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Professionals from across the SEE region gathered on April 23rd to celebrate the leading commercial real estate companies, projects and professionals from SEE. Romania had particular news to celebrate with Baneasa Developments winning two prestigious awards at the fourth annual Europaproperty SEE Real Estate Awards for 2008, held at the SAS Radisson Hotel, Bucharest, Romania, and attended by over 300 industry professionals.
The development company won the Overall Project of the Year for its outstanding Baneasa Shopping City retail development in Bucharest and further evidence of Baneasa’s success was confirmed when their CEO Ali Ergun Ergen won Professional of the Year.
“This is a great honour. I’d like to thank our shareholders behind this investment and our team, but most of all thanks to UniCredit Tiriac Bank, one of Lenders who is present here tonight,” Baneasa’s Ali Ergun Ergen commented on collecting the awards.
The jury of 27 senior industry professionals active in the SEE region chose River Invest’s Sema Parc as the Office Project of the Year and the continued role of ProLogis in SEE was acknowledged with the jury choosing the ProLogis Park Bucharest A1 development as the best industrial development in 2008, for the second year running.
The biggest cheer of the night went to Mivan Development’s Liberty Center, which took away the Retail Project of the Year Award. “I’d like to thank the jury members for putting their faith in this project and, of course, all members of our team,” said Mivan’s Property Director Jonathan Houghton on picking up the award. He added, “Enjoy the party, it won’t be the last, the problems will ease, and we’ll all get back to work.”
Developer of the Year was Liebrecht & Wood while the Austrian investor Immoeast, which has had an interesting year, won the prize for Investor of the Year. UniCredit Tiriac Bank was presented with the prize for Bank of the Year. King Sturge, which was recognized for its regional work, was chosen as the Consultant/Letting Agent of the Year. Gardiner & Theobald won the Professional Service Provider of the Year prize, Chapman Taylor the Architectural Firm of the Year award and Wolf Theiss the Law Firm of the Year.
“We have put together a great team who has all contributed in making 2008 a good year for us in every way in the region,” said Wolf Theiss’ Managing Partner Bryan W. Jardine when accepting the award.
UniCredit’s Antonela Marchievici was voted Fidelity Title (Europe) Woman of the Year and Europolis was recognised for their work throughout the SEE region by walking away with the Overall Company of the Year Award.
The gala dinner was preceded by a series of panel discussions, sponsored by Ernst & Young, on the markets in Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia and Croatia. At the event, DTZ’s Regional Investment Director, Doug Hardman emphasised a reoccurring theme from the morning discussions that real opportunities exist now for players who are committed to the market; have been here for a long time and really understand the region’s current market fundamentals.
“You cannot generalise about the countries in the region, they have different languages, different legal systems and different economies, and all of these economies are entering the current down-turn at different phases. The opportunities will be here for the players who take the time and efforts to understand our markets to find value. I’m not saying there is no risk. I’m not saying that we’re OK, but what I’m saying is that there are opportunities,” he said.
Europaproperty would like to thank all participants at the event and congratulate the winners. With increasing development activity in SEE, the 2009 event will be even more exciting.
The Europaproperty SEE Real Estate Awards for 2008 was sponsored by:
Premier Partners: UniCredit Tiriac Bank, UniCredit Bank Austria
General Partner: Coldwell Banker
Cocktail Sponsor: Wolf Theiss.
Associate Sponsors: Gardiner & Theobald, Asmita Gardens, Schoenerr, Europolis, Baneasa Developments, Salans, Epstein, Real Estate Advisory Group, King Sturge, Tiago Malls and the Neocity Group.
Media Sponsors: REIDIN.com, IBP Real Estate, United Marketing + Partner and New European Economy
Official Charity: Habitat for Humanity.
We hope to see you all next April at the SAS Radisson Hotel in Bucharest.
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AWARD WINNERS
Developer of the Year: Liebrecht & Wood
Professional Service Provider of the Year: Gardiner & Theobald
Architectural Firm of the Year: Chapman Taylor
Law Firm of the Year: Wolf Theiss
Consultant / Letting Agent of the Year: King Sturge
Investor of the Year: Immoeast
Bank of the Year: UniCredit Tiriac Bank
Office Project of the Year: Sema Parc
Retail Development of the Year: Liberty Center
Industrial Project of the Year: ProLogis Park Bucharest A1
Hotel of the Year: SAS Radisson Hotel
Fidelity Title (Europe) Woman of the Year: Antonela Marchievici
Professional of the Year: Ali Ergun Ergen
Overall Company of the Year: Europolis
Overall Project of the Year: Baneasa Shopping City
The award winners were selected by the esteemed members of the SEE Awards
Academy and voting was administered and audited by Ernst & Young
Mr. Philip Bay, Director South Eastern Europe, Colliers International
Ms. Hanna Bomba-Wilhelmi, CEO, Regio Plan
Mr. Paul Drayton, Director, Waterman Group
Mr. Ben Bannatyne, Managing Director CEE, ProLogis
Mr. Jarosław Fijałkowski, CEO for CEE, Parkridge Retail Development
Ms. Birgit Gaulhofer, Investment and Asset Manager, IMMOEAST
Mr. Razvan Gheorghe, Managing Director, Cushman & Wakefield
Mr. Tom Gibney, Country Director, Epstein
Mr. Sebastian Gutiu, Bucharest Managing Partner, Schoenherr
Mr. Doug Hardman, Regional Investment Director, DTZ CEE
Mr. John Christopher Houghton, Property Director, Mivan Development
Mr. Norbert Höckl, Vice President, Coldwell Banker, Affiliates of Romania
Mr. Gabriel Hyde, Bucharest Leader, Arup
Mr. Stefan Jaitler, Managing Director CEE – SEE, IMV
Mr. Bryan W. Jardine, Managing Partner, Wolf Theiss
Mr. Herman Kok, Associate Director, Multi Development
Mr. Charles Krick, National Director, Jones Lang LaSalle
Mr. James Kinnell, Director, King Sturge Croatia, Serbia & Montenegro
Ms. Ioana Momiceanu, President of the Board, ATISREAL Romania
Mr. Roger P. Peters, Development Director Europe, Pinnacle
Mr. Mark Rea, Partner, Gardiner & Theobald
Mr. Mark Richards, Director, MACE Group
Mr. Marian Roman, Managing Director, EUROPOLIS
Mr. Eric Royer, Development Manager, Bouygues Immobilier
Ms. Laura Tiuca, Managing Counsel, Salans
Mr. Anthony Willats, Director, Chapman Taylor
Mr. Jean-Bernard Wurm, Managing Director, Fidelity Title (Europe)
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