Region’s top real estate firms recognised at EuropaProperty’s 6th annual CEE Investment & Green Building Awards
EuropaProperty has successfully completed its 6th annual CEE Investment and Green Building Awards at the Intercontinental Hotel in Warsaw, Poland. The awards gala was heralded a great success, and was well received by all winners and their guests.
The awards ceremony looked fantastic, and was once again witnessed by a select group of around 350 senior European and Central European real estate professionals; affirming the event’s status as a true landmark event for the investment sector.
Griffin Real Estate was this year’s big winner, collecting multiple awards across all the main investment categories. Europa Capital, Griffin Real Estate, Panattoni Europe, Ghelamco, Apsys and Rockcastle also walked away with some of the big prizes.
Griffin Real Estate was deemed this year’s best Overall Investor collecting a number of investment awards largely on the back of its record breaking transaction that saw the company acquire Echo and split the development business (Echo Investment) from the yielding business (EPP) in 2015 and then sell 75 percent of EPP to Redefine, in June 2016, who then, with Griffin, built a management team and listed EPP in at a 45 percent premium.
Other big investment winners included Europa Capital, winning four awards as this year’s most successful Office Investor, Investment Asset Management Firm, Core+/Value Add Investor, and for its disposal of Eiffel Square in Budapest to KGAL.
Rockcastle was recognised as Retail Investor for its prolific acquisition strategy throughout the region, and it’s record breaking purchase of Bonarka City Center in Krakow for €361 million.
More investment recognition went to Union Investment as Core Investor, WP Carey as Warehouse Investor, and Golden Star Estate was recognised for its acquisition of Yareal’s Oxygen Park in Warsaw.
Ghelamco’s Jeroen van der Toolen was named this year’s Industry Professional. The developer, one of Poland’s most prolific, with a successful sustainable-development model across the country, also walked away with the Office Developer of the Year prize.
The Jury once again awarded Panattoni Europe as Warehouse Developer, and also selected one of their BTS projects from Poland as Warehouse Development of the Year.
Echo Investment’s Q22 office project in Warsaw collected this year’s Green Building of the Year. The recently acquired office tower was deemed by the Jurors to be the best example of a sustainable office development. Other office developments recognised by the awards included S+B Gruppe’s Krowlewska, Skanska’s Corso Court and Hines’s Proxima I in Warsaw.
Accentuating the strength and interest in the region’s investment sector, were the Investment Brokerage and Investment Broker Awards. Savill’s Michal Cwiklinski won the Investment Broker of the Year, and JLL once again walked away with the Investment Brokerage Firm award.
Another personal award was handed out to GTC’s Michal Gerwat for Property Manager of the Year.
Apsys, a retail developer and property manager, picked up a hat trick of awards. Retail Developer of the Year, Retail Development of the Year for Posnania, their recently opened record breaking development in the Polish city of Poznan, and for their continued excellence in property management they were awarded Property Management Firm of the Year
Further company awards went to Tara Consulting for Professional Service Provider of the Year. TPA was once again voted this year’s best Tax And Financial Adviser, and Stewart Title was voted the best Title Insurance Provider. Other industry winners included, Dentons, Berlin Hyp, Gleeds, Chapman Taylor, and Bilfinger.
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 better.
The seventh annual CEE Investment & Green Building Awards will be held on October 26th, 2017.
Full List of Winners for 2016
Company Awards
Professional Service Provider
BuildGreen
Hays
HRK S.A.
Merrill Corporation
PSI Polska
PwC
Tara HR Consulting – Winner
Facility Management
Bilfinger HSG Facility Management – Winner
General Property
Porreal
Tax & Financial Adviser
Hogan Lovells
Linklaters
Magnusson
Taylor Wessing
TPA Poland – Winner
Title Insurance
Dual
First Title
Secure Legal Title
Stewart Title – Winner
Architectural Firm
Broadway Malyan
Chapman Taylor – Winner
Kurylowicz & Associates
PRC Architekci
Law Firm
BSJP Brockhuis Jurczak Prusak
Dentons – Winner
Hogan Lovells
Linklaters
Magnusson
Taylor Wessing
White & Case
Project Management
Arcadis
CBRE
ECE Projektmanagement
Gleeds – Winner
JLL
Property Management
Apsys – Winner
CBRE
JLL
Knight Frank
Metro Properties
Savills
Property Managers
Kinga Antosik – BNP Paribas Real Estate
Andrzej Borówka – Avestus
Agnieszka Sławomirska-Chmarzyńska – Savills
Hanna Choszczyk – CBRE
Damian Dudziak – BNP Paribas Real Estate
Małgorzata Garganisz – Hines
Michał Gerwat – GTC – Winner
Tomasz Hofman – Cushman & Wakefield
Agata Janowska – Savills
Małgorzata Ruchała – Knight Frank
Bank
Aareal
Bank Pekao
Berlin Hyp – Winner
Deutsche Hypothekenbank
Deutsche Pfandbriefbank
Erste Group
Helaba
Raiffeisen Bank
Investment Agency
BNP Paribas Real Estate
CBRE
Cushman & Wakefield
JLL – Winner
