Property Forum is excited to announce the winners of its first annual CEE Property Forum Awards for 2024. The winners of each category were selected from our shortlist by the jury committee, comprising the leading players in the CEE real estate industry. The awards, celebrating the best projects, most impactful transactions and most inspiring personalities of the CEE market, were presented at our awards gala in Vienna, part of the annual CEE Property Forum conference.
Our list of nominees was put together based on information provided by our official data partners, iO Partners and JLL, in addition to hundreds of submissions by real estate companies. Nominations that made it onto our shortlist were selected by our editorial team. Except for one category - PropTech of the Year, which we opened up for a public vote -, the winner of each Property Forum award was selected by our exclusive jury committee that met at our jury dinner prior to the event.
The list of jury members includes Guenther Artner (Erste Group), Dominik Uhe (Kaufland), Hedwig Höfler (CA Immo), Charles Boudet (iO Partners), Richard Wilkinson (CTP), Christopher Mertlitz (WP Carey), Adrian Karczewicz (Skanska), Tanya Kosseva-Boshova (Lion's Head Investments), Angelina Nekic (Delta Real Estate), Dániel Ódor (Taylor Wessing), Tomáš Cifra (Mitiska REIM), Tim Wilkinson (Indotek Group), Victor Constantinescu (Kinstellar), Lucien Smits (MPC Properties), Agata Jurek-Zbrojska (CMS Poland), Radek Mraz (B+N), Jarosław Zagórski (Ghelamco Poland), Robert Ioniță (NEPI Rockcastle), Inga Chkhaidze-Heynen (Revetas Capital), Kamil Kowa (Savills), Dan Petrisor (One United Properties), Kristóf Bárány (Adventum), Rudolf Nemec (Cushman & Wakefield) and János Gárdai (Futureal).
THE WINNERS OF THE CEE PROPERTY FORUM AWARDS IN 2024
Concept of the Year
- One Gallery by One United Properties – Bucharest, RO
Office Lease Transaction of the Year
- Infineon Technologies at One Technology District by One United Properties (20,000 sqm) – Bucharest, RO
Retail Lease Transaction of the Year
- Sale & leaseback of 123 Żabka convenience stores in Poland by W. P. Carey
Logistics Lease Transaction of the Year
- BMW at Ostrava Airport Multimodal Park by Concens Investments (127,700 sqm) – Ostrava, CZ
Investment Deal of the Year
- Magnolia Park shopping centre in Wrocław sold by Union Investment to NEPI Rockcastle for €373 million
Financing Story of the Year
- €145 million refinancing of Galeria Młociny for EPP & Echo Investment by Erste Group Bank, Rand Merchant Bank and Santander Bank Polska
ESG Journey of the Year
- Revitalisation of the historic Central Market Hall in Sofia by Kaufland
PropTech of the Year
- Bright Spaces
Personality of the Year
- Rüdiger Dany (NEPI Rockcastle)
