Emerging Real Estate Market Investors Set Sights on U.S. Market

RISMEDIA, June 2, 2008-The international real estate brand, Cityscape, announced their premiere event in the United States. According to the company, Cityscape a leading name in real estate exhibitions and conferences, organizes the world’s largest B2B real estate event-Cityscape Dubai-which attracted nearly 52,000 visitors from 136 countries in 2007. The Cityscape USA exhibition and conference will provide a unique opportunity for the U.S. real estate industry to have access to and network with some of the biggest names in the emerging world.This year the Cityscape USA exhibition will take place Sept. 10-11 at the Jacob Javits Center in New York City and will be a showcase for unparalleled investment opportunities in emerging markets. Whether one is seeking development and investment opportunities, joint venture partners, or simply to discover the best way to penetrate the most talked about real estate markets in the world, Cityscape USA is the platform to achieve this. Parallel to the exhibition will be a three-day conference filled with visionary keynote presentations, interactive panel discussions, stimulating debates, investment analysis, specialized regulation workshops and focused region, investment and property type streams.

“Cityscape’s network of investors and developers in the emerging world is unrivaled. Leveraging our relationships in Asia, China, India, Russia, the Middle East and Latin America , we will produce a platform for development opportunities in the emerging markets never before seen in the US.” said Rohan Marwaha, Cityscape Group Director. “It will also be an opportunity for the US real estate industry to attract investment into US real estate assets, projects and vehicles from emerging market investors — all under the same roof.”

Due to the current U.S. subprime mortgage crisis, Cityscape USA is timely on several levels. The subprime situation coupled with the ongoing liquidity and credit crisis has resulted in US investors looking to gain exposure to other real estate markets around the world. Cross-border property investors originated from 50 countries in 2007 and U.S.-based buyers were the most active making over $70 billion of international property acquisitions.

The current situation in the US is also making it more appealing to emerging market investors to invest in the US. According to the 2008 annual survey of the Association of Foreign Investors in Real Estate (AFIRE), the US was deemed the “most stable and secure” country for real estate investment and the country with the best opportunity for appreciation (followed by the emerging markets of China, India, Russia, and Mexico). Cityscape USA will provide the opportunity for both sides of the equations to come together in a way that would not otherwise be possible.

According to the company, the event has attracted support from major industry associations and media including Investment Sponsor, Dubai-based Nakheel and Platinum Sponsor, US-based CityCentre.

For more information, visit www.cityscape-usa.com.

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