Fashion Retailer 4F and developer Apsys Group have blazed their way through one of Central Eastern Europe’s top awards ceremonies.
In a significant boost to the retail real estate industry, the 8th edition of the annual EuropaProperty CEE Retail Awards, welcomed a record number of attendees, including over 100 retailers actively operating in the region.
The awards, held at the five-star Intercontinental Hotel Warsaw, brought together some 450 top real estate professionals from the major retail market sectors in the CEE region and were selected by an international academy of jurors, comprised of senior industry professionals, who presided and deliberated over the eventual winners, representing some of the best commercial retail real estate companies operating in the CEE region for 2015.
Apsys Group almost pulled off a clean sweep of development awards, adding momentum to their success at last year’s ceremony, with an equal haul of prizes. The developer won Property Management Firm, Developer and Overall Company of the Year.
Similarly 4F collected wins for Fashion Retailer – under 500 sqm, Newcomer and Overall Retailer of the Year. The company was recognised by the jury for its continued expansion, and confidence in the CEE region throughout 2015.
Accentuating the strength and interest in the region’s retail sector, many key retailers were also awarded on the night. Other major winners for the retailer specific awards included: Food & Beverages Retailer Costa Coffee, Fitness & Leisure Retailer CityFit, Fashion Retailer H&M, Cosmetics Retailer Rossman, Big Box Retailer Carrefour and Speciality Retailer Smyk.
Putting his achievements firmly in the spotlight, Property Solution’s Stefan Juszczak claimed the Professional of the Year award, confirming his status as one of the region’s top real estate professionals.
In the much coveted and highly contested Shopping Center Director of the Year award Mayland Real Estate’s Marek Ciszewski shone the brightest out of all the short-listed nominees, by receiving high praise and recognition for his work on Riviera Shopping Centre, currently one of Poland’s largest retail developments, and subject of one of 2015’s biggest investment deals.
2015 was a big year for retail development and the project award winners reflected the changing dynamics of the region’s retail development markets. Prolific retail developer Multi won two prizes for its regional development success in 2015. Forum Poprad in Slovakia won Retail Project in the medium category and, in an encouraging sign for the country’s changing fortunes, Forum Lviv in Ukraine won Large Retail Project of the Year.
Many of this year’s project nominees formed extensions and refurbishments. This year the winning projects were from Poland, Slovakia and Ukraine. CBRE Global Investors won the highly contested category Extended/Refurbished Project of the Year for their successful extension of the Ogrody Shopping Centre in Elbląg, Poland. The highly appreciated Ferio Wawer in Warsaw, by RE project development, walked away with the Small Retail Project of the Year award.
Other major accolades were given to Griffin Real Estate, which won Investor of the Year, and was recognised by the jurors for its investment success in 2015. A highlight being that is was responsible for one of the largest transactions on Poland’s commercial real estate market in recent years with the acquisition of a majority stake in Echo Investment.
International consultants JLL once again picked up the Agency of the Year award. Additional company awards were presented to K|P|R|F Law Office, one of the region’s best retail real estate law firms, which received the Law Firm of the Year award. TPA Horwath won Tax and Financial Adviser of the Year and Professional Service Provider of the Year went to First Title Insurance.
Gleeds again followed up last year’s success by collecting the Project Management Firm of the Year award. Chapman Taylor once again picked up Architectural Firm of the Year, and Berlin Hyp was voted Bank of the Year.
Full List of Winners
Entertainment & Leisure Retailer
CityFit – Winner
Fabryka Forma
Holmes Place
Pole-Position Go-kart track
Cosmetics Retailer
Adore Organic Innovation
Bobbi Brown
Douglas
Kiko Milano
Rossmann – Winner
Sephora
Speciality Retailer
à Tab
Autorska Bookstore
Go Sport
Manicure Express
Pepco Poland
RTV EURO AGD
Smyk – Winner
Food & Beverage Retailer
Costa Coffee – Winner
Green Caffè Nero
SaladBox
Subway
Big Box Retailer
Bricomarché
Carrefour – Winner
Jysk
Intermarche
Fashion Retailer (under 500 sqm)
Adidas Neo
Cropp
Guess?
