EuropaProperty has successfully completed its 12th annual SEE Real Estate Awards at the Radisson BLU Hotel in Bucharest, Romania. The awards gala was heralded as a great success and was well received by all winners and their guests. For more “trending details” on Twitter please follow #SEEAwards.
The 12th annual SEE Real Estate Awards for 2016 was held in front of a large and enthusiastic crowd. The event brought together some of the region’s top real estate developers, investors and market professionals who were there to see who would collect the 27 prizes that were handed out over the course of the evening.
Company of the Year awards were presented to the leading developer, investor and professional service providers in South Eastern Europe for their activities and accomplishments during 2016. Companies were judged on their overall market contribution, quality of customer services, market innovation, commercial success, leadership and market penetration.
The quality and number of nominated projects for this year’s event suggested an underlying strength to the region’s property markets, resulting in many companies winning multiple awards. The biggest of which was consultancy firm CBRE, who shone the brightest on the evening picking up all the agency awards as well as Property Management Firm and Professional Woman of the Year for their very own Luiza Moraru.
Developer AFI Europe scooped up a couple of project prizes. One for their AFI Park buildings 4 and 5 as Office Development of the Year and another for AFI Cotroceni as Best Refurbishment/Extension Project. Atrium Mall, by Granit Polus, also picked up an award in this category as the Best Refurbishment/Extension Regional Project.
Forte Partners was also a big office sector winner during the evening. Not only did the company win the Office Developer of the Year, it also picked up the Concept & Design Project of the Year for their upcoming office project in Bucharest, The Bridge. Serbia’s BW Galerija by Eagle Hills also won a Concept & Design award in the retail category.
Project of the Year award winners were rated according to quality of design, building efficiency, quality of location, environmental concerns and commercial success The judges decided that this year’s best retail development was ParkLake by Sonae Sierra. On the residential side, the Residential Development of the Year prize went to Coresi Avantgarden, a project by Immochan and Avantgarden Immo Invest, who also collected the Residential Developer of the Year award.
Other project winners included Fashion Park Outlet Center Serbia by Blackoak Developments as Best Performing Factory Outlet and CTP’s CTPark Bucharest West for Industrial Project of the Year.
This year’s Overall Professional of the Year went to Razvan Nica, Managing director at Build Green Romania. Build Green was also awarded Professional Service Provider of the Year. Meanwhile, NEPI picked up the award for Investor of the Year for its prolific investment and development activity throughout the region.
Accentuating the interest in the SEE region’s retail sector, a couple of key retailers were awarded on the night. Overall Retailer of the Year went to H&M and Serbian Retailer of the Year was received by Cineplexx International. Retailer of the Year awards were given to retailers active throughout the region based on their market innovation, expansion, contribution to the market, market share, concept and design, and commercial success.
Other major winners for the company awards included CTP as the Industrial Developer of the Year, Epstein Architecture & Engineering for Architectural Firm of the Year and UniCredit Bank/UniCredit Group for Bank of the Year. The Project Management Firm of the Year for Serbia went to Merin Asset Management and the Project Management Firm for the SEE region went to Optim Project Management. Finally, the award for Law Firm of the Year went to Pelifilip.
Premier Partner Immofinanz Group, CTP, CBRE, Forte Partners, Atrium Mall, Granit Polus. Associate Partners CA IMMO, Skanska Property, Anchor Grup. Award Sponsors MK Illumination, Vastint, Immochan, Optim Project Management, Build Green, Fashion House Group, Liebrecht & Wood, Adval Asset Management, Unirii View. Serbian Country Partners Merin Asset Management, Eagle Hills BW, BIG Fashion. Main Forum Sponsor Sonae Sierra, Gift Sponsor S+B Gruppe. Business Intelligence Partner CDDI. International PR Partner Lodestar. Venue Partner Radisson BLU Hotel. Auditor EY.
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.
