquer, Deputy Secretary of Housing and President of SEPES
Jordi William Carnes, 3rd Deputy Mayor of Tax and Economic Development, City of Barcelona
Miquel Valls, President, Chamber of Commerce, Barcelona
Ramón García Bragado, 4th Deputy Mayor, City of Barcelona
Josep Lluís Bonet, President, Fira de Barcelona
Joan Clos i Matheu, Ambassador of Spain to Turkey
Juan Antonio March, Ambassador of Spain to Russia
Nuria Marín i Martínez, Mayoress, L’Hospitalet
José Luis Quintana, Minister of Housing, Government of Extremadura
Ciriaco Hidalgo, Economic Policies’ Advisor to Presidency, Autonomous Government of Catalonia
Pere Macias, President of the Housing Commission, Congress
Félix Arias, Managing Director, SEPES
Antoni Sorolla, Delegate of Housing, City of Barcelona
Mª Jesús Castillo, Councillor of Education, City of Pozuelo de Alarcón
Mercè Conesa, Deputy Mayor, Promusa, St. Cugat del Vallès
José Manuel Galindo, President, APCE
Enric Reyna, President, APCE Barcelona
Miquel Bonilla, Director, Incasòl
Emili Mas, Manager, Incasòl
Carme Trilla, Secretary of Housing, Ministry of Environment and Housing, Autonomous Government of Catalonia
Agustín Cordón, Managing Director, Fira de Barcelona
Xavier Trias, President, Grupo Municipal de CIU
Esteve Borrell, Managing Director, Consorci de la Zona Franca de Barcelona
Joaquim Forn, Spokesman of the Municipal Group Convergència i Unió, City of Barcelona
Antoni Nogués, Manager, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat
International Authorities
Alexander Zhukov, Vice Premier, Russian Federation
Federico José Suárez, Minister of Public Works, Panama
Vladimir Resin, Vice Mayor, City of Moscow, Russian Federation
Prince Saud Bin Naif bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, Ambassador of Saudi Arabia to Spain
Vladimir Silkin, Deputy Mayor - Director of the Property Deparment, City of Moscow, Russian Federation
Gholam Osman Adam, Minister, National Housing and Restoration Fund, Sudan
Jaime J. Ford, Vice Minister, Minister of Housing, Panama
S.I. Krúglik, Vice Minister of Development, Russian Federation
Osama Al-Bar, Mayor, Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Ricardo Coutinho, Mayor of Joao Pessoa, Brazil
Hassine Bouzid, Ambassador, Chief of the Madrid Mission, Arab League, Madrid
Mahmoud Abu Sedera, President of the Agriculture and Land Committee, Egiptian Parliament, Egypt
Vladimir Demidov, Director of the Research Institute for Moscow’s General Plan, City of Moscow, Russian Federation
Jaroslaw Ferenc, Director of the Department of Economic Development, City of Czestochowa, Poland
Alexander Kutnetsov, Ambassador of Russia to Spain
Alvaro E. Tomas, Ambassador of Panama to Spain
Galina Gushina, Director of the Urban Planning and Development Department, City of Moscow, Russian Federation
Juan Manuel Vasquez, Chief Architect, Panama City
Alexander Khomenko, International Relations, Urban Planning and Construction Advisor, City of Moscow, Russian Federation
Annius Hoornstra, Deputy Director, City of Amsterdam Development Corp, Holland
Igo Akhanov, General Consul, Russian Federation, Barcelona
Valentino Castellani, Ex Alcalde, Ciudad de Turín, Italia
Saleh Kilani, Chief Commissioner, Development Zones Commission, Jordan
Dave Anderson, Director of the City Development, City of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Leonel Leal, Secretary of External Relations, City of Salvador de Bahia, Brazil
Amine Bensouda, Managing Director, Societe Marocaine d´Ingenierie Touristique, Morocco
Laercio Lemo, Director, Ministry of Tourism of Brazil,