Savills
Sharman Church
Investment Broker
Michal Ćwikliński – Savills – Winner
Sean Doyle – CBRE
Soren Olsen – Cushman & Wakefield
Warehouse Developer
Goodman
P3
Panattoni Europe – Winner
Segro
Retail Developer
Apsys – Winner
Atrium
Caelum Development
ECE Projektmanagement
Echo Investment
GTC
HB Reavis
Immochan
Office Developer
AFI Europe
Echo Investment
Ghelamco – Winner
Golub Gethouse
GTC
HB Reavis
Hines
Skanska
TriGranit
UBM
Project Awards
Warehouse Project
IDL Logistics – P3 – Poland
TNT – Panattoni Europe – Poland – Winner
VF Corporation Expansion – P3 – Czech Republic
Volkswagen Group – SEGRO – Poland
Retail Project
ParkLake – Sonae Sierra/Caelum Development – Romania
Posnania – Apsys – Poland – Winner
Shopping City Timisoara – NEPI – Romania
Zielony Arkady – ECE Projektmanagement – Poland
Small – under 10,000 sqm GLA
Bonarka 4 Business (F) – TriGranit – Poland
Classic 7 (Phase III) – AFI Europe – Czech Republic
Krolewska – S+B Gruppe – Poland – Winner
Medium – over 10,000 sqm GLA
ASTORIA Premium Offices – Strabag Real Estate – Poland
Corso Court – Skanska – Czech Republic – Winner
Green Court Bucharest (C) – Skanska – Romania
Metroffice, part of Iride City – Immofinanz – Romania
Pegaz – UBM – Poland
University Business Park (II) – GTC – Poland
Large – over 20,000 sqm GLA
AFI Park 4&5 – AFI Europe – Romania
Atrium 2 – Skanska – Poland
Eurocentrum Delta – Capital Park – Poland
Nordic Light – Skanska – Hungary
Prime Corporate Center – Golub Gethouse – Poland
Proxima I – Hines – Poland – Winner
Tryton Business House – Echo Investment – Poland
Mega – over 40,000 sqm GLA
Gdański Business Center II (C+D) – HB Reavis – Poland
Hermes Business Campus (B+C) – Atenor – Romania
Q22 – Echo Investment – Poland – Winner
Warsaw Spire (A+C) – Ghelamco – Poland
Investor Awards
Warehouse Investor
Hines Poland Sustainability Income Fund
Integrated Finance Group
Invesco
Macquarie
WP Carey – Winner
Retail Investor
CBRE Global Investors
Deutsche Asset Management
Diófa Asset Management
Griffin Real Estate
Invesco
Rockcastle – Winner
Union Investment
Office Investor
Bluehouse Capital
CBRE Global Investors
Europa Capital – Winner
Golden Star Estate
Griffin Real Estate
GTC
Hines Poland Sustainability Income Fund
Invesco
Integrated Finance Group
REINO Partners
Sharow Capital
Union Investment
WP Carey
Investment Asset Management Firm
Bluehouse Capital
CBRE Global Investors
Deutsche Asset Management
Diófa Asset Management
Europa Capital – Winner
Griffin Real Estate
Invesco
Sharow Capital
Opportunistic Investor
Bluehouse Capital
Europa Capital
Golden Star Estate
Griffin Real Estate – Winner
Integrated Finance Group
Rockcastle
Sharow Capital
Core+/Value Add Investor
CBRE Global Investors
Europa Capital – Winner
Golden Star Estate
Griffin Real Estate
Hines Poland Sustainability Income Fund
Rockcastle
Sharow Capital
Core Investor
CBRE Global Investors
Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management
Diófa Asset Management
Hines Poland Sustainability Income Fund
Invesco
Union Investment – Winner
Investment Deal €20-50 million
Forum Business Center I – HB Reavis – ČS nemovitostní – Slovakia
Green Court Bucharest B – Skanska – Globalworth – Romania
Malta House – Skanska – Bluehouse/REINO Partners – Poland
Okraglak and Kwadraciak – Sharow Capital/Benson Elliot
Oxygen Park – Yareal – Golden Star Estate – Poland – Winner
Pixel Office Building – Garvest Real Estate fund – GTC – Poland
Zaułek Piękna – Invesco – GLL – Poland
Investment Deal €50-100 million
Corso Court – Skanska – Invesco – Czech Republic
Eiffel Square – Europa Capital – KGAL – Hungary – Winner
Ferio Shopping Centre – Rockspring – Union Investment – Poland
Forum Liberec – Tesco – Rockcastle – Czech Republic
Galeria Jantar – Tristan Capital Partners – CBRE Global Investors – Poland
Platan Shopping Center – TRIUVA – Rockcastle – Poland
Prime Corporate Center – Golub Gethouse – Warburg-HIH Invest – Poland
Váci Corner – HB Reavis – Zeus Capital Management – Hungary
Portfolio of logistics/industrial assets – HB Reavis – Macquarie – Czech Republic/Slovakia
Investment Deal €100 million plus
Bonarka City Center – TriGranit – Rockcastle – Poland – Winner
Gdanski Business Center – HB Reavis – Savills Investment Management – Poland
Konstruktorska Business Center – HB Reavis – Golden Star Estate – Poland
Office Portolio (Kapelanka 42 A, Axis, Silesia Business Park A, Silesia Business Park B) – Skanska – NIAM – Poland
Retail Portfolio – Focus Park/Focus Mall – Aviva Investors – Rockcastle – Poland
Retail Portfolio – Karolinka/Pogoria – Blackrock – Rockcastle – Poland
Sibiu Shopping City – ARGO – NEPI – Romania
Stary Browar Poznan – Fortis Nowy – Deutsche Asset Management – Poland
Overall Awards
Deal of the Decade
Griffin Real Estate
Investor of the Year
Griffin Real Estate
Professional of the Year
Tomas Buraz – Savills
Robert Dobrzycki – Panattoni
Anna Duchnowska – Invesco
Gábor Futó – Futureal
Stanislav Frnka – HB Reavis
Mieczysław Godzisz – Hines
Marek Jakubiak – Deutsche Asset Management
Adrian Karczewicz – Skanska
Thomas Kurzmann – GTC
Nicklas Lindberg – Echo Investment
Mikhail Merkulov – Arricano
Steven Sewell – Macquarie
Nebil Senman – Griffin Real Estate
Jeroen van der Toolen – Ghelamco – Winner
