The winners of the prestigious CEPIF & the International Herald Tribune CEE Best Project Awards were decided. During the solemn Gala Party, crystal statuettes were awarded to the best development projects in 7 categories. All of them were handed to the key players of the CEE real estate community.
Over 100 projects were submitted to the competition. Then internet users chose 5 nominees in each of 7 categories. The winners were determined by CEPIF participants, who on the first day of the event could examine all the nominees at the special stand and cast their votes. The overall sum of filled-in ballot papers amounted to several hundreds.
The highest acknowledgment in the retail category was gained by Galeria Askana by Caleum Development. International Business Center II won a prize for Quinlan Private Golub in the office category. Catalina Group raised a statuette for the best project in the residential category – Przy Bernardynskiej Wodzie (or At Bernardine’s Water). Andersia Tower secured the win of Von Der Heyden Group in the hotel category. The Warsaw Uprising Museum, the investment of City of Warsaw, was chosen the best revitalization project. It is the second time when the CEPIF Award was won by this project - in w 2006 the Museum outclassed its competition as the best community project built after 1989. Similarly, Stary Browar (or the Old Brewery) by Fortis, which in 2006 was acknowledged the best retail centre and this time was acknowledged the best mixed-used project. And last but not least, Panattoni Park Lodz by Panattoni Europe won in the warehouse/logistic centre category.
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