Dubai: The Developer who built Saudi Arabia’s most ambitious new ‘city’ project and Sultan Bin Sulayem of DP World in Dubai feature in between the most influential names in real estate today from the region.
Nadhmi Al- Nasr, CEO of NEOM city project in Saudi Arabia, has commanded to recreate the urban landscape in the kingdom. To be constructed in several phases, NEOM will bring in concepts never before tried in the region, and together of which will be done on long-lasting built practices.
As for Bin Sulayem, other than helming DP World, he is also the Chairman of Virgin Hyperloop One, commanded with changing the way public transportation carries forward over the forthcoming decade or two.
There is also a spot for Reem Al Hashimy, UAE Minister of State for International Cooperation and Director-General of Expo 2020.
Who’s who
Those along with 17 others feature in Cityscape Intelligence Real Estate Power List, the first such collection brought out by the property industry platform.
“This Power List puts the spotlight on influential industry figures who have either shaped the Middle East market these past 12 months or shown the exceptional resolve to rise above the formidable challenges of a disruptive year,” said Chris Speller, Group Director of Cityscape, Informa Markets.
“The response has been overwhelming and is a real testament to our industry’s positive attitude throughout a year of uncertainty.”
Others in the list include Mohammed Ibrahim Al-Shaibani, Chairman of Nakheel; Emad Azmy, President and Vice-Chairman at the construction giant ASGC Group; Alain Bejjani, CEO of Majid Al Futtaim; and Hussain Sajwani, Chairman of DAMAC.