In the World Government Summit, 2025 (WGS) Dubai Municipality officially launched the ‘Building Intelligence Platform.” The WGS is a pioneering initiative formed to shape urban planning and real estate investments in the emirate. The vision of Dubai to become a technically advanced global hub in all facets was an inspiration to start the initiative, now focusing on the goal, the Dubai Economic Agenda (D33) Dubai is ready to double the size of its economy within 2033 and consolidate its position among the top three global cities. The Dubai Economic Agenda D33 is inclusive of 100 transformational projects
Transformation of Urban Planning through data-driven insight
Building Intelligence Platform is designed to help sustain urban growth by providing real-time, AI-driven building analysis. It offers valuable information that allows developers, investors, and urban planners to make informed decisions. The most important aspects of the platform include:
- Building specifications: The number of floors, the height, the total area along with the Gross Floor Area (GFA).
- Usage classifications: Commercial and residential segmentation using breakdowns of units.
- Market Trends & Rental Index: Real-time rental rates, demographics, and economic activity.
- Investment Information: Costs for maintenance as well as base price valuation and property performance analysis.
Marwan bin Ghalita, the Acting Director-General for Dubai Municipality said;
“The Building Intelligence Platform reflects Dubai’s continuous growth and pioneering role in shaping the cities of the future. It complements Dubai’s open data policy, which empowers various sectors by providing accessible information to maximize investment opportunities and drive urban sustainability.”
Enhancing Dubai’s Competitiveness in Real Estate
This initiative is a major achievement of Dubai’s Economic Agenda D33, fostering the development of a resilient and dynamic real estate industry. With features such as the Rental Index and land-use efficiency data, the platform lets both private and government-owned investors make strategic plans for the expansion of cities and maximize property investment.
Mariam Al Muhairi, CEO of the Building Regulation and Permits Agency at Dubai Municipality, stated that the focus is to improve urban development and building resilience by integrating forward-looking government and cutting-edge technology into the design process. With the development of the Building Intelligence Platform, Dubai is trying to improve the future of smart cities as well as the ability of Dubai to respond to changing challenges by utilizing AI as well as advanced analytics of economic data.”
Strengthening Global Competitiveness Through Transparency
The Building Intelligence Platform strengthens Dubai’s global competitiveness by promoting more transparency and innovation in the urban and real estate sectors. With accurate, current data on buildings, it serves as an indispensable resource for developers and investors to ensure strategic investment and sustainable growth.
Dubai’s commitment to urban sustainability extends beyond real estate by revealing a range of initiatives in D33, the Dubai Economic Agenda D33, such as:
- Doubling the volume of trade with foreign countries by extending by 400 cities.
- The unveiling of comprehensive plans for sustainable and environmentally friendly manufacturing.
- Dubai’s Future Economic Corridors to be launched in 2033, linking Africa, Latin America, and Southeast Asia.
- Assisting 30 companies in becoming global unicorns in new economic sectors.
- Integration of 65,000 new Emiratis in the labor market and in the process of launching Dubai Traders, the Dubai Traders project.
- The establishment of Sandbox Dubai to test and commercialize the latest technologies.
- The attraction of world-class universities will help establish Dubai as a major center in higher learning.
- Implementing an SME Scale-Up program to assist 400 companies with high potential that are expanding internationally.
The Dubai Economic Agenda D33: A Vision for the Future
The Dubai Economic Agenda D33 outlines three main objectives:
- Expand foreign trade to AED 14.2 trillion in the last 10 years to AED 25.6 trillion over the next decade.
- Increase the annual foreign direct investment to AED 32 billion, to AED 60 billion bringing the total to AED 600 billion by 2033.
- The government should increase its spending by AED 5 billion, and up to AED 700 billion, while increasing private sector investment by AED 790 billion, to AED 1 trillion in the next 10 years.
Furthermore, Dubai aims to increase demand for domestic goods and services by AED 2.2 trillion, to AED 3 trillion within ten years, which will result in an annual economic impact of AED 100 billion through digital transformation initiatives.
A New Era for Real Estate Investment in Dubai
For developers, investors, and urban planners the Building Intelligence Platform is set to become a game changer with its unrivaled access to real-time, accurate information about properties. This will help Dubai build its standing as a global leader city and will ensure the most efficient, informed decision-making process that supports Dubai’s long-term sustainability goals.
Be updated with Dubai’s changing real estate market with information from the Building Intelligence Platform.
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