Sergey Tkachenko, Director of the Research Instititue, Moscow’s General Plan, Russian Federation
Euler Morais, Secretary or Toursim, City of Goias – Brazil
A.S Rubínchik, Commercial Attaché, Russian Federation, Madrid
Irina Savina, Deputy Director of the Cultural Heritage Preservation, City of Moscow, Russian Federation
International Professionals to be highlighted
Sulaiman Al Fahim, President, Arab Union for Real Estate Development, and Owner Portsmouth Football Club, United Arab Emirates
Gary Adamson, Vice Chairman & CEO, STRATUM, Dubai
Saleh Al Abdullatif, Member of the Board, Arab Union for Real Estate Development, Saudi Arabia
Khaled Al Aboodi, CEO, Islamic Development Bank, Saudi Arabia
Ibrahim Al Buloushi, COO, Sumou Real Estate, Jeddah
Waleed Al Musilhi, Member of the Board, Arab Union for Real Estate Development, Oman
Ghassan Al Sulaiman, Chairman, Ghassan Al Sulaiman Holding Corp., Saudi Arabia
Hazem Al-Juboori, Member of the Board, Arab Union for Real Estate Development, Libya
Zuheir Al-Kasih, Member of the Board, Arab Union for Real Estate Development, Jordan
Sulyman Al-Majed, Chairman, Tanmiyat Investment Group, Saudi Arabia
Khalid Al-Saeed, Senior Manager, Samba Group, Saudi Arabia
Henri Alster, Chairman, GRI, United Kingdom
Fabio Bandirali, Managing Director Italy, Eurohypo AG, Italy
Lorenzo Barrionuevo, Co-founder Partner, Arqtel Barcelona, United Arab Emirates
Ahmed Bihi, Member of the Board, Arab Union for Real Estate Development, Somalia/United Kingdom
Jenny Buck, Director and Head of the Indirect Investment Team, Schroders, United Kingdom
Romeu Chap Chap, President of the Advisory Board, SECOVI, Brazil
Graham Chase, President, Chase & Partners, Reino Unido
Greg Clark, Senior Analyst, ULI EMEA & India, ULI - The Urban Land Institute, United Kingdom
Jan Maarten de Vet, Director, ECORYS Brussels NV, Belgium
Jean Charles Decaux, Managing Director & CEO, JC Decaux, France
Gabriel Díez, President, UDG, Panama
Klaus Droste, Managing Director, Deutsche Bank AG, Germany
Gerhard Dunstheimer, Deputy CEO, ECE Projektmanagement GmbH & Co. KG, Germany
Alec Emmott, Chairman, Europroperty Consulting, France
Gadzhimusa Gadzhimusaev, Managing Director, Dorinzh-39 ZAO, Russian Federation
Holger Heims, Director of Investments, Falcon Equity, Germany
Rosario Hernandez, Commercial Director, Inmobiliaria Bozzimbett, Colombia
Luis Rafael Hoyos, Managing Director, Araujo y Segovia, Colombia
L.A. Kazinets, President, Barkli, Russian Federation
Bill Kistler, President – EMEIA,ULI-The Urban Land Institute, United Kingdom
Charbel Korkmaz, Member of the Board, Arab Union for Real Estate Development, Egypt
L.M. Lagútina, President, Rússkaya Europa, Russian Federation
Raman Lakshmanan, CEO, Sakana Holistic Housing Solutions, Bahrain
Eugenio Leanza, Head of JESSICA Task Force, European Investment Bank, Luxembourg
Richard Lewis, CIO, Tristan Capital Partners, United Kingdom
Menno Maas, CEO, ING Real Estate Development, Holland
Ignacio Mallol, President, Mallol & Mallol Arquitectos, Panama
Osvaldo Marchena, President, ACOBIR, Panama
José Carlos Martins, Vice President, CBIC, Brazil
Ahmed Matar, Secretary General, Arab Union for Real Estate Development, Egypt
Cameron McVean, Head of Fund Services, IPD, United Kingdom
Abdul-Haq Mohammed, Partner, Trowers & Hamlins, Manama, Bahrain
Debra Mountford, Senior Policy Analyst and Manager OECD LEED Forum on Development Agencies and Investment Strategies, France
Estela Ortiz, Owner, Estela’s Realty Services, Panama
Mushtak Parker, Editor, Islamic Banker, Reino Unido
Joâo Pessoa e Costa, Managing Director, Fernando Martins, Portugal
Patrick Phillips, CEO, ULI - Urban Land Institute, USA
