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DEAL OF THE YEAR

GREAT PORTLAND ESTATES –

FACEBOOK HQ AT RATHBONE SQUARE

The deal marks a significant milestone in the mixed-use regeneration of the site and the unloved eastern end of Oxford Street. By attracting Facebook on a 15-year lease with an initial rent of £17.8m per annum it sets a tone for other developments in the area. “It will change the face of that area,” said one judge.

GPE confirms Facebook W1 let

RESIDENTIAL COMPANY OF THE YEAR

PLACES FOR PEOPLE

Its pioneering work has helped transform the social housing sector and provide a blueprint for how the UK’s 1,500 housing associations can become a key player in solving the housing crisis.

RESIDENTIAL ADVISER OF THE YEAR

SAVILLS

Often known as the prime of prime, Savills showed that it can still do what it is has always done best, while also branching out into new markets and residential subsectors.

CREATIVE SPACES

THE COLLECTIVE

When it comes to creative spaces, the Collective pushes the boundaries with the sort of bold confidence that can elevate even the wackiest of concepts to workable realities.

NEW AWARD: REAL ESTATE LEGAL TEAM OF THE YEAR

HOGAN LOVELLS

Achievements include

• The eye-catching sale and sublet of the BBC’s Media Village in West London
• The firm’s asset management work was praised by the judges, who credited it as a firm that “doesn’t just cherry pick the landmark deals”.
• Regionalised, keeping costs down without compromising on quality of service.

RETAIL AND LEISURE ADVISER OF THE YEAR

CBRE

The past year has been a standout one for CBRE’s retail team. The team and its depth of expertise continues to grow. This year it expanded into the competitive central London restaurant sector with a larger team led by Seb Howard, as well as into retail consultancy.

RETAIL AND LEISURE COMPANY OF THE YEAR

BRITISH LAND

It has been a busy year for British Land. The REIT was awarded the Queen’s Award for Enterprise, one of the UK’s highest accolades for business success. It was also one of seven companies to win the sustainable development award, and the only real estate business to do so.

INDUSTRIAL ADVISER OF THE YEAR

GERALD EVE

Gerald Eve’s partner-led industrial team had a stellar year, punching above its weight not only in transacting lettings and land deals but advising on £450m of
trophy investment deals and 2.5m sq ft of speculative developments in the sector too.

INDUSTRIAL COMPANY OF THE YEAR

SEGRO

Executed a bold turnaround plan in the awards year, delivering results that made the judges and the industry sit up and take notice.

LENDER OF THE YEAR

ING WHOLESALE BANKING

With a small but skilled real estate finance team, ING has become the lead financier of UK prime real estate in the past year.

SPECIALIST ADVISER OF THE YEAR

CREATIVE PLACES

The Cambridge-based firm specialises in advising the promoters of places, clusters of research and R&D-intensive businesses work to develop new technologies. The firm has helped shape property development for the sector on its home turf and across the UK for the last eight years.

OFFICES ADVISER OF THE YEAR

CBRE

For the second year running CBRE has taken home the offices adviser of the year award. Described last year as “a goliath in the market”, this time judges said CBRE was “creative and went the extra mile”, as well as being “a very safe pair of hands”.

OFFICES COMPANY OF THE YEAR

WORKSPACE GROUP

Praised by the judges for adopting a “pioneering strategy of location, location, technology” during a year in which it increased its rent roll by 13%.

GLOBAL REAL ESTATE INVESTOR OF THE YEAR

BLACKSTONE

Blackstone is real estate’s most active investor. It is, in every sense, a big deal. It raised the largest ever real estate fund last year, closing at $15.8bn (£11.9bn), and the US fund manager is busy deploying capital in every corner of the globe.

THE NEXT BIG THING

ILLAC DIAZ

Liter of light

Liter of Light is a Philippines-based social enterprise founded in 2011 by social entrepreneur and actor Illac Diaz. It is a simple concept that redesigns solar lighting for the developing world. The simple two-step technology it uses creates local jobs, teaches green skills, and empowers energy-poor communities. To find out more about Liter of Light or to get involved visit www.literoflight.org

EG LONDON

DERWENT LONDON

Despite Brexit, Derwent’s finance director Damian Wisniewski told Estates Gazette recently that deals were still coming thick and fast. And it saw a record half-year of lettings for the first half of 2016, generating £16.7m pa and building up prelets in four major developments.

COLLABORATION

GOVERNMENT PROPERTY UNIT

The Government Property Unit is a deserving winner of only the second Estates Gazette Collaborators Award. Our judges said the GPU stood out in a competitive field.

GLOBAL REAL ESTATE ADVISER OF THE YEAR

KNIGHT FRANK

The pillars of people and partnership made Knight Frank an outstanding winner in this category. Strategic appointments in key roles have helped this agent to complete market-leading deals across the globe.

NATIONAL COMPANY OF THE YEAR

DERWENT LONDON

The company achieved a record year for lettings in 2015 – a total of 523,800 sq ft at £27.1m pa – three times more than 2014. During the year the group was also awarded EPRA Gold for corporate and sustainability reporting as well as awards from RIBA, BCO, AJ Retrofit, Civic Trust and BREEAM.

NATIONAL ADVISER OF THE YEAR

CUSHMAN & WAKEFIELD

A truly national firm, C&W’s 130-strong investment team advised on over £8.6bn of deals across the UK in 2015, coming out as number one for retail outlet investment in Newcastle and Bristol, and completing the largest deal in Scotland.

RISING STAR

WIREDSCORE

Achievements include

Ignore these 20-something entrepreneurs at your peril. It is perfectly feasible that, before too long, it will be pretty tough to sell a building without their seal of approval.

William Newton and Tom Redmayne

OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO PROPERTY

NIGEL HUGILL

One of the industry’s most cerebral developers, Hugill is shaping some of the largest housing and employment sites in the country.