Kazar Footwear
Levi’s
Mohito
Sinsay
Terranova
4F – Winner
Fashion Retailer (over 500 sqm)
C&A
CCC
Deichmann
House
H&M – Winner
KIK Textil
Mango
Reserved
TK Maxx
Newcomer
à Tab
Adidas Neo
Adore Organic Innovation
Autorska Bookstore
Kiko Milano
SaladBox
4F – Winner
Professional Service Provider
Auchan Polska – Corporate Social Responsibility
First Title Insurance – Winner
Hays Poland
Retail SEE Group
Tax & Financial Adviser of the Year
Gide Loyrette Nouel
Rödl & Partner
TPA Horwath – Winner
Architectural Firm of the Year
APA Via and Partnerzy
Broadway Malyan
Chapman Taylor – Winner
Law Firm
Allen & Overy
Dentons
Greenberg Traurig
K|P|R|F Law Office – Winner
Magnusson
Wolf Theiss
Project Management Firm
Arcadis
Gleeds Polska – Winner
Portico Project Management
Property Management Firm
Apsys Polska – Winner
Atrium European Real Estate
Cushman & Wakefield
ECE Projektmanagement
JLL
Mayland
Multi Corporation
Shopping Center Director of the Year
Michał Nowakowski – Atrium Real Estate Management
Ewa Machowska-Górna – Atrium Real Estate Management
Klaudia Antonik-Kłopot – Atrium Real Estate Management
Mariusz Machnicki – Echo Investment Property Management
Dorota Szafrańska-Czubaj – Cushman & Wakefield
Gregory Pertus – Atrium Real Estate Management
Sylwia Kasprzak – METRO Properties
Krzysztof Kucharski – METRO Properties
Krzysztof Wiburski – METRO Properties
Aleksandra Rzońca – Immochan
Marek Ciszewski – Mayland Real Estate – Winner
Ewa Spychalska – Apsys Management
Joanna Sawośko-Duda – Apsys Management
Sławomir Murawski – Apsys Management
Paweł Kotlarski – CBRE
Andrzej Hnatiuk – IKEA CENTRES POLSKA SA
Joanna Bagińska – Cushman & Wakefield
Michał Góźdź – Church Land Development
Dagmara Pozowska – IKEA CENTRES POLSKA SA
Bogusława Korolczuk – Liebrecht & wooD
Bank of the Year
Berlin Hyp – Winner
Helaba Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen
pbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank
UniCredit Bank Austria AG
Retail Agency of the Year
CBRE
Cushman & Wakefield
JLL – Winner
Investor of the Year
Atrium European Real Estate
CBRE Global Investors
Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management
Griffin Real Estate – Winner
Immofinanz
Invesco
Union Investment Real Estate
Xcity Investment
Developer of the Year
Apsys Polska – Winner
CBRE Global Investors
ECE Projektmanagement
Echo Investment
Globe Trade Center
Immofinanz
IKEA Centres
Mayland
Multi Corporation
Extended/Refurbished Project of the Year
Aleja Bielany – IKEA Centers – Poland
Atrium Copernicus – Atrium European Real Estate – Poland
Auchan Korzó Dunakeszi – Immochan – Hungary
Galeria Panorama – Balmain Asset Management – Poland
Galeria Pomorska – Resolution Property – Poland
Galeria Sudecka – Echo Investment – Poland
Ferio Wawer – RE project development – Poland
Magnolia Park – Multi Corporation – Poland
Ogrody Elbląg – CBRE Global Investors – Poland – Winner
Szolnok Auchan Mall – Immochan – Hungary
Wola Park – IKEA Centres – Poland
Zloty Tarasy – CBRE Global Investors – Poland
Retail Project Small – under 15,000 sqm
Plac Vogla – Ghelamco – Poland
Galeria Corso – Winston – Poland
Ferio Wawer – RE project development – Poland – Winner
Retail Project Medium – between 15,000 – 30,000 sqm
Central Kladno – Crestyl Real Estate – Czech Republic
Forum Poprad – Multi Slovakia – Slovakia – Winner
Magnolia Park – Multi Corporation – Poland
Ogrody Elbląg – CBRE Global Investors – Poland
SuperSam – Griffin Real Estate – Poland
VIVO! Stalowa Wola – Immofinanz – Poland
Wola Park – IKEA Centres – Poland
Retail Project Large – over 30,000 sqm
Aleja Bielany – IKEA Centres – Poland
Arkady Zielony – ECE Projektmanagement – Poland
Forum Lviv – Multi Ukraine – Ukraine – Winner
Sukcesja – Fabryka Biznesu – Poland
Tarasy Zamkowe – Immofinanz – Poland
Short-list for the Professional of the Year
Tomasz Barchański – Martes Sport
Phillipe Beurtheret – Immochan
Krzysztof Bocianowski – LPP
James Chapman – Cushman & Wakefield
Martin Erbe – Helaba
Marek Jakubiak – Deutsche Asset Management
Stefan Juszczak – Property Solution – Winner
Przemysław Krych – Griffin Group
Ronan Martin – Carrfour
Brendon O’Reily – Fashion House
Laurent Salama – IKEA
Leszek Sikora – ECE Projektmanagement
Robert Snincak – CBRE Global Investors
