Over two intense days, some 30 leaders from across the UK real estate market – including several of EG’s 2022 Future Leaders – gathered in TOG’s Black & White Building in London’s Shoreditch to pore over hundreds of entries to this year’s EG Awards. Judges enthusiastically debated and deliberated before settling on this year’s 21 winners.
EG’s Rising Stars will be revealed in our 1 September magazine, with the winner announced at the EG Awards. Our Outstanding Individual of the Year will also be kept a closely guarded secret until 17 October, when we gather at the Grosvenor House hotel for the best party in real estate.
All other shortlisted parties for this year’s awards are on the following pages. Congratulations to you all and the best of luck.
To book your tickets to this year’s awards, visit https://www.eg.co.uk/eg-events/eg-awards-2023
Alternatives Specialist Award
This award celebrates the consultants and investors operating in the sector. Judges wanted to celebrate firms that could showcase success in hotels, leisure, data centres and beyond. Shortlisted firms provided strong evidence of being market leaders and could demonstrate solid financial returns.
- Gerald Eve
- Greystar
- Rapleys
- Savills
- The Coffer Group
- Trilogy
Best Workspace Award
Never before has the space in which we work been more important. Exemplar spaces are what is driving people back into the offices and the gap between the best and the rest is growing. Judges were tough on workplace design, looking for spaces that were both environmentally sound and put the needs and wellbeing of people at the heart of each project.
- Derwent London for Soho Place
- Gensler for Barclays Glasgow Campus
- Milton Park for Bee House
- Native Land for Arbor, Bankside Yards
- Related Argent for 4 Stable Street, King’s Cross
BTR Specialist Award
This award was open to developers, investors, operators and managers of purpose-built rented residential assets. Judges shortlisted firms that could prove they had been a market leader during the year under review, could clearly demonstrate strong financial performance, show key indicators of success and provide information on transformational deals or instructions during the review period.
- Get Living
- Leaf Living
- Legal & General Investment Management
- M&G Investments
- Moda Living
- Watkin Jones Group
City of the Year
The City of the Year Award seeks to celebrate the UK’s cities and the work they are doing to create liveable, successful places. Judges wanted to see clear evidence of successful implementation of measures to create liveable and successful cities that thrive.
- Birmingham
- Cardiff
- Derby
EG Tech Award
This award celebrates tech solutions providers that can demonstrably prove how they are enabling the real estate community to deliver better, greener, more efficient building and/or communities.
- Cureoscity
- IMMO
- LendInvest
- Smart Spaces
- The Future Fox
- NCG
- Utopi
Employer Award
Partnered by Gapsquare
This award is for all employers active in the built environment. Judges looked for evidence of strong leadership, innovation and commitment to employee development. They shortlisted firms that were building businesses for the future by focusing on their staff and demonstrating a commitment to championing core values such as diversity, inclusivity and sustainability.
- Derwent London
- Gerald Eve
- Hollis
- MAPP
- Mount Anvil
- Trident Building Consultancy
Future of Real Estate
Partnered by Aldermore
This award celebrates the individuals, companies and products that are doing more than ensuring their own success. Judges shortlisted firms that were utilising new technologies, methods or ways of thinking or approaching business to deliver a real estate proposition for the future.
- Ecolibrium
- General Projects
- Grosvenor
- Spike Global
- University Quarter (the Green Room Project)
- Vertical Meadow
Global Adviser Award
Real estate is a global business and that requires top-notch global advice. Judges wanted to see a deep understanding of global markets and real progress in global business development.
- Longevity Partners
- Knight Frank
- Savills
Global Company Award
Partnered by Knight Frank
This category celebrated businesses operating in the real estate sphere that have a footprint in the UK and beyond. Judges shortlisted true global leaders that could prove a successful trading environment for the period under review.
- AXA IM Alts
- Greystar
- Oxford Properties
- SEGRO
Industrial & Logistics Award
Even with the heat coming out of logistics a little bit over the past few months, the sector is pretty hot. Another big category to judge meant seven made it to the shortlist. Advisers, investors and operators were all in with a chance to win as a judges sought to reward market leaders that could demonstrate strong financial performance and key indicators of success.
- Firethorn Trust
- Hollis
- SEGRO
- Sixpenny Group
- St Modwen Logistics
- Trebor Developments
- Tritax Big Box REIT
Inclusive Design Award
Born out of EG’s Future Leaders event, this is an award for any project, spanning any sector, that has been completed in the period under review where the entrant can demonstrate that inclusiveness was at the heart of the design and that it is accessible and functional to any person. While this award is primarily focused on physical disability, judges also looked for neurodivergent-friendly design and that the process has been inclusive in the widest sense of the word.
- Proudlock Associates, Nourish Hub
- Regal London, Grace House
Legal Team Award
A long list of lawyers was in the running for this category but judges were tough, only shortlisting firms that could demonstrate delivery of outstanding advice on major transformative deals and a commitment to championing core values such as diversity, inclusivity and sustainability in their working practices.
