2010 MIPIM AWARDS NOMINEES UNVEILED

MIPIM announces the list of the 15 finalists selected by the MIPIM Awards Jury that comprises well-known personalities from the international real estate sector.

Belgium makes a strong showing in the MIPIM Awards this year with four projects in competition and the Brussels-based ASSAR Architects has three of its projects selected.

ASSAR Architects has already won four MIPIM Awards in previous years. Reacting to the 2010 nominations, Eric Ysebrant, ASSAR Architects Founding Partner, says: “We are honoured to be nominated three times at the MIPIM Awards 2010. We attach a lot of importance to these nominations as the