ADC is the Silver Sponsor of Cityscape Abu Dhabi 2009

The Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority (ASEZA) and Raya Aqaba for Investment and Development will also be participating at Cityscape along with ADC.

ADC's CEO Eng. Imad Fakhoury said, "ADC's participation at Cityscape 2009 aims at promoting the unique real estate investment environment in Aqaba and highlighting the attractive investment opportunities that are available in the real estate sector for both Arab and international investors."

Mr. Fakhoury stressed that: "The Aqaba Special Economic Zone has great unparalleled value proposition even at this time the world is facing this international financial crisis. This is due to the pragmatic scale of Aqaba's development potential and as a result of Jordan's resilient macro economic stability and competitive investment environment".

He added, "Sponsoring one of the largest property investment and development events in the world will provide us with the opportunity to promote Aqaba's great potential and investment opportunities as well as learn about and benefit from the experiences of leading real estate development companies and authorities across the region."

ADC will be highlighting a number of its achievements and investment opportunities during Cityscape, which include the real estate development anchor project with Al Ma'abar International, an Abu Dhabi investment group, which has obtained the rights for redeveloping the main port current location and the area surrounding it, to establish the Marsa Zayed project, which will transform this port area into a world class waterfront strategic tourism and business attraction in the Zone and transform Aqaba's northern corniche into one of the leading Red Sea tourism destinations.

Eng. Fakhoury stated:

"Our achievements and upcoming projects come as part of ADC's efforts, as the development arm of ASEZA and the central development vehicle for ASEZ, to continuously work to transform the Aqaba master plan into a reality through public private partnerships (PPPs), the modus operandi of ADC".

As Aqaba emerges as one of the leading business, leisure and logistical hubs on the Red Sea and the gateway of choice into the Levant region, ADC is offering world class real estate and investment opportunities ranging from tourism to recreational services, from professional services to multi-modal logistics, from value-added industries to light manufacturing.

ADC offers real estate investors investments opportunities in residential projects including labour villages and green residential districts in addition to the various opportunities in the new central business district and mixed-use area. Additional investment opportunities include the Aqaba exhibition and convention centre, hotels and entertainment districts, logistics, industrial as well as facility management opportunities.

King Hussein International Airport, an integral part of the zone's multi modal transportation network, also includes various real estate opportunities in aviation related businesses as well as commercial, tourism, residential and training & educational facilities.