The Parque Expo Group is the organization behind the largest urban regeneration project ever carried out in Portugal.

Between 1993 and 1998, the Parque Expo Group focused its efforts on pursuing the two major goals constituting its Mission. To be exact, the environmental and urban upgrade of the Development Zone and the holding of the Lisbon World Exhibition in 1998.

Expo’98 was an extremely successful event, boasting over 10 million visitors and a record official presence of 160 countries and international organizations. The environmental and urban renewal of the Development Zone connected to the Exposition, now the Parque das Nações, is proceeding much faster than anticipated, and should be completed by 2006/7.

The measure of success the Parque Expo Group has achieved means it can be identified as a unique partner in energizing partnerships with public and private organizations involved in urban renewal. In this respect, the Parque Expo Group is becoming increasingly more interested in promoting and developing large-scale urban projects (areas of more than 100 hectares) and real estate, with the same excellence in quality of life as now prevails in the Parque das Nacões.

The Parque Expo Group’s corporate mission is to play a role in the development of new business in areas involving high levels of competences in urban planning, design and renewal of infrastructures and structure-related equipment, as well as providing animation and profitability for areas of excellence, favoring the forming of private partnerships.

In realizing those goals the following have been taken into account:

• downgraded industrial zones;
• areas forming part of urban re-planning projects;
• land whose market-value enhancement hinges on profound urban-renewal processes;
• land owned by organizations not possessing the know-how needed for its development;
• state-owned land

Currently, the Group acts as a catalyst in the strategic development of the country’s two main metropolitan areas: Lisbon and Oporto.

Consequently, the Parque Expo Group’s strategic objectives are to:

• Consolidate and expand its involvement in other points of the country, as regards different Business Areas, especially in Areas of Urban Development and Environmental Upgrade;
• Consolidate the Parque das Nacões as a first-class quality project, not only in urban and architectural terms, but in the management of Urban Space as well;
• Develop partnerships that allow for the competences that Parque Expo already possesses to be complemented, with a view to diversifying the products and services currently provided by Parque Expo, focusing on the employment of new technologies;
• Invest in globalization projects, in light of its urban regeneration and development expertise.

The Parque Expo Group also owns various other important assets linked to culture and leisure, as is the case of the Oceanário de Lisboa (the largest aquarium in Europe) and the Pavilhão Atlântico (the largest indoor auditorium in the country. Seating up to 20,000 spectators, the latter has been the scene of many important cultural and sporting events in recent years in Portugal).    

The Parque Expo Group, with its staff of 317 (2004), can boast a range of truly unique competences, with a broad background in gentrifying and developing cities. Competences embracing fields as diverse as design, planning, construction, marketing, maintenance and management of an urban environment of the highest quality, including the animation and promotion of sporting and cultural events, and coordinating multidisciplinary teams.

With a turnover of € 55,316 million in 2004, the Parque Expo Group reached year-end with a consolidated net profit of € 3,9 million.

The Parque Expo Group’s unique experience is justly proven, and today the Group is certainly an investment partner well worth having.