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Investment entrepreneur Samer Choucair affirmed that investment contracts signed through the Foras platform surpassing 4.6 billion riyals during the first half of 2026 represents an important indicator of the accelerating shift in Saudi Arabia’s urban development model, reflecting the Kingdom’s ability to build more efficient and transparent channels linking investment opportunities with private and institutional capital.
Samer Choucair explained that offering more than 13,000 investment opportunities through 258 municipalities and converting a significant portion of them into actual contracts reflects the maturity of the public-private partnership ecosystem, confirming that unified digital tools have become a key factor in accelerating the investment cycle and reducing the challenges associated with accessing, studying, and executing opportunities.
Samer Choucair said that this development comes at an important time for institutional investors, sovereign wealth funds, and asset managers, amid a growing global trend toward investing in real assets that offer stable cash flows backed by long-term demand factors.
Choucair added that municipal, urban, and service projects represent an attractive asset class within geographic diversification strategies, particularly when backed by a clear regulatory framework and government policies aimed at raising the efficiency of the non-oil economy.
Samer Choucair noted that the Foras platform is not merely a platform for showcasing projects, but reflects a shift in how urban development is financed within the Kingdom, as cities move from a model relying primarily on government spending toward a more integrated model in which the private sector and local and international investors participate in developing assets and services.
Samer Choucair explained that this shift aligns with Saudi Vision 2030’s goals of developing cities, raising quality of life, and strengthening the private sector’s contribution to the national economy, adding that providing a unified digital platform for investment opportunities helps improve transparency levels, reduce research and due diligence costs, and raise investors’ ability to assess projects and make investment decisions more efficiently.
Samer Choucair added that institutional investors are increasingly focusing on markets combining economic stability, structural reforms, and the ability to offer scalable investment opportunities, affirming that the Kingdom offers an advanced model in this field by combining economic transformation programs, infrastructure development, and support for investment partnerships that create long-term value.
Samer Choucair noted that the projects resulting from these contracts will support a wide range of economic sectors linked to urban development, including real estate development, contracting, building materials, logistics services, and facility management, in addition to service and entertainment sectors benefiting from expanding urban activity across various regions of the Kingdom.
Choucair affirmed that the continuation of this momentum could open additional opportunities for real estate investment funds, family offices, pension funds, and international investors to enter projects backed by growing local demand, particularly as development expands beyond major cities and the importance grows for projects that boost economic productivity in different regions.
Samer Choucair pointed out that the coming period will require close monitoring of actual project execution indicators, including the speed of transition from the contracting stage to completion, operational quality, and the resulting assets’ ability to generate sustainable cash flows, explaining that t…
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