8th Annual CEE Retail Awards 2016

EuropaProperty announces short-list for 8th annual CEE Retail Real Estate Awards

Semi-final results are now in for the upcoming EuropaProperty CEE Retail Real Estate Awards representing the most outstanding and accomplished projects, companies, retailers and individuals throughout the region in 2015. The region's most respected and prestigious awards celebration, which will be attended by some of the region’s leading firms and individuals, will take place on January 28th 2016, at the Intercontinental Hotel in Warsaw, Poland.

Craig Smith, publisher and founder of EuropaProperty, the leading commercial real estate media firm, which organises the CEE Retail Awards Gala & Forum, the CEE Investment Awards Gala & Forum and the SEE Real Estate Awards Gala & Forum as well as several other high-impact events and conferences throughout the region, commented, "Once again I am excited to welcome a sell-out crowd to our eighth annual Central and Eastern European Retail Real Estate Awards. It pleases me greatly that this year we have received a record number of nominations. The sponsors, attendees and judges are senior level European or Central European directors, which affirms the CEE Retail Awards as a true industry landmark event.”

This year 28 projects from across the region have made the short-list and will compete for "Retail Project of the Year" awards in five different retail development categories. Projects are rated according to quality of design, building efficiency, quality of location, environmental concerns and commercial success.

"Company of the Year" awards will be presented to the leading developer, investor, bank, consultant/letting agent, retail leasing specialist, professional service provider, law firm, project management firm, property management firm, architectural firm and tax & financial adviser in Central and Eastern Europe for activities and accomplishments during 2015. Companies are judged on their overall market contribution, quality of customer services, market innovation, commercial success, leadership and market penetration.

"Retailer of the Year" awards will be 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. (The retailers’ short-list will be announced shortly).

Awards will also be given for "Overall Retailer of the Year" in addition to "Overall Professional of the Year."

The semi-final results have been narrowed down, by an independent jury of judges, from a field of over 400 nominated companies and projects to determine the following semi-finalists:

Professional Service Provider

Adecco Poland

Atalian

Auchan Polska

First Title Insurance

Hays Poland

RegioPlan Consulting

Tax & Financial Adviser of the Year

Gide Loyrette Nouel

Rödl & Partner

TPA Horwath

Architectural Firm of the Year

APA Via and Partnerzy

Bose International

Broadway Malyan

Chapman Taylor

Kurylowicz & Associates

vsf creative

Law Firm

Allen & Overy

Dentons

Greenberg Traurig

K|P|R|F Law Office

Magnusson

Wolf Theiss

Project Management Firm

Arcadis

Gleeds Polska

Portico Project Management

Savills

Property Management Firm

Apsys Polska

Atrium European Real Estate

CBRE

Cushman & Wakefield

ECE Projektmanagement

JLL

Multi Corporation

TriGranit Management Corporation

Property Manager of the Year (nominations still being accepted)

Bank of the Year

Berlin Hyp

Helaba Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen

pbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank

UniCredit Bank Austria AG

Retail Agency of the Year

Aspenn

CBRE

Cushman & Wakefield

JLL

Investor of the Year

Atrium European Real Estate

CBRE Global Investors

Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management

Immofinanz

Invesco

Rockcastle

Union Investment Real Estate

Xcity Investment

Retail Developer of the Year

Apsys Polska

CBRE Global Investors

Crestyl Real Estate

ECE Projektmanagement

Echo Investment

Griffin Real Estate

Globe Trade Center

Immofinanz

IKEA Centres

Multi Corporation

TriGranit Development Corporation

Projects

Factory Outlet

Factory Ursus - Neinver - Poland

Outlet Center in Białystok - Center XXVIII Retail Management - Poland

Outlet Park Szczecin - Echo Investment – Poland

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 Development - Poland

Ogrody Elbląg - CBRE Global Investors - Poland

Szolnok Auchan Mall - Immochan - Hungary

Wola Park - IKEA Centres - Poland

Retail Project Small - under 15,000 sqm

Plac Vogla - Ghelamco - Poland

Galeria Corso - Winston - Poland

Ferio Wawer - RE project development - Poland

Retail Project Medium - between 15,000 - 30,000 sqm

Central Kladno - Crestyl Real Estate - Czech Republic

City Arena Trnava - Euro Max - Slovakia

Galeria Neptun - Galeria Neptun - Poland

Forum Poprad - Multi Slovakia - Slovakia

Nordika Shopping Valley - Nantucket Holdings - Lithuania

Nowy Rynek - TK Development/Heitman Fund - Poland

Ogrody Elbląg - CBRE Global Investors - Poland

SuperSam - Griffin Real Estate - Poland

VIVO! Stalowa Wola - Immofinanz - Poland

Retail Project Large - over 30,000 sqm

Aleja Bielany - IKEA Centres - Poland

Arkady Zielony - ECE Projektmanagement - Poland

Galeria Galena - P.A. Nova - Poland

Forum Lviv - Multi Ukraine - Ukraine

Sukcesja - Fabryka Biznesu - Poland

Tarasy Zamkowe - Immofinanz - Poland

Wola Park - IKEA Centres - Poland

The award recipients will be chosen the evening before the awards gala by a group of active commercial real estate professionals with vast market experience, who have come together to form an academy of jurors (http://www.retailawards.eu/en/jury).

Furthermore, to complement the eighth annual CEE Retail Real Estate Awards Gala, EuropaProperty is organizing a series of discussion panels which will provide current analysis on the rapidly developing markets in the region from the perspective of retailers looking to enter and expand in Central and Eastern Europe.

In addition to offering the opportunity to meet and network with leading market players, the panel discussions will examine, in detail, the retail real estate and investment markets of Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine and the Baltic’s. The schedule includes morning and afternoon networking coffee breaks and lunch.

As with all EuropaProperty events the eighth Annual CEE Retail Real Estate Awards and Retail Forum will pride itself on an unrivalled format that brings together top professionals in an environment conducive to offering the opportunity to meet and network with leading market players.