Finalists for this year’s Real Estate Investment World (REIW) Awards for Excellence have been announced, and votes are now being sought to decide the winners.
Held alongside the REIW Asia 2014 conference, the awards honour leading industry organisations for their ability to demonstrate growth, outperformance, the ability to adapt to changing market conditions and meet clients’ needs.
The finalists:
Best Asian REIT manager
ARA Trust Management (Suntec) Limited
CapitaCommercial Trust Management
CapitaRetail China Trust
Mapletree Industrial Trust
Best PERE fund manager
ARA Asset Management
Gaw Capital Partners
The Blackstone Group
The Carlyle Group
Best property consultancy
CBRE
Colliers International
DTZ
Jones Lang LaSalle
Best capital raising strategy of the year
Blackstone Real Estate Partners Asia Fund
Gaw Capital’s Gateway Real Estate Fund IV
Mapletree China Opportunity Fund II
IPO of SPH REIT
Best exit of the year
ARA Asia Dragon Fund’s sale of Nanjing International Finance Centre
Pacific Century Premium Developments’ sale of Pacific Century Place
Park Hotel Group’s sale of Grand Park Orchard
Best cross-border investment by an Asian investor
Fosun Group acquires Chase Manhattan Plaza for $725 million
Gaw Capital Partners and Korean institutional investors acquire Waterside House for about $321 million
SOHO China and Brazil’s Safra family acquire $1.4 billion stake in General Motors Building
Asian real estate deal of the year
BlackRock’s acquisition of MGPA
Blackstone buys 40% stake in SCP
Fosun Group’s acquisition of Idera Capital Management
Mori Trust Sogo REIT’s acquisition of Shibuya Flag building
Industry personality of the year
Goodwin Gaw – Gaw Capital Partners
Jack Chandler – BlackRock
John Lim – ARA Asset Management
Ronnie Chan – Hang Lung Group
Stephen Schwarzman – The Blackstone Group
Voting closes on Friday, June 13. One vote per person is permitted and you cannot vote for your own company or a related transaction. Cast your vote at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/reiwasiaawards2014
The winners will be revealed at the REIW Asia 2014 Industry gala dinner on Wednesday, June 25, at Sands Expo and Conference Centre in Singapore.
Andrew Batt, International Group Editor of PropertyGuru Group, wrote this story. To contact him about this or other stories email andrew@propertyguru.com.sg
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