Rebecca Kent lifts the lid on the winners and how they won big at last year’s EG Awards
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Deal of the Year – Industry Impact
2014 winner: Countryside and Liberty Property Trust
Who they beat Brookfield/Oxford Properties JV, CBRE, Cushman & Wakefield, DTZ, Legal & General Property
Why they won Countryside and Liberty Property Trust had sussed out the value in “open innovation” working. That foresight led to what was believed to be the UK’s largest single private sector forward-sale transaction outside central London with the disposal of 13.5 acres to AstraZeneca at the Cambridge Biomedical Campus.
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Specialist Company of the Year
Sponsored by Aitchison Rafferty
2014 winner: Workspace Group
Who they beat Capital & Centric, Cathedral Group Holdings, Citu and Drum Property Group
Why they won For a company in its fledgling stages, Workspace Group proved to the judges that it was really cutting the mustard, carving out a profitable corner for itself in the shared workplace market. Its story told of seven refurbishments over 18 months valued at £27m, eight under way valued at a further £74m and the installation of advanced technology in its offices, making them an enticing proposition for tenants.
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Global Real Estate Company of the Year and Global Real Estate Adviser of the Year
Global Real Estate Company of the Year sponsored by Knight Frank
2014 Global Brand of the Year winner: TIAA Henderson Real Estate
Who they beat AXA Real Estate, CBRE, CBRE Global Investors, Cushman & Wakefield, JLL and Lend Lease
Why they won This year the Global Brand award has been replaced by two categories in recognition of this unprecedented period of international investment. But Global Brand winner TIAA Henderson Real Estate set the bar high last year with a compelling narrative of a merger (between TIAA-CREF and Henderson global Investors), investor loyalty, and the launch of a new brand.
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Offices Adviser of the Year
Sponsored by Buro 4
2014 winner: JLL
Who they beat BNP Paribas Real Estate, CBRE, Hatton Real Estate and Strutt & Parker
Why they won JLL made a convincing case with a submission that detailed the sale of the HSBC Tower at 8 Canada Square, E14 – at the time the most expensive property asset in Europe, and the largest West End transaction of 2014 – and acquiring the freehold of Devonshire House, W1, on behalf of Amancio Ortega’s Ponte Gadea. JLL’s entry was boastful, laden with superlatives and, in the judges eyes,
“an emphatic winner”.
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