Growth at last has been a given and the first MIPIM UK/Estates Gazette Awards, held at Olympia London last week, sought to recognise the people, the organisations and the partnerships responsible for driving it forward through regeneration and urban renewal.
Future Project Award
Earls Court masterplan
London borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
Architect: Farrells, KPF, Pilbrow and Partners
Developer: Capital & Counties
The Earls Court masterplan proposes the transformation of the Earls Court project area into four villages and a high street, blending the spirit of the past with the best of tomorrow.
Planning Authority of the Year
Croydon council
The council’s radically pragmatic approach to planning is increasingly being seen as an exemplar for how local authorities should work across the UK.
PRS Project of the Year
Get Living London
Architect: 16 renowned architects
Developer: Olympic Delivery Authority
What was the Athletes’ Village has been transformed into high-quality homes in the UK’s single largest PRS scheme.
Public-Private Partnership of the Year
Nine Elms Vauxhall Partnership
London
This public-private partnership, created in 2010, includes Wandsworth and Lambeth councils, the mayor of London, Transport for London and the Greater London Authority, and is driving forward an ambitious place-making agenda in close consultation with local communities.
Regeneration Project of the Year
2014 Commonwealth Games venues
Emirates Arena/Velodrome, Athletes’ Village and SSE Hydro Arena Glasgow
Architect: 3D Reid, RMJM, Foster & Partners
Developer: Sir Robert McAlpine, City Legacy Consortium, Lend Lease
As host of the 20th Commonwealth Games, Glasgow showcased £2bn of purpose-built and redeveloped venues, including the £113m Emirates Arena, one of the biggest indoor sports facilities of its type in Europe.
Regional Deal of the Year
Letting to Deutsche Bank at Five Brindleyplace
Hines Global REIT, Moorfield Group, GVA, Colliers International, JLL, Morey Smith
The letting of the 134,000 sq ft Five Brindleyplace to Deutsche Bank by Hines and Moorfield represents the second-largest office transaction in Birmingham city centre in 13 years and the biggest letting since 2008.
City Leader of the Year
Sue Bruce, chief executive, Edinburgh city council
The Edinburgh council chief has led a project dedicated to delivering strategically important gap sites in the city centre and has helped to drive an £850m regeneration project that has seen the council provide significant sums to improve local infrastructure and public space through a new regeneration accelerator model.
City of the Year
Manchester
Manchester has ridden the recession better than any other regional city. Investors from China, Abu Dhabi and Singapore are all pouring money into it.
Disruptor Award
Lidl
In its 20th year in the UK, Lidl has grown to a network of 600 stores across the nation, shaking up the supermarket sector from top to bottom.
Lifetime Achievement Award
Lord Heseltine
The daddy of urban regeneration has, for four decades, led from the front in revitalising the UK’s urban fabric. It started with his It took a riot paper in the early 1980s, which remains a blueprint for regeneration. His No stone unturned paper of 2013 set in train a series of reforms that add up to the most significant commitment to devolution shown by a government in decades. Working with cities minister Greg Clark, Lord Heseltine has helped deliver the local growth programme and £6bn of local growth deals.
The judges
Simon Allford, director, Allford Hall Monaghan Morris
Tom Bloxham MBE, chairman and co-founder, Urban Splash
Joe Borrett, head of real estate and construction (EMEA), Google
Clem Constantine, global real estate leader
Tony Horrell, chief executive, Colliers International
Neil Mackilligan, senior partner, Allsop
Andy Martin, senior partner, Strutt & Parker
Ezra Nahome, chief executive, Lambert Smith Hampton
Alison Nimmo, chief executive, Crown Estate
Mark Rigby, chief executive, CVS
John Strachan, global head of retail, Cushman & Wakefield
Colin Wilson, head of UK & Ireland, DTZ
John Woodman, senior partner, Malcolm Hollis
