El Mercado Village, a mixed-use retail and residential project by First Bahrain Real Estate Development Company, has signed up as the strategic sponsor for the Gulf Property Show’s first mall event, to be held at The Avenues – Bahrain next month.

The boutique showcase for the real estate and property development sectors in the Northern Gulf, Gulf Property Show will run from November 21 to 24 showcasing the best of real estate projects in the region, said the event organiser Hilal Conferences and Exhibitions (HCE).

El Mercado Village is a beautiful mixed-use community in the Janabiya area of Bahrain, offering 42 villas and townhouses integrated with an upscale neighbourhood market. The El Mercado development in Block 575 is located just off Shaikh Isa Bin Salman Highway near the Saudi causeway, it stated.

Announcing the tie-up, First Bahrain’s chief financial officer Daniel Taylor said: “We are very pleased to showcase El Mercado Village at the upcoming Gulf Property Show at The Avenues. Our first homeowners have taken up residence and are creating community within the recently completed development, making full use of the services offered at the El Mercado market next door.”

“Gulf Property Show has been a positive platform for the showcase of First Bahrain’s projects over the years and we are fully expecting that we will find future homeowners during the upcoming show in November,” stated Taylor.

Gulf Property Show at The Avenues – Bahrain is the first mall edition of the kingdom’s leading real estate event.

“Our first shopping mall event will take place at ‘the place to be’, The Avenues – Bahrain. Our first mall event will provide a more direct route to investors at Bahrain’s leading shopping and leisure destination, supported with detailed product information and marketing to potential visitors around the GCC,” remarked Jubran Abdulrahman, the managing director of HCE.

 “First Bahrain’s confidence in supporting the Gulf Property Show at The Avenues – Bahrain is an endorsement of the value that Gulf Property Show provides to the real estate sector in Bahrain,” stated Abdulrahman.

“With El Mercado Village, First Bahrain has set standards in its development for quality and excellence. It is only by working closely with such developers that we can deliver on our mission to establish Bahrain as the hub for national, regional, and international real estate and property investments,” he said.

“El Mercado Village and First Bahrain, as strategic sponsors, will look to lead from the front with a number of announcements as they gear up to promote exciting lifestyle and investment opportunities at the Gulf Property Show at The Avenues – Bahrain,” added Abdulrahman.

Meanwhile, Homes 4 Life Real Estate, an independent real estate company based in Dubai, UAE, will be back in Bahrain for the first mall edition of Gulf Property Show.

Homes 4 Life Real Estate is a specialist in the sale and rental of residential and commercial properties in the UAE. The award-winning brokerage has risen to become one of the country’s finest and most exclusive, privately-owned luxury real estate companies in just 10 years.

On the upcoming event, Nitin Giyanani, the director of Homes 4 Life, said: We had experienced the power of Gulf Property Show back in April and were impressed by its professionalism and dedication from the management to cater to the requirements of the Dubai real estate industry.”

“Now, we being in our 10th year of successful business feel that it is about time to utilise our strong foundations by expanding our presence in different parts of the GCC and beyond. Gulf Property Show at the Avenues – Bahrain will surely provide us with another valuable opportunity to explore the market,” stated Giyanani.

Among other developments, HCE has partnered with Colours Events & Exhibitions for the operational organisation of the Gulf Property Show.

 Colours is an established and known brand in the events and exhibitions sector in Bahrain with over 20 years of successful projects delivery to renowned companies in the kingdom.

 This collaboration is aimed at giving exhibitors the best product exposure with design and production quality at one of the most popular public venues in Bahrain, said HCE. 

Colours will exclusively design and execute a turnkey package for exhibitors ensuring a 360-degree view for all participants at the Gulf Property Show, it stated.