Skanska once again dominated as the 2016 CEEQA RealGreen awards were announced at CEEQA@Mipim in Cannes on Tuesday in the build up to the annual CEEQA Gala next month in Warsaw as more than 200 guests were treated to a unique one-off reunion concert by celebrated COCK ROBIN duo Peter Kingsbery and Anna LaCazio as well as a lounge session by Milan based musician and DJ/producer Gioli Lipari.
The Corso Court office building in Prague developed by Skanska Commercial Development Europe lifted the title of RealGreen Building of the Year. Designed by the world-class architect Ricardo Bofill, the 7-story building offers modern, unique and efficient office space with focus on creating workplaces that foster innovation and productivity while reducing costs by incorporating modern technical and green solutions. The project, aiming for LEED Platinum certification was quickly snapped up by fund manager Invesco Real Estate. Skanska CDE also picked up the RealGreen Developer of the Year award for the fifth year running.
US developer Hines, long a global leader in sustainable development and investment and this year, were recognised as the RealGreen investor of the year for the work of its HPSIF (Hines Poland Sustainable Income Fund) which closed in June 2015. While perennial RealGreen Service Provider award winners, build asset experts Arcadis, were once again victorious in this category for the fourth time in five years.
Also announced at the event was this year’s short list for the main CEEQA Awards which will be presented at the 2016 CEEQA Gala on 12th April in Warsaw, the sector’s flagship annual gathering attended by more than 700 regional and international business leaders active in the CEE and SEE property markets. The winners of this year’s RealGreen Awards in four categories automatically go through to selection by the CEEQA jury for the overall CEEQA Green Leadership also to be announced at the CEEQA Gala, which this year will host a live concert by global music legend and multi Grammy winner Bonnie Tyler.
The awards are the sector’s most respected industry recognition, organised each year in association with the Financial Times to reward excellence and to showcase the achievements and opportunities of the New Europe real estate sector to the international investment arena. They are free to enter and are judged by a jury panel of senior industry representatives of market leading companies across Central & Eastern Europe and Southeast Europe with the voting closely supervised by globally trusted consultants Deloitte.
