A three-day fair will be held during May 21-23 at Muslim Centre in London and another three-day event from May 28 at Manhattan Center, New York, leaders of the Real Estate and Housing Association of Bangladesh (Rehab) told a press briefing.

"We hope to sell flats and plots worth about Tk 200 crore -- Tk 100 crore in London and another Tk 100 crore in New York. We expect around 30,000 visitors in these fairs," said Toufiq M Seraj, president of Rehab, at the briefing on Friday.

The association organised the first housing fair in New York last year where 29 participating members of Rehab had a business worth Tk 50 crore.

Speaking at the briefing, Rehab General Secretary Mahmudul Hasan said some 40 out of the total 178 Rehab members will take part in the London fair and 37 in New York.

AH Mofazzal Karim, Bangladesh high commissioner to UK, will inaugurate the fair at 11:00am on May 21 in London while Shamsher M Chowdhury, ambassador to the USA, will inaugurate the fair in New York at 2:00pm on May 28.

In London, the fair will remain open to visitors from 2:00pm to 9:00pm on May 21, 11:00am to 8:00pm on May 22 and 11:00am to 9:00pm on May 23 (local time).

The New York fair will remain open to visitors from 3:00pm to 8:00pm on May 28, 10:00am to 8:00pm on May 29 and 10:00am to 8:00pm on May 30.

Tanvirul Haq Probal, joint secretary of Rehab, will coordinate the fair in New York while SM Anwar Hossain, vice president, will coordinate the event in London.

Shahriar Kamal, director of Concord Real Estate and Building Products Ltd, among others, attended at the briefing held at Fantasy Kingdom in Ashulia.