A “Russian village” at MIPIM 2009

For its twentieth edition, to be held from 10 to 13 March 2009, MIPIM, the World’s Property Market, is developing a special area covering over 2,700 sq. m. dedicated to Russian exhibitors, located inside the Cannes marina.

Nadine Castagna, Director of MIPIM, explains this new move in the event’s exhibition agenda: “The Russian Federation is a major player in global economic development and has emerged in recent years as MIPIM’s 4th most represented country after the United Kingdom, France and Germany. For the event’s twentieth anniversary, we are inaugurating a dedicated exhibition space, in the same way as we created single exhibition zones for London and Paris ten years ago.”

Among the major companies who have previously exhibited and who will be housed in the Russian village, the following have already confirmed their attendance: the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade (700 sq. m.), the Moscow region (415 sq. m.), the Krasnodar region (327 sq. m.), the developers JSC Ugra Stroy (271 sq. m.) and RussianLand (202 sq. m.), the executive committee of the Kazan municipality (198 sq. m.) and the city of St Petersburg (166 sq. m.).

New exhibitors are also selecting this venue for their first stand, such as the developers AFI Development (100 sq. m.) and Terra Nova (105 sq. m.), Eurasia City LLC (60 sq. m.) and the Foundation Gazpromipoteka (30 sq. m.).

Last year, 3,000 of the 30,000 participants at MIPIM came from Russia, representing more than 700 companies. Although scattered throughout the 17 exhibition halls, the actual surface area used by Russian exhibitors covered 3,831 sq. m. net, that is 10% of MIPIM’s total exhibition area. The new Russian village will concentrate most Russian stands in Port Side, and Harbour 1, 2, 3 and 4 halls, making it easier to access the property on show this year, and raising the visibility of this high potential market.

source : Mipim