EuropaProperty would like to thank all those that attended the 4th annual CEE Investment and Green Building Awards, held in Warsaw’s Intercontinental Hotel. The awards ceremony looked fantastic, and was witnessed by a select group of senior European and Central European real estate professionals; affirming the event’s status as a true landmark event for the investment sector. Companies recognised at the awards included: investors, developers, bankers, agencies and many others from throughout the CEE region.
Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management was a multiple award winner at the 4th annual CEE Investment & Green Building Awards held in Warsaw on Thursday 30th October 2014. Apsys, Echo Investment, Mayland Real Estate, Amazon, Panattoni Europe and JLL also walked away with some of the big company prizes.
Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management, one of world’s biggest institutional real estate funds, with a strong investment footprint in Europe and Poland, was the big winner of the event, collecting three awards on the night for Office Investor, Investment Deal and Overall Investor of the Year. Other Investment winners included GLL, Deka Immobilien, Tristan Capital Partner, Europa Capital, PointPark Properties, Griffin Real Estate, and Atrium European Real Estate.
Bogoljub Karić founder and CEO of BK Group received this year’s life time achieve award. The award is in recognition of his outstanding services to the Eastern European real estate sector and his company’s extensive international achievements. Born in 1954 in the former Yugoslavia, Karić grew his business into a multi-billion dollar corporation, now known as the BK Group, which operates in the following industry sectors; manufacturing, civil engineering, construction, International wholesale, export & import, telecommunications, electronic media, banking, finance, and media. He also founded the first private University in Serbia & Russia, the BK foundation helping children and he founded the first association of Industrialists Entrepreneurs as well as establishing the first private bank and insurance company in Russia-CIS.
Amazon’s Director of EMEA Operations and Real Estate Raimund Paetzmann was named this year’s Industry Professional of the Year. Amazon, the online giant, has made quite an impact in the CEE region opening three new fulfillment centres in Poland, with another on its way in the Czech Republic.
Panattoni Europe was named Industrial Developer of the Year and won the award for CEE Investment Development of the Year for developing two of the Amazon facilities. Robert Dobrzycki, Managing Partner Panattoni Europe, made no secret of his delight, commenting: “It is a huge honour and privilege – to win two awards at such a prestigious event. Each one is special and exceptional. Both of them are a testament to the great determination and professionalism of the best team I have ever worked with – Panattoni Europe.”
Echo Investment picked up three awards. The real estate developer received Office Developer of the Year, Office Project of the Year and a special commendation for their new office development in Warsaw Q22, which recently received a BREEAM Design Phase Certificate with the rating ‘Excellent’.
New for this year’s awards ceremony, accentuating the strength and interest in the region’s investment sector, were the Investment Brokerage and Investment Broker Awards. JLL’s Troy Javaher won the Investment Broker of the Year and CBRE walked away with the Investment Brokerage Firm of the Year award. JLL also collected Professional Service Provider of the Year.
Mayland Real Estate collected a brace of awards for its Riviera Shopping Centre in Poland, including Overall Project of the Year. Apsys, a retail developer and property manager, picked up three awards including Overall Company, Property Manager and Retail Developer of the Year categories. The City of Warsaw, Unibail Rodamco, Bluehouse, S+B Gruppe, Pekao Bank, Dentons, First Title, Kurylowicz & Associates and Gleeds were also among the award winners.
On behalf of our sponsors, judges and attendees, we offer our congratulations to all the winners. Foundations are already in place for next year’s event, which promises to be even bigger.
The fifth annual CEE Investment & Green Building Awards will be held on October 29th, 2015.
