The eighth annual EuropaProperty SEE Real Estate Awards, which highlighted some of the best and most accomplished companies, projects and professionals for 2012, continued to give the SEE region reason to cheer by giving away an impressive 35 awards.

The big winner of this year’s ceremony was AFI Europe. The development company received a glut of awards including Retail Developer of the Year, Office Developer of the Year as well as Shopping Center Manger of the Year (prize initiated by United, the leading shopping centers marketing agency in Romania), which went to Israel Vizel.

AFI Park 1, phase 1 of AFI’s ground breaking office complex, launched in 2012 in Romania, took home three awards. The jury awarded the project: Office Development of the Year, Overall Project of the Year and it also received a SEE Green Building Award (commendation) for its LEED Application-in-Process.

“We are extremely honoured and grateful for all the awards,” commented David Hay, CEO at AFI Europe.

Further crowning a successful evening, David Hay picked up the coveted Professional of the Year award for 2012. “I am extremely happy and honoured to receive such recognition, based on the accomplishments of AFI Europe for 2012,” he said on collecting his award.

The awards gala, held on May 16 Bucharest, brought together some of the top-performing firms and professionals operating in the SEE region. Popular winners on the night included: Jones Lang LaSalle, CBRE, NEPI, Carrefour Property Romania, Alinso Group, H&M, UniCredit, TriGranit Management Corporation, WSP Group, Gardiner & Theobald, Epstein Architecture & Engineering and Dentons.

Recognising the growing influence of green-based ideologies in real estate EuropaProperty, in association with the Green Building Professionals Association, gave away an additional 12 SEE Green Building Awards. The 12 projects were awarded for their innovation and sustainability in green development.

The gala dinner was preceded by a series of high impact panel discussions on the main issues affecting the SEE markets in Romania, Serbia, Croatia and Bulgaria. Speakers and participants agreed that although the market is still difficult in some countries, a brighter outlook is on the horizon for some locations.

The EuropaProperty SEE Real Estate Awards for 2012 was sponsored by: Premier Partner: Jones Lang LaSalle, Associate Partner: CA Immo, Award Sponsors: MK Illumination and Manhattan Software Group, Auditor: Ernst & Young Energy, Software Partner: IBC International Business Contracts, Supporting Partners: RICS, the Association of Green Building Professionals, Green Build Romania, Filipovic, British Romanian Chamber of Commerce, American Chamber of Commerce in Romania, Organizer: EuropaProperty, Venue Partner: Athenee Palace Hilton Bucharest, Charity Partner: Hospice Casa Sperantei, PR-support Partners: United Marketing, Media Partners: The Diplomat Bucharest, IBP, Imopedia.ro, Businesscover.ro, Forbes Romania, Romania-insider.com, Ziare.com, Business24.ro Agenda Constructiilor, Cauta-Imobiliare.ro, Romania Libera, Ziarul Bursa, Constructiv Magazin, Wall-street.ro, AG, REBEC.

For a full list of winners and further details please visit www.seerealestateawards.com

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