Awards

Best Investment Awards 2009

Best Investment Awards 2009

About SmartCity Malta

SmartCity Malta is a self-sustained industry township for knowledge-based companies located in the Ricasoli Estate in Malta.
To be developed by SmartCity in partnership with the Government of Malta, SmartCity Malta will be home to a vibrant knowledge-economy community anchored by leading global, regional and local companies. SmartCity Malta is set to become the leading ICT and Media cluster in the heart of the Mediterranean and the first European outpost of the global SmartCity network.

With a minimum investment outlay of US $ 300 million, SmartCity Malta will transform Malta into a state-of-the-art ICT and Media business community based on the successful clusters of Dubai Internet City, Dubai Media City and Dubai Knowledge Village. SmartCity Malta is the largest ever-foreign direct investment in the ICT and media sectors ever made in Malta. SmartCity Malta will create the infrastructure to develop a self-sustaining knowledge-based township comprising office space, residential and lifestyle elements. The project is expected to generate 5,600 jobs and create a total of 158,830 square meters of office space to host ICT and Media operators.
The first deliverables from the project will be the release of 12,000 square meters of office in 2010.

Unibail-Rodamco is the leading listed property company in Europe with a property portfolio valued at EUR 24.6 billion. The quality of Unibail-Rodamco’s portfolio and the geographical spread of its investments are fundamental to the Group’s success, particularly in the current economic climate.
In Spain, the Group enhanced its market leading position with the acquisition of La Maquinista in Barcelona and the Habaneras shopping gallery in Torrevieja, near Alicante. With 74,400 m2 of retail space and annual footfall of 15 million, La Maquinista ranks among Spain’s most resilient shopping centers. The Group has since then sold a minority stake in these two Spanish shopping centers to GIC, the real-estate investment arm of the Government of Singapore, initiating a partnership with this long-term investor. Unibail-Rodamco aims at reducing the carbon intensity of its managed shopping centers by 25% between 2006 and 2016. This target goes beyond the EU objective of reducing emissions by 20% between 1990 and 2020.
These environmental performance plans and objectives reflect the Group’s long-standing commitment to quality and value creation. In recognition to this commitment, Unibail-Rodamco is listed in the FTSE4Good and DJSI World indexes and is a signatory of the UN Global Compact.

In April 2008, at the time of the French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s visit in Tunisia, and thanks to a joint venture between Altran Technologies and Telnet Tunisia, Altran Telnet Corporation (A.T.C) was created.

The company, based in Tunis and in Sfax, provides engineering services (certification CMMI 5) mainly to the clients of Altran, European leader in innovation, and is considered as a symbol of the North-South partnership in innovation and technology. Altran Telnet Corporation intends to develop engineering services in Tunisia and its neighboring countries and become the North African leader. It plans to employ 300 employees in 2010 in Tunisia.

Living PlanIT SA announced plans for PlanIT Valley, an exciting new research and development City to be based in Northern Portugal. Designed to become a leading centre for sustainable community innovation, the PlanIT Valley development in Northern Portugal will include a word class R&D centre, residential and commercial facilities into a complete urban environment where new technologies and ways of living will be developed, deployed and evolved.

PlanIT Valley will be populated by the world’s leading technology companies and educational institutions; drawn by a unique collaborative environment and extensive support programs. When fully operational PlanIT Valley will accommodate over 20,000 high technology workers and provide housing for 25,000 residents; its conference, entertainment, health, and other facilities will be of corresponding scale. Construction will begin in 2010, and is scheduled to be complete by 2013.