CEE Property Forum Awards shortlist revealed

Our list of nominees has been put together based on nominations submitted by market players and transactional data generously provided by iO Partners and JLL. We have received a huge number of nominations, making the job of our editorial team especially hard. While narrowing down the complete list of nominations to the shortlist below, the size and volume of each transaction, in addition to the impact of each project, deal and personality has had on the market during the last 12 months, was taken into account.

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The winner of each Property Forum award will be selected by our exclusive jury committee that will meet at our jury dinner in Vienna on November 7. 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 will be announced at our Awards Gala on 25 November, part of our annual CEE Property Forum conference.

THE SHORTLIST OF NOMINEES FOR OUR CEE PROPERTY FORUM AWARDS IN 2024

Concept of the Year 

• Central District Lagoon City by Forty Management – Bucharest, RO
• CTPark Prague North by CTP – Prague, CZ
• Emonika by Mendota Invest (OTP Group) – Ljubljana, SL
• Marriott Moxy Budapest Hotel by Forestay Group – Budapest, HU
• One Gallery by One United Properties – Bucharest, RO
• Studio A by Skanska – Warsaw, PL
• The Bridge by Ghelamco Poland – Warsaw, PL
• Towarowa 22 by AFI Europe Poland & Echo Investment – Warsaw, PL 

Office Lease Transaction of the Year 

• Česká Spořitelna at Smíchov City ČS HQ by Česká Spořitelna (75,000 sqm) – Prague, CZ
• Genpact at Hermes Business Campus by Adventum Group (29,104 sqm) – Bucharest, RO
• Santander Bank at The Bridge by Ghelamco (24,500 sqm) – Warsaw, PL
• Infineon Technologies at One Technology District by One United Properties (20,000 sqm) – Bucharest, RO
• Raiffeisenbank at City Tower by REICO (18,400 sqm) – Prague, CZ
• SAP Hungary at Graphisoft Park by Graphisoft Park (18,000 sqm) – Budapest, HU

Retail Lease Transaction of the Year 

• Sale & leaseback of 123 Żabka convenience stores by W. P. Carey - various locations, PL
• Half Price at the Diamant building, owned by a private fund (6,000 sqm) – Prague, CZ
• Lefties at Iulius Town Timisoara by Iulius (5,000 sqm) – Timișoara, RO
• Primark at Arena Mall by NEPI Rockcastle (4,350 sqm) – Budapest, HU
• Primark at VIVO! Cluj-Napoca by CPI Romania (3,700 sqm) – Cluj-Napoca, RO
• Tomcat Comserv at One Gallery by One United Properties (3,600 sqm) – Bucharest, RO

Logistics Lease Transaction of the Year 

• Shein at P3 Kąty Wrocławskie by P3 / GIC (265,000 sqm) – Kąty Wrocławskie, PL
• BMW at Ostrava Airport Multimodal Park by Consens Investments (127,700 sqm) – Ostrava, CZ
• Shein at Wrocław Logistics South Hub by AEW Europe (124,000 sqm) – Kobierzyce (Magnice), PL
• LPP S.A. at Hillwood BTS Bydgoszcz by CBRE IM (104,382 sqm) – Bydgoszcz, PL
• NXT Logis Kft. at CTPark Budapest West & CTPark Komárom by CTP (100,000 sqm) – Budapest & Komárom, HU
• LX Pantos at Prime Logistics Wrocław by Brookfield Properties (100,000 sqm) – Wrocław, PL

Investment Deal of the Year 

• Magnolia Park shopping centre in Wrocław sold by Union Investment to NEPI Rockcastle for €373 million
• Cromwell Polish Retail Fund sold by Cromwell to Star Capital Finance for €285 million
• 49% stake of the Vulcanion portfolio in Poland sold by CPI Group to Sona Asset Management for €250 million
• 25 retail parks in Romania sold by Mitiska REIM to M Core for €219 million
• 25% interest in the issued shares of DL Invest sold by DL Invest to Castleview in a deal estimated at €182 million
• Promenada Novi Sad shopping centre sold by NEPI Rockcastle to BIG CEE for €177 million
• 6 logistics parks in Romania sold by Globalworth to CTP for €168 million
• Sale & leaseback of 123 Żabka convenience stores in Poland by W. P. Carey

Financing Story of the Year 

• €500 million loan for CTP from SMBC Bank EU AG and ING, alongside a syndicate of other banks
• €445 million loan for NEPI Rockcastle by IFC
• €366 million loan for Ghelamco Poland by Santander Bank Polska
• €277 million loan for CPI Property Group Poland by Aareal Bank 
• €250 million loan for WDP by the European Investment Bank (EIB) 
• €155 million loan for European Logistics Investment (ELI) by a consortium of pbb and Helaba
• €145 million loan for EPP & Echo Investment by Erste Group Bank, Rand Merchant Bank and Santander Bank Polska
• €140 million loan for Globalworth by Erste Group Bank

ESG Journey of the Year 

• Revitalisation of the historic Central Market Hall in Sofia by Kaufland
• Photovoltaic installations across 27 properties in Romania by NEPI Rockcastle
• Record reduction of embedded carbon during the construction process of MDC2 Park Łódź South by MDC2
• Revitalisation of the Urbanity Campus Tachov by Urbanity Development a.s.
• Future-proof, sustainable warehousing for Raben at CTPark Warsaw West by CTP
• Using wood on a large scale as a construction material at the GLP Warsaw VI Logistics Centre by GLP

Personality of the Year 

• Doron Klein (AFI Europe)
• Justyna Filipczak (Cromwell Property Group)
• Martin Polák (GARBE Industrial Real Estate)
• Noah Steinberg (WING)
• Radka Doehring (Immofinanz)
• Ramona Eftime (IFC)
• Remon Vos (CTP)
• Rüdiger Dany (NEPI Rockcastle)