Sevdelina Petrova MRICS (Bulgaria) and Maja Ostanek MRICS (Slovenia) were awarded the Chris H. Bennett Memorial Prize. The awards were handed out at the Portfolio Property Investment Forum conference in Budapest, where the achievements of several big players of the Hungarian property market were also acknowledged.
To honour his substantial contribution to the industry over many years, in 2014 RICS has created an annual prize in the name of Chris H. Bennett FRICS, to reward significant display of professionalism by successful RICS Candidates in the CEE region.
The award is given to one or more successful RICS applicants deemed to have made the most outstanding impression on an interviewing panel throughout the RICS business year (1 August - 31 July). Nominations are accepted from all countries of the CEE region. The nomination process is controlled by RICS CEE Country Manager Anna Orcsik and the determination of the merit-based award is managed by family friend John Verpeleti FRICS.
From left to right: John Verpeleti FRICS, Sevdelina Petrova MRICS, Maja Ostanek MRICS and Anna Orcsik.
Sevdelina Petrova MRICS (Bulgaria) and Maja Ostanek MRICS (Slovenia) received the award in Budapest at the 13th Property Investment Forum, organised by Portfolio. RICS has long been the number one professional partner of Portfolio and Property Forum at its property conferences in several European cities.
At this year’s largest professional event on the Hungarian real estate market Portfolio Property Awards were also handed out to recognise the activity of several big players of the Hungarian real estate scene.
Participants of the conference voted in two categories. Futureal’s Nokia Skypark office building was declared Project of The Year. Co-Founder / Chairman Gábor Futó represented the developer.
Based on the popular vote Horizon Development’s Szervita Square project became Concept of The Year. Managing Partner Attila Kovács recieved the award from Property Forum CEO Csanád Csűrös and Net Média Zrt. (Portfolio) CEO Zoltán Bán.
The Transaction Deal of The Year was closed by CPI Property Group. Country Manager Mátyás Gereben recieved the award from host Nóra Ödrög.
Boss brand store has doubled the space it occupies in Designer Outlet Sosnowiec. After two years of presence in the shopping centre, the German clothing manufacturer expanded its offering to include women's collections and moved to larger premises. The brand now occupies a 340 sqm showroom.
Knight Frank has chosen the Vibe office building in Warsaw's Wola district as its new Warsaw headquarters. The agency has leased almost 1,000 sqm on the 9th floor of the building. The contract was signed for a period of 7 years.
A branch of Sollers Consulting, an international company from the business and IT consulting sector, has extended its lease agreement for 1,100 sqm of office space in the Officyna building in Gdańsk. Savills consultancy represented the company in the negotiation process.
New appointments
Jarosław Szanajca will move from the management board of Dom Development to the supervisory board of the company. He will be replaced in the chairman's seat from 1 January 2025 by Mikołaj Konopka, until now a member of the company's management board.
From the beginning of September this year, the Tricity branch of the APA Wojciechowski Architects studio will be managed by Anna Essler-Lango, and she will be supported by Karol Wyrzykowski. They will both become partners in the company.
Małgorzata Jankowska - Blank joins Newgate Investment to take up the position of Head of Legal.
Romanian developer Iulius has obtained the urban zoning plan (PUZ) from the local council for a new urban regeneration project in Cluj-Napoca that will have a planned investment of more than €500 million.
The gap between offer and final prices is narrowing in the Czech Republic and is helping transaction activity for the rest of 2024, according to the regular quarterly office market survey published by Colliers.
Crestyl has completed two residential houses in its Prague development district Hagibor. The Gamma building with 138 apartments for sale and the Delta building with 168 apartments for rent have passed the building use approval in July.
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