Company of the Year
Professional Service Provider of the Year
Atalian
BuildGreen Romania
JLL – Winner
Manhattan Software, a Trimble company
MK Illumination
Process Solutions
PwC
VvS | Architects & Consultants
WSP Group
Title Insurance Provider of the Year
Dual Group
First Title – Winner
Stewart Title
Architectural Firm of the Year
APA Wojciechowski
Groupa 5 Architects
Kurylowicz & Associates – Winner
PRC Architekci
Law Firm of the Year
Andrzej Lulka Kancelaria Radcy Prawnego
Dentons – Winner
Gide Loyrette Nouel
Hogan Lovells
Kinstellar
Linklaters
Magnusson
Project Management Firm of the Year
Arcadis EC Harris
Cushman & Wakefield
Gleeds – Winner
Property Management Firm of the Year
Apsys- Winner
BNP Paribas Real Estate
CBRE
Colliers International
Cushman & Wakefield
DTZ
Echo Investment
JLL
Knight Frank
TriGranit Management Corporation
Upside Property
WX Management Services
Property Manager of the Year
Gabriela Matysek – Cushman & Wakefield
Michal Gerwat – GTC
Joanna Pergol – JLL
Jacek Kocialkowski – WX Management Services
Justyna Druzynska – Colliers International
Andrzej Borowka – Avestus Real Estate
Emilia Zaluska – Unibail Rodamco – Winner
Aleksandra Dyla – CBRE
Bank of the Year
Aareal Bank
Helaba Bank
pbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank
PEKAO Bank – Winner
SEB
Investment Brokerage Team of the Year
BNP Paribas
CBRE – Winner
Colliers International
Cushman & Wakefield
DTZ
JLL
Investment Broker of the Year
Del Chandler – BNP Paribas Real Estate
Mike Atwell – CBRE
Neil Gregory-Eaves – Colliers International
Soren Olsen – Cushman & Wakefield
Troy Javaher – JLL – Winner
Retail Developer of the Year
Apsys – Winner
Atrium European Real Estate
Echo Investment
GTC
HB Reavis
Immofinanz Group
Inter IKEA Centre Group Poland
Liebrecht & Wood
Metro Properties
TriGranit Development Corporation
Industrial Developer of the Year
Goodman
MLP Group
P3
Panattoni Europe – Winner
Prologis
Office Developer of the Year
AIG/Lincoln
Capital Park Group
Echo Investment – Winner
GTC
HB Reavis
Immofinanz Group
Liebrecht & Wood
Skanska
TriGranit Development Corporation
UBM
WX Management Services
City of the Year Short-list
Lodz
Lublin
Olsztyn
Poznan
Slupsk
Warsaw – Winner
Project of the Year
Project of the Year awards were presented to the best sustainable developments from across Central Europe. Projects were primarily rated on environmental development principles and practices as well as quality of design, building efficiency, quality of location and commercial success.
BREEAM Design Phase Certificate (commendation)
Q22 – Echo Investment – Poland (excellent)
BREEAM in Use 2014
Eurocenter at Hradec Kralove – Bluehouse – Czech Republic
Euromarket in Krakow – Bluehouse – Poland – Winner
Interspar Znojmo – Bluehouse – Czech Republic
Park Inn – Bluehouse – Bulgaria
Hotel Development of the Year
Hampton by Hilton Warsaw City Centre – S+B Gruppe – Poland – Winner
Mercure Bucharest City Center – Dentotal Investment – Romania
Refurbishment/Retrofit Project of the Year
Arkadia – Unibail Rodamco – Poland
Galeria Mokotow – Unibail Rodamco – Poland – Winner
Jindřišská 16 – Immofinanz – Czech Republic
Spektrum Tower – WX Management Services – Poland
Warehouse Development of the Year
Goodman Amazon Wroclaw – BTS
Panattoni Amazon Wroclaw & Poznan – BTS – Winner
Prologis Park Prague D1 West DC4
Prologis Park Szczecin DC 2
Prologis Park Wroclaw DC5
Prologis Park Bratislava DC8
Prologis Park Wroclaw III DC 1
Prolgis Park Bratislava DC 7
Retail Development of the Year
Nova Park – Futureal/Caelum Development – Poland
Atrium Felicity – Atrium European Real Estate – Poland
Riviera Center – Mayland – Poland – Winner
Office Development of the Year
Alma Tower – UBM – Poland
Atrium 1 – Skanska – Poland
Enterprise Park Phase 2 – Avestus Real Estate – Poland
Eurocentrum Office Complex – Capital Park Group – Poland
Eiffel Palace – Horizon Development – Hungary
Gdansk Business Center – HB Reavis – Poland
GPP Office Park – Gornoslaski Park Przemyslowy – Poland
Olivia 4 – Olivia Business Centre – Poland
Park Rozwoju – Echo Investment – Poland – Winner
Riverview – Skanska – Czech Republic
The Park – AIG/Lincoln – Poland
Váci Corner Offices – HB Reavis – Hungary
Investor of the Year
Criteria: Investor of the Year awards recognised and honoured excellence in the CEE region’s investment sector. The awards were presented to companies and individuals that demonstrated the best overall performance during the past year as well as highlighted investment transactions that produced consistent results, and a high likelihood that the investors will not be disappointed in the future.
