Property Expo to start from Friday

Kathmandu, June 11: Property Expo 2018 is slated for June 15 – 19 at Bhrikutimandap Exhibition Centre, here.

The expo is a one-stop solution to the entire eco-system of the housing and land development sector of Nepal, said Nepal Housing and Land Developers' Association (NHLDA), the apex industry body representing housing and land developers in Nepal, the organizer of the event.

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli will inaugurate the expo.

"While the core focus of the expo is on the real estate market and home buyers in Nepal, the event will surely cover the entire gamut of housing sector such as commercial and business property, architecture, construction, building, engineering and habitat environment," it said.

The expo hopes to facilitate investment, production and transactions in the housing sector through interactions and networking so the opportunities can be consummated and the challenges could be met in the years to come, said Bipin Chitrakar, coordinator of the Expo Organising Committee.

The expo will host about 100 exhibitors covering an exhibition area of about 6000 square metres both indoors and outdoors, which includes apartment and town-house complex, commercial and building premises, interior design services, engineering firms, building and landscape architect firms, real estate agents, property developers and builders,  building material suppliers and distributors, construction tools, banks and financial institutions, furniture and furnishing, ceramics, glass, wood, stone, iron and steel, cement, lighting, paint,  solar energy and waste management.

Meanwhile, the Property Expo will also be twinned with the second Housing Summit 218 being held on 18 and 19 June. The summit is jointly organized by the Department of Urban Development and Building Construction, Kathmandu Valley Development Authority, and NLHDA in cooperation with Institute of Engineering, Tribhuvan University.

Former Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda will inaugurate the summit.

The summit will focus on the theme 'The new urban agenda in housing', a document adopted by the Habitat III Conference that provides global standards for the implementation and achievement of sustainable urban development over the next 20 years.

 Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 12 June 2018.