- Addleshaw Goddard
- Brabners
- CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang
- Gowling WLG
- Hogan Lovells International
London Deal Award
Partnered by Regal London
With Brexit, Covid, then Trussonomics, it could have been a light year for London deals, but when times get tough London real estate remains hot property, as our shortlist shows. Judges focused on innovation and high returns as well as deals that showcased London’s standing as a global city.
- ADIA and Greystar for the £973m acquisition of a 1,548-home BTR scheme in Bermondsey, SE1, from Grosvenor
- Aviva securing the £500m development sites 1 Liverpool Street and 101 Moorgate, EC2 advised by Knight Frank
- Audley Property & CO—RE, for Blackstone’s European headquarters at Lansdowne House, W1
- Precede Capital for £772m financing package for the One Nine Elms development
- GPE for its 321,100 sq ft prelet to Clifford Chance at 2 Aldermanbury Square, EC2
Public/ Private Partnership
This award seeks to celebrate partnerships between the public and private sector that are delivering solutions through real estate. Judges looked for evidence of financial success and for partnerships providing solutions to societal and environmental issues.
- Bruntwood SciTech, Liverpool City Council, Liverpool John Moores University, University of Liverpool for Sciontec
- Marketing Derby, Clowes Developments, Derby City Council, University of Derby and Lathams Architects
- Genr8 Kajima Regeneration and Newcastle University for the Health Innovation Neighbourhood
- LandsecU+I, Manchester City Council, Transport for Greater Manchester, LCR Property for Mayfield
- Legal & General and Sunderland City Council, plus development manager Landid for the regeneration of the seaside town
- Related Argent and Barnet Council for Brent Cross Town
Regional Deal Award
The property industry continues to thrive on deals. Judges singled out deals those could not only show high returns but were innovative and brought life back to our regions.
- Cain International’s acquisition of £550m regional logistics portfolio from Firethorn Trust
- City of Edinburgh Council ‘s 25-year deal with M&G Real Estate to let 200,000 sq ft at Haymarket for a Hyatt Centric hotel
- Colliers North West for the £100m forward funding Peugeot distribution centre in Ellesmere Port by Frasers Logistics & Commercial Trust
- Greystar and GIC’s £3.3bn acquisition of Student Roost
- Precede Capital for its £188m loan facility for Moda Living’s Great Charles Street BTR scheme in Birmingham
- Urbo (West Bar) securing £150m from Legal & General for the first phase of West Bar, Sheffield
Social Impact Award
Partnered by Hollis
This award celebrates businesses using their position and status to deliver a positive impact on society. One of the most highly contested categories of the year, judges worked hard to whittle down the entries.
- Berkeley Group
- British Land
- LandAid Tech Network
- Patron Capital
- Places for People
- Quinn Estates
- Regal London
- The Land Collective CIC
Sustainability Award
As the built environment gets better at dealing with its responsibility to the planet, judges have become fiercer in their judging of this category. Eight firms stood out as exemplars.
- Amro Partners
- CUBE Competition
- Lamington Group
- MAPP
- Orchard Street Investment Management
- Oxford Properties
- SEGRO
- Tritax Group
UK Adviser Award
When the market falters, good advice is invaluable. Shortlisted advisers had to prove they had been market leaders and had adapted to the challenges brought about by economic turmoil.
- Bidwells
- Colliers
- Knight Frank
- Savills
UK Company Award
Partnered by Savills
This award celebrates UK businesses operating in the real estate sphere that can prove they have been market leaders and have adapted to challenges to ensure their business has remained successful.
- Battersea Power Station Development
- Grainger
- Grosvenor
- Muse
- Native Land
- Unite Students
Judges
- Hanna Afolabi, founder, Mood and Space
- Olajide Alade, asset manager, Hertsmere Borough Council
- Jeremy Bates, EMEA head of occupational markets, Savills
- Emily Bohill, managing Partner, Bohill Partners
- Sue Brown, managing director, Real Estate Balance
- Kelly Canterford, founder, Tigrou Consulting
- John Carter, commercial director, Aldermore
- Thai Dang, investment analyst, Catalyst Capital
- Basil Demeroutis, managing partner, FORE Partnership
- Rita-Rose Gagné, chief executive, Hammerson
- Pete Gladwell, group social impact and investment director, LGIM
- Helen Gordon, chief executive, Grainger
- Charlie Green, co-founder, the Office Group
- Dan Hughes, founder, Alpha Property Insight
- Alice Lamb, deputy chief executive, LandAid
- Sophie Levenson, partner, Knight Frank
- Melanie Leech, chief executive, British Property Federation
- Andy Martin, consultant, AJWM Consulting
- Charles Maudsley, principal, Alma Real Estate Consultancy
- James Pellatt, director of innovation, GPE
- James Raynor, chief executive, Grosvenor
- Mark Robinson, co-founder, Ellandi
- Jackie Sadek, regeneration practitioner, Urban Strategy
- Jonathan Seal, chief executive, Regal London
- David Sleath, chief executive, SEGRO
- Sophie Stewart, partner, DLA Piper
- Vivienne King, head of real estate social impact, the Good Economy
- Christy Whyte, head of commercial strategy, Knight Frank
- Dominic Wilson, founder & managing partner, Vectr7
- John Woodman, chairman, Hollis
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All photographs by Louise Haywood-Schiefer