Opportunistic Investor
Adgar
Bluehouse Capital
Capital Park
Griffin Real Estate – Winner
Europa Capital
Kulczyk Silverstein Properties
Master Management Group
Revetas Capital Advisers
Tristan Capital Partners
Value Add/Core+ Investor
Adgar
Arka Property Fund
Atrium European Real Estate
Bluehouse Capital
CBRE Global Investors
Europa Capital
Kulczyk Silverstein Properties
Master Management Group
Revetas Capital Advisers
Tristan Capital Partners – Winner
Joint Venture Investment
Europa Capital – Winner
Kulczyk Silverstein Properties
Master Management Group
SEGRO
Tristan Capital Partners
UBM
Warehouse Investor of the Year
CBRE Global Investors
Europa Capital
PointPark Properties (P3) – Winner
SEGRO
Retail Investor of the Year
Arka Property Fund
Atrium European Real Estate – Winner
Bluehouse Capital
Capital Park Group
CBRE Global Investors
Griffin Real Estate
Europa Capital
Kulczyk Silverstein Properties
Immofinanz Group
Inter IKEA Centre Group Poland
Master Management Group
Revetas Capital Advisors
Tristan Capital Partners
Office Investor of the Year
Adgar
Arka Property Fund
Bluehouse Capital
Capital Park Group
CBRE Global Investors
Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management – Winner
Europa Capital
Griffin Real Estate
Kulczyk Silverstein Properties
Immofinanz Group
Revetas Capital Advisors
Tristan Capital Partners
UBM
Investment Deal of the Year – €20-50 million
GLL acquired Green Day from Skanska – Winner
Hillwood acquired Panattoni Park Wroclaw from Standard Life
Octava FIZAN acquired six office properties from Arka Property Fund
Prologis acquired Zeran Park 1 from Heitman
SEGRO acquired a logistic portfolio in Czech Republic
Investment Deal of the Year – €50 million+
CBRE Global Investors acquired Galeria Mazowia Plock from a Private Investor
Deka Immobilien acquired Atrium 1 from Skanska – Winner
Immofinanz acquired Galeria Pila from Rank Progress
Prvý realitný fond acquired River Garden Office I from HB Reavis Group
SEGRO acquired a logistic portfolio in Poland
Investment Deal of the Year – €100 million+
Atrium European Real Estate acquired Focus Mall Bydgoszcz from Aviva Investors
Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management acquired Rondo 1 from BlackRock – Winner
Logicor acquired a logistics portfolio from Standard life
P3 acquired logistics portfolio from VGP and Tristan
Resolution and ECE Fund acquired Poznan City Center from TriGranit/Europa Capital/PKP
Starwood Capital Group acquired three office projects from Ghelamco
WP Carey acquired Lipowy Business Park from CA Immo
OVERALL AWARDS 2014
Overall Company of the Year – Apsys
Overall Project of the Year – Riviera
Overall Investor of the Year – Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management
Overall Professional of the Year – Raimund Paeztmann – Amazon
Lifetime Achievement Award
Bogoljub Karic – BK Group
SAVE the DATE: 5th Annual EuropaProperty Investment Awards – October 29th Warsaw, Poland.
