Expo City Dubai

Expo City Dubai is the legacy city that grew out of Expo 2020 and was formally established in 2022, when Dubai issued the law creating Expo City and its regulator, the Expo City Dubai Authority (ECDA). The Authority runs the site as a free-zone city, which is why business set-up, licensing and operations are unusually streamlined.
As a developer, Expo City keeps a tight focus: highly sustainable, mixed-use districts with schools, culture, offices and homes all in a 15-minute urban fabric. Its residential push is anchored by two pillars—Expo Central (urban apartments) and Expo Valley (nature-forward villas/townhouses)—both conceived as people-first, net-zero-oriented communities.
Leadership continuity from the Expo era matters here: H.E. Reem Al Hashimy serves as CEO of the ECDA, while development is led by veteran delivery execs from the Expo buildout—so the same team that executed a global mega-event now executes the city. The model trades hype for delivery: planning, construction and operations sit under one roof, and what’s drawn on paper shows up on site.
Recognition keeps compounding around that sustainability mission, with major global events now choosing Terra and other Expo City venues as their stage—another quiet signal of ecosystem quality