Full list of SEE Real Estate Award Winners
Retailer
H&M – Winner
Cineplexx International
DEICHMANN
Flanco
PROFI Rom Food srl
KFC
Burger King
Pizza Hutt
Starbucks
World Class Fitness
Serbtail (Serbian Retailer)
BENU Pharmacy
Cineplexx International – Winner
Fashion Company
Extreme Intimo/Jasmil
Professional Service Provider
Adval Asset Management
Alukönigstahl
Atalian
Build Green Romania – Winner
First Title
GI International Services (Imoteca)
IBC
MK Illumination
Omifa Impex Srl
Optim Engineering Solutions
Architectural Firm
A&A Architects
Adest Architecture
Blue Projects
Bose International Planning & Architecture
Epstein Architecture & Engineering – Winner
Optim PM
West Group Architecture
Law Firm
Allen & Overy
Biris Goran
Bojovic & Partners Serbia
Clifford Chance Badea
CMS
Dentons
Noerr
PeliFilip – Winner
Tuca Zbarcea & Asociatii
Wolf Theiss
Project Management Firm
Aecom Ingenieria
Blue Projects
CBRE
Gleeds
Merin Asset Management – Winner Serbia
Optim PM – Winner
Sentient
Vitalis Consulting
Property Management Firm
Adval Asset Management
CBRE – Winner
Poseidon Property Serbia
Bank
Banca Transilvania
BCR/Erste Group Immorent
pbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank
UniCredit Bank / UniCredit Group – Winner
Residential Agency
CBRE Serbia – Winner
Coldwell Banker
Cushman & Wakefield Echinox
Knight Frank
Warehouse Agency
CBRE – Winner
Coldwell Banker
Cushman & Wakefield Echinox
Knight Frank
JLL
Retail Agency
CBRE – Winner
Coldwell Banker
Cushman & Wakefield Echinox
Knight Frank
JLL
Office Agency
CBRE – Winner
Coldwell Banker
Cushman & Wakefield Echinox
Knight Frank
JLL
Investment Agency
CBRE – Winner
Cushman & Wakefield Echinox
JLL
Knight Frank
Investor
Capital Fort Bulgaria
Galaxy Investment Group Bulgaria
Globalworth
GTC
NEPI – Winner
Residential Developer
Burgas Tower Bulgaira
Galaxy Investment Group Bulgaria
Forte Partners
Hanner
Immochan/Avantgarden Immo Invest – Winner
One United Properties
Poseidon Property Serbia
Tagor
Warehouse Developer
Alinso Group
CTP – Winner
Galaxy Investment Group Bulgaria
P3
Retail Developer
AFI Europe
Galaxy Investment Group Bulgaria
GTC
Immochan Imobiliare
Liebrecht Wood
Plaza Centers Serbia
Poseidon Property Serbia
Sonae Sierra – Winner
Veranda Obor
Office Developer
AFI Europe
Atenor Group
Capital Fort Bulgaria
Forte Partners – Winner
Galaxy Investment Group Bulgaria
Genesis Development
GTC
Immofinanz Group
Iulius Group
Liberty Technology Park
Portland Trust
Skanska Property Romania
Residential Project
Londra 27 – Forte Partners – Romania
Coresi Avantgarden – Immochan/Avantgarden Immo Invest – Romania – Winner
Cosmopolis – Opus Land Development – Romania
Sun City – Energodesign / Merin Asset Management – Serbia
Concept & Design
Belgrade Plaza – Plaza Centers – Serbia
BW Galerija – Eagle Hills – Winner Serbia
Business Garden Bucharest – Vastint – Romania
The Bridge – Forte Partners – Winner Romania
Timpuri Noi Square – Vastint – Romania
Best Refurbishment/Extension Project
AFI Cotroceni – AFI Europe – Romania – Winner
Atrium Mall – Granit Polus – Romania – Winner (regional)
Bucuresti Mall – Anchor Grup – Romania
Park Center Sofia – Revetas – Bulgaria
Fashion House Outlet Centre – Liebrecht Wood – Romania
West Park Retail – Liebrecht Wood – Romania
Industrial Project
P3 Bucharest – P3 Logistic Parks – Romania
CTPark Bucharest West – CTP – Romania – Winner
CTPark Cluj – CTP – Romania
Retail Project
Mall of Split – Tulipan Group/ECE – Croatia
ParkLake – Sonae Sierra – Romania – Winner
Veranda Mall – Prodplast Imobiliare – Romania
Office Project
AFI Park 4 & 5 – AFI Europe – Romania – Winner
Capital Fort – Capital Fort – Bulgaria
Green Court Bucharest (Building C) – Skanska Property – Romania
Hermes Business Campus B – Atenor – Romania
Metroffice, part of Iride City – Immofinanz – Romania
Office Park Plovdiv – Galaxy Investment Group – Bulgaria
Oregon Park – Portland Trust – Romania
Smart Center – Planex Ltd – Bulgaria
Stefan Cel Mare Office Building – Forte Partners – Romania
The Office – Mulberry Development & NEPI – Romania
UBC 5+6 (lasi) – Iulius Group – Romania
UBC 2 (Timisoara) – Iulius Group – Romania
Professional
Razvan Nica – Green Build Romania
Professional Woman
Luiza Moraru – CBRE