ADREC-Hub71 Partnership Opens Abu Dhabi Real Estate Pilots
The ADREC-Hub71 partnership is creating a route for technology startups to test solutions in Abu Dhabi’s real estate sector. The two-year agreement was signed at LIVEX 2026 and covers startup engagement, technology pilots and potential business opportunities.
The Abu Dhabi Real Estate Centre, or ADREC, signed the memorandum of understanding with Hub71, Abu Dhabi’s global technology ecosystem.
What ADREC and Hub71 do
ADREC is an affiliate of the Department of Municipalities and Transport and the custodian and regulator of Abu Dhabi’s real estate sector. Hub71 connects startups with investors, corporations, government entities and market opportunities.
Under the agreement, ADREC will identify challenges emerging from the property market and work with Hub71 to connect relevant technology companies with opportunities to develop, test and validate possible solutions. Selected companies could be introduced to real estate use cases and given opportunities to test and validate solutions through potential pilots before wider adoption is considered.
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ADREC will also refer startups from its network to Hub71 programmes and contribute real estate expertise to the startup-selection process. The partnership includes community events, workshops, mentorship and knowledge transfer.
Pilots and potential adoption
For startups, the partnership could shorten the distance between developing a technology and demonstrating that it can address an actual commercial or regulatory problem.
Hub71 will help connect selected founders with real estate-sector stakeholders and potential use cases, giving companies an opportunity to understand requirements directly from government and industry participants. Solutions could then be refined through potential pilots and validation exercises before either side considers broader commercial adoption.
The framework runs for two years and connects Hub71’s startup pipeline with ADREC’s sector expertise, sector challenges and connections to the market where solutions could ultimately be used.
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