Wednesday, May 23, 2012

MARKET NEWS: Best of real estate celebrated at EuropaProperty's 7th

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The seventh annual EuropaProperty SEE Real Estate Awards, which highlighted some of the best and most accomplished companies, projects and professionals for 2011, continued to give the region reason to cheer by giving away an impressive 26 awards.

The awards gala, held on May 17th at the five-star Athenee Palace Hilton Hotel in Bucharest, brought together some of the top-performing firms and professionals operating in the SEE region.

Chosen by members of EuropaProperty?s esteemed SEE Real Estate Awards Academy, this year?s winners were recognised for their continued market success in the region.

One of big winners of this year?s ceremony was Swan Office & Technology Park, Chayton Capital?s revolutionary green building launched in 2011 in Romania, which took home awards in three categories. The jury awarded the project: Office Development of the Year, Overall Project of the Year and the SEE Green Building Award for BREEAM Post-Construction Assessment ? Buildings A, B, C (Very Good).

?We are extremely honoured and grateful for all three awards,? commented David Allen, Head of Real Estate at Chayton Capital. ?The EuropaProperty SEE Awards are of significant importance to us, as they represent the voice of some of the most valuable real estate professionals. In response to their vote of confidence, we will continue the pursuit for high-quality, innovative, environmental-responsible building, as well as the endeavours for improving infrastructure amenities.?

Further crowning a successful evening, David Allen picked up the coveted Professional of the Year award for 2011. ?I am extremely happy and honoured to receive such recognition, based on the accomplishment of Swan Office & Technology Park,? Allen said on collecting his award. ?These awards highlight Chayton?s continuous efforts to support and improve successful investments in the SEE region,? he continued.

Other big winners on the night included Jones Lang LaSalle, which recorded a treble of agency awards in the Office, Retail and Warehouse sectors, an achievement unprecedented in previous years.

Developer GTC also received a glut of awards including Retail Development of the Year and Overall Developer of the Year as well as four further Green Building Awards for their office developments Ana Tower and City Gate and their retail developments Avenue Mall and Galleria Burgas. ?

Other popular winners included Europa Captial who collected Overall Company of the Year and Investor of the Year. EBRD also scored a brace of awards by picking Bank of the Year as well as Professional Woman of the Year for its very own Michele Small.?

For the second year running H&M proved its continuing consumer popularity and unrivalled expansion throughout the region by picking up the Overall Retailer of the Year for the second time.

Other developments awarded on the night included Baneasa Developments? Baneasa Commercial Area for Extended/Refurbished Retail Development of the Year. Alinso Group?s Ploiesti Park West won Warehouse Development of the Year and Oxford Gardens (Phase 2), by Willbrook International, collected Residential Development of the Year.

Further company awards were received by DTZ Echinox for Property Management Firm of the Year, WSP Group picked up Professional Service Provider of the Year and Project Management Firm of the Year went to Gardiner & Theobald again. Other awards were presented to Chapman Taylor as Architectural Firm of the Year and Salans was awarded Law Firm of the Year.

New for this year, recognising the growing influence of green-based ideologies in real estate EuropaProperty, in association with the Green Building Professionals Association, gave away an additional 12 SEE Green Building Awards. The 12 projects were awarded for their innovation and sustainability in green development.

The gala dinner was preceded by a series of high impact panel discussions on the main issues affecting the SEE markets in Romania, Serbia, Croatia and Bulgaria. Speakers and participants agreed that although the market is still difficult in some countries, a brighter outlook is on the horizon.?

The EuropaProperty SEE Real Estate Awards for 2011 was sponsored by Premier Partner: Jones Lang LaSalle. Award Sponsors: ?Retail Development of the Year? Mk Illumination ?Overall Retailer of the Year? DTZ Echinox and ?Overall Company of the Year? CA Immo. Audit and SEE Forum Partner: Ernst & Young. Energy Software Partner: International Business Contracts. Organizer: EuropaProperty. Supporting Partners: RICS and the Association of Green Building Professionals. Venue Partner: Athenee Palace Hilton Hotel. Media Partners: IBP Real Estate, Build Green Romania, Thomas Daily, Europe Real Estate and imopedia.ro.


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