MANAMA: Durrat Al Bahrain, the kingdom's largest planned luxury residential, commercial and tourist resort development, announced yesterday that it will be exhibiting at Cityscape Abu Dhabi 2008.

This is the second time the international property investment and development event has been held in Abu Dhabi and attracts regional and international investors, property developers, leading architects and designers to celebrate the very best in real estate, architecture, urban planning and design in the UAE's capital city.

Cityscape Abu Dhabi 2008, from Tuesday to Thursday, is seeking to consolidate its position to further enhance and support the vision for residential and commercial property growth worldwide to an international audience.

This year's event is expecting over 25,000 participants from 100 countries with 30,000 square metres of exhibition space.

"Abu Dhabi is one of the most important property markets in the GCC," said chief executive officer Jassim Al Jowder.

"It currently has new construction projects underway valued are more than $327 billion.

"Having exhibited last year, we were impressed with the quality of the delegates that we met and spoke to, so it was clear to us that we should return again this year to showcase Durrat Al Bahrain."