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Several countries are now becoming smart cities by taking decisive steps, which include allocating resources, implementing smart city initiatives and policies to support the transformation of the real estate sector. However, despite the diverse measures by the Bahrain government to promote smart cities and enable economic growth, there is still data paucity regarding stakeholders' perspectives in the real estate industry on how the goal could be achieved. This study was conducted to achieve the following objectives: (1) identify the potential positive and negative economic impacts of the implementation of smart city initiatives by real estate, (2) analyze the potential opportunities and challenges associated with the use of Smart City technologies in Bahrain, and to (3) assess the potential economic development opportunities that could arise from the use of Smart City technologies in Bahrain.
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