The 22nd edition welcomes leading developers and 300+ exhibitors to showcase huge investment opportunities
IPS 2026
The Biggest Global Real Estate Market Place 2026
IPS 2026
The Biggest Global Real Estate Market Place 2026
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Sept. 07, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The 22nd edition of IPS has opened its doors at Dubai World Trade Centre, formally launching the world’s premier real estate deal-making platform where institutional investors, capital allocators, and developers converge to unlock the next generation of property investment opportunities.
The inauguration marks the beginning of three days of intensive B2B engagement, investor-developer matchmaking, and strategic deal-making designed to advance capital allocation decisions and forge partnerships that reshape global real estate markets.
Dubai Land Department emphasised that IPS serves as an important platform for connecting investors with opportunities across the emirate and strengthening engagement and partnership among real estate sector stakeholders. The Department highlighted that Dubai’s attractiveness as a real estate investment destination is underpinned by an integrated ecosystem combining clear regulation, transparent data, efficient services and the continuous advancement of digital solutions. Together, these elements strengthen investor confidence and support informed, long-term investment decisions.
IPS also provides an international platform to showcase the continued evolution of Dubai’s real estate ecosystem, creating new opportunities for investment, collaboration and sustainable growth. IPS 2026 positions itself at the epicentre of a historic moment for real estate investment. The UAE’s real estate sector continues to attract record levels of foreign direct investment, transforming Dubai into the world’s most trusted environment for property capital.
With the emirate’s mature regulatory framework, transparent governance, and proven investor protection mechanisms now globally recognised, institutional capital is actively seeking high-conviction investment opportunities across Dubai’s development landscape – and IPS 2026 is the platform where those opportunities are presented, and transactions are advanced.
Leading the exhibition are flagship developers commanding the market: Azizi Properties, Binghatti, Danube, Fakhruddin Properties, SanZen, and Union Properties. These showcase operators represent the full spectrum of Dubai’s development opportunity – from transformational residential communities and luxury branded residences to landmark mixed-use developments, hospitality infrastructure, and next-generation smart city precincts.
Alongside 300+ exhibitors spanning the entire real estate value chain, the platform creates an unparalleled ecosystem where capital allocators access active development portfolios, review project pipelines, and engage directly with operators at the scale of institutional investment decisions.
This is not a conference model; it is a deal-making marketplace. Dedicated platforms facilitate direct negotiation between institutional investors and development operators, creating outcome-driven environments where investment commitments are advanced and strategic partnerships are forged.
Specialist investment conferences examine capital flows reshaping property markets, regulatory frameworks enabling cross-border investment, and market performance trends across regional and international markets. PropTech innovation zones showcase emerging technologies transforming property transactions and investor experience – the trends that are reshaping how capital deploys across real estate.
The exhibition operates around five core pillars – Real Estate, Future Cities, Startups & PropTech, Design, and Services – enabling investors to engage comprehensively with development ecosystems and the emerging technologies reshaping property markets. The breadth enables institutional investors to assess opportunity across residential, hospitality, smart city infrastructure, and commercial real estate in one concentrated marketplace.
The results speak for themselves. The 2025 edition delivered exceptional business outcomes: 30,719 visitors from 153 countries, AED 500+ million in documented transactions and deals, and 50 signed memoranda of understanding. These are not attendance metrics – they are evidence of capital deployment at scale, strategic partnerships forged, and real estate opportunity unlocked.
IPS 2026 is positioned to exceed that impact, attracting well over 30,000 global participants seeking direct access to Dubai’s most significant development portfolios.
A defining competitive advantage for 2026 is its co-location with AIM Congress, the world’s leading investment platform. This convergence extends IPS beyond real estate alone, connecting property decision-makers with the broader institutional investment networks, corporate innovation circles, and cross–border capital ecosystems that define contemporary investment strategy.
Dawood Al Shezawi, President of IPS, said: “IPS 2026 is the essential marketplace where global institutional capital meets Dubai’s most significant real estate opportunity. Over three days, we’re delivering direct access to flagship developers and transformational portfolios — where investment decisions are made, and strategic partnerships are forged.”
For investors evaluating where global capital is flowing and where urban innovation is concentrated, IPS 2026 provides comprehensive market intelligence and direct access to the operators and developments capturing that capital.
