Expo City Dubai
Free zone on the Expo 2020 legacy site, run by the Expo City Dubai Authority, focused on innovation, events, sustainability and tech.
- Authority
- Expo City Dubai Authority (ECDA)
- Founded
- 2022
- Focus
- Innovation · Events · Sustainability · Tech
- Reported
- Estimated
- Not published
Top signals
- Companies leasing premises rose 82% in H1 2025 versus H1 2024.Dubai Media Office
- GITEX GLOBAL begins a new chapter at Expo City after 45 years — 7 to 11 December 2026.Dubai Media Office
- GITEX GLOBAL 2026 at Dubai Exhibition Centre expects more than 200,000 attendees from 180+ countries and 6,800 exhibiting companies.Dubai Exhibition Centre
- Home to Nestlé, Siemens Energy, Siemens Industrial, ENGIE, Fujitec Healthcare Solutions, Krohne and Emirates Group's Ebdaa innovation hub; DP World will also relocate its headquarters to the city.Dubai Media Office
- Nestlé's Middle East and North Africa regional office is based at Expo City Dubai.Nestlé MENA
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74 places inside the boundary
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- Pavilions10
- Attractions5
- Dining30
- Hotels1
- Offices8
- Education4
- Transit1
- Essentials15
10 milestones · Oct 2024 – Dec 2026
Every one dated and on public record.
- Oct 2024
New masterplan approved by the Ruler of Dubai — five distinct zones, pillar of the Dubai 2040 Urban Master Plan and the D33 economic agenda.
Gulf News - H1 2025
Companies leasing premises up 82% versus H1 2024.
Dubai Media Office - May 2025
DNV opens its new Dubai office at Expo City.
Expo City Dubai media centre - 2025
Nestlé's Middle East and North Africa regional office is now based at Expo City Dubai.
Nestlé MENA - Oct 2025
GITEX GLOBAL confirms a new chapter at Expo City after 45 years — 7–11 December 2026.
Dubai Media Office - Oct 2025
Named fDi Intelligence (FT) Global Free Zones of the Year 2025 "Rising Star". Same release lists Nestlé, Siemens Energy, Siemens Industrial, ENGIE, Fujitec, Krohne and Emirates Group's Ebdaa hub as tenants, and confirms DP World will relocate its headquarters to the city.
Dubai Media Office - Nov 2025
Savills appointed for commercial leasing, property management and tenant fit-out across the city — the leasing operation scales up.
Savills - 2026
Dubai Exhibition Centre expands from 45,000 m² to 122,000 m² in 2026, reaching 150,000 m² by 2027.
Gulf News - Jul 2026
UAE’s first Green Licences issued to six sustainable businesses, with the Ministry of Economy & Tourism — support packages worth AED 400,000+ each.
Gulf News - Dec 2026
GITEX GLOBAL opens at Dubai Exhibition Centre — 200,000+ attendees from 180+ countries and 6,800 exhibiting companies expected.
Dubai Exhibition Centre
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Gate counts at Terra, Alif and Al Wasl, metro-exit flows, presence analytics.
Enquiry-to-lease funnel and absorption by building — the raw material behind +82%.
DEC calendar utilisation, per-event attendance and retail uplift, MICE pipeline.
Live telemetry from the Siemens MindSphere digital twin — 130+ connected buildings.
Satisfaction, renewal probability and churn across the commercial portfolio.
Shuttle usage, EV-charger utilisation, the trip patterns behind the 15-minute city.
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- Companies leasing premises rose 82% in H1 2025 versus H1 2024.Dubai Media Office
- GITEX GLOBAL begins a new chapter at Expo City after 45 years — 7 to 11 December 2026.Dubai Media Office
- GITEX GLOBAL 2026 at Dubai Exhibition Centre expects more than 200,000 attendees from 180+ countries and 6,800 exhibiting companies.Dubai Exhibition Centre
- Home to Nestlé, Siemens Energy, Siemens Industrial, ENGIE, Fujitec Healthcare Solutions, Krohne and Emirates Group's Ebdaa innovation hub; DP World will also relocate its headquarters to the city.Dubai Media Office
- Nestlé's Middle East and North Africa regional office is based at Expo City Dubai.Nestlé MENA
- DNV opened its new Dubai office at Expo City in May 2025.Expo City Dubai media centre
- Siemens signed a 10-year lease for two buildings (~11,000 m²) on the site in March 2020, when it was still District 2020, having committed in 2017 to base its global airports, cargo and port-logistics headquarters there.Dubai Media Office (8 Mar 2020)
- Dubai Exhibition Centre expanding from 45,000 m² to 122,000 m² in 2026, reaching 150,000 m² by 2027.Gulf News (6 Nov 2025)
- Phase 1 of the AED 10bn Dubai Exhibition Centre expansion is part of a plan to make it the region's largest purpose-built indoor exhibitions and events venue by 2031.Gulf News (12 Nov 2025)
- Built on Expo 2020's Siemens MindSphere IoT backbone: 130+ connected buildings with a digital twin and real-time energy, water and air-quality telemetry (Expo-era deployment; ~80% of the built environment was retained).Siemens press release
- Named fDi Intelligence (FT) Global Free Zones of the Year 2025 "Rising Star" free zone.Dubai Media Office
- UAE's first Green Innovation District launched with the Ministry of Economy and Tourism (Oct 2025); partners Intesa Sanpaolo, Nestlé, Majra, Palmade.Gulf Today (28 Oct 2025)
- First six Green Licences issued in 2026 (AirJoule, WAT, Polygreen, Carbon Assurance, Carbon Standard, RBT Collective) with a support package upwards of AED 400,000.tbreak.com
- Scale2Dubai selected 85 startups and SMEs from 27 countries.The Hans India (9 Oct 2025)
- 15 minutes from Jebel Ali Port, adjacent to Al Maktoum International Airport and metro-connected.TradeArabia (Expo City release)
- The core city spans 3.5 km² per masterplanner Buro Happold; the wider Expo 2020 site is 4.38 km².Buro Happold — Expo City masterplan
All sources retrieved 27–28 Aug 2026.
mediaoffice.ae4
- Dubai Media Office· oct 2025 · expo city dubai
- Dubai Media Office· dec 2025 · expo city dubai
- Dubai Media Office· oct 2025 · gitex global to begin a new chapter at expo city dubai in 2026
- Dubai Media Office (8 Mar 2020)
gulfnews.com4
- Gulf News· expo city dubai unveils major expansion to become the dubais next urban hub 1.500336074
- Gulf News (12 Nov 2025)
- Gulf News· sheikh mohammed bin rashid approves new master plan for expo city dubai 1.1727977190411
- Gulf News· uaes first green licence gives sustainability firms dh400000 plus support 1.500599424