Quo vadis, real estate industry? Undoubtedly one of the questions to which visitors to this year's EXPO REAL were looking for answers - and found them. A total of 1,856 exhibitors from 36 countries and more than 40,000 participants from 70 countries came to Europe's largest trade fair for real estate and investment in Munich from October 4 to 6, 2023. The total number of participants was divided into almost 20,000 trade visitors and 20,312 company representatives.
“This year in particular, EXPO REAL has once again proven that it is the industry's working trade fair and offers a platform for discussing existing challenges, solutions and opportunities,” says Stefan Rummel, CEO of Messe München. “The real estate industry is facing one of the toughest times in a long time. Rising interest rates, stagnating construction projects, inflation - the problems are manifold. For precisely these reasons, the participants here in Munich spent three days exchanging ideas and engaging in discussions.”
Just how great the need for discussion was was also evident in the well-attended conference programme, in which not only ESG, digitalization, urban development and demographic change, but also topics such as housing construction and (re)financing were discussed, in some cases critically.
The Cotecda team was also strongly represented again at this year's EXPO REAL. “With Cotecda's broad range of services, we are very well equipped even in these difficult times for the industry. Our range of interim management services in particular is currently in high demand,” says Carsten Wesner, Managing Partner of Cotecda.