Olivier Piani, CEO, Allianz Real Estate GmbH, France
Fahmi Shaaban, Member of the Board, Arab Union for Real Estate Development, Tunisia
Oleg Soloshchanskiy, Vice President, Inteco, Russian Federation
Michael Spies, Senior Managing Director, Tishman Speyer, United Kingdom
Jeffrey Steiner, Ex President and CEO, Toronto Economic Development Corp-TEDCO, Canada
Haluk Sur, President, Paladin Realty Partners - Eurasia, Turkey
Andrew Tinagli, JESSICA Task Force, European Investment Bank, Luxembourg
Peter Wagstrom, President, NCC Housing, Sweden
Martin Waller, Executive Director, Pelham Associates, United Kingdom
Jorn Walter, Managing Director, City of Hamburg, Germany
National professionals to be highlighted
David Taguas, President, SEOPAN
Manuel Romera, Executive Director in Catalonia, “la Caixa”
Isak Andic, Chairman, Mango
Juan Ignacio Entrecanales, Vice President, Acciona
Marcelino Fernández, President, Dragados
Eduardo Fernández Cuesta, President, CB Richard Ellis Spain
Juan Ignacio Lema, President, AENA
Carlos Losada, Managing Director, ESADE
Felip Massot, President, Vertix
Lluís Marsà García, Managing Director, La Llave de Oro
Joan Mas, Vice President, Indra
Josep Miarnau, Managing Director, COMSA EMTE
Rafael Muñoz Toledo, President, ACP LEVEL
Josep Lluís Núñez Clemente, President, Núñez y Navarro
Josep Piqué, President, Vueling
José Mª Roger, President, FERSA Energías Renovables
Josep Mª Rovira, Managing Director, Endesa
Roman Sanahuja Pons, President, Sacresa
Emilio Sánchez, CEO, Iberdrola
Narcís Serra, President, Caixa de Catalunya
Manuel Torreblanca, President, Barcel Euro
Guillermo Vallet, CEO, Hoteles Catalonia
Josep Mª Xercavins, CEO, Metropolis
Manuel Alcaraz, President, Grupo Alcaraz
Jaime Alvarez, President, Pública Subasta
Josep Antich, Director, La Vanguardia
Mikel Arruti, Vice President, Corporate Bonanza
Rafael Avilés, Managing Director, Grosvenor Continental Europa
Eduardo Aznar, Managing Director, PROCAM
Luis Bassat, President, Bassat Ogilvy
Ricardo Bofill, Architect, Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura
Benet Carbonell, President, COPCISA
Carlos Casanovas, Marketing Director, “la Caixa”
Pablo Cigüela, Regional Director in Catalonia, Banco Santander
Luis Conde, Partner, Seeliger y Conde
Joan Carles Cobacho, Managing Direction, Praedium
Eduardo de Lara Garay, Regional Director in Catalonia & Baleric Islands
Martín Eyríes, President Emeritus, Vallehermoso
Javier Faus, President, Meridia Capital
Bruno Figueras, President, Promociones Habitat
Joan Font, Managing Director, Abertis Logística
David Gispert, Regional Director in Catalonia & Baleric Islands, Reyal Urbis
Enric González, Vice President, Interplus
Pere Guardiola, Managing Director, La Vanguardia
Amador Guerrero Ayora, Director, El Economista
Angel Isern, President, Certificado IPU
Félix Llorente, Managing Director, Wilcox
Manuel Luque, President, Interplus
José Manuel Marjalizo, President, Inmobilia
Ramón Masip, Director of Expansion y Middle East and Asia, Aguas de Barcelona
Eduardo Mendiluce, Real Estate Managing Director, Caixa Catalunya
José Mestre, President, Tercat
Jordi Moix, Managing Director of Expansion, Reyal Urbis
Teresa Ojeda, Delegate in Catalonia, PRASA
Joan Ollé, President, Col•legi Oficial d’API de Barcelona
Pere Pagés, Managing Director, Trocapiso.com
Felipe Pich-Aguilera, Partner, Despacho de Arquitectura Pich Aguilera
Manuel Piñeiro, Director, Euro-Arab Institute of Education Foundation
Josep Ribas, Architect, Ribas Arquitectos
Ricardo Rodrigo Amar, President, RBA Editores
Manel Roger, Managing Director, Sinaclo Nou Castor
Sandro Rosell, Partner, Bonus Sport Marketing
Ramón Ruiz, CEO, Visoren
Jordi Sacristán, Director of the Barcelona Delegation, El Economista
Javier Serratosa, President, Uralita
Josep Simó, Managing Director, Sinaclo Nou Castor
Jordi Sumarroca, Managing Director, Teyco
Josep Mª Trias de Bes, President, Praedium
Barcelona Meeting Point granted las October 27th the following awards to the real estate industry:
- Special Award: SEPES, for its 50 years supporting the real estate industry, that was picked up by Marcos Vaquer, Deputy Secretary of Housing
- Award to the National Real Estate Professional of the Year to Juan Ignacio Entrecanales, Vice President of Acciona, that he picked up himself
- Award to the National Real Estate Development of the Year to AENA for the Terminal 1 at Barcelona’s airport, that was handed to Juan Ignacio Lema, President of AENA
- Award to the International Entrepreneur of the Year to King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, for the development King Abdullah Economic City, picked up by Prince Saud Bin Naif bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, Ambassador of Saudi Arabia to Spain
- Award to the International Real Estate Development of the Year to the City of Moscow, for its development “The City” granted to Vladimir Resin, Vice Mayor of Moscow
Mr. Enrique Lacalle would like to highlight that “BARCELONA MEETING POINT IS STILL THE SHOW OF THE DREAMS”, since buying a property is one of the main events in the life of a family. “Barcelona Meeting Point 2009 has fulfilled all 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, Special Delegate of the State at the CZFB—at present time organizes the Meeting Point real estate shows, Low Cost Madrid, to take place on March 12th -14th, 2010, Low Cost Barcelona to be held on April 25th – 27th, 2010, the International Logistics Show, whose next edition will be on May 25th – 28th, 2010, and the International Air Meeting.
Manuel Royes considers that “this year’s Symposium has been, probably, the most crucial one up to this date” because the real estate industry need reflection and debate on the crisis and how to overcome it. “In difficult times, there is a risk of thinking only in the short term. Short term thinking may lead to a recovery, but it may be weak and temporary. Only a medium and long term vision and learning from past errors guarantees a lasting recovery”, he said.
Finally, the Chairman of BMP would like to thank all the authorities, national and international associations that collaborate in the Symposium, speakers, sponsors, very specially the Leading Sponsor, “la Caixa”, the main sponsors, La Vanguardia, La Razón, El Economista, and the rest of sponsors such as Endesa, Incasòl, Departament de Medi Ambient i Habitatge, Adigsa, Comsa Emte, Visoren, Nespresso and Damm Inedit,
Por último, el President del Comité Organizador de BMP da las gracias a todas las autoridades, asociaciones nacionales e internacionales que colaboran en el Symposium, ponentes, patrocinadores, muy especialmente al Patrocinador de Honor, “la Caixa”, los principales, La Vanguardia, La Razón, El Economista, y al resto de patrocinadores como son Endesa, Incasòl, Departament de Medi Ambient i Habitatge, Adigsa, Comsa Emte, Visoren, Nespresso y Damm Inedit, exhibitors, national and international participants, media and the City of Barcelona for their collaboration and enthusiastic participation, that has made this 13th edition of Barcelona Meeting Point International Real Estate Show and Symposium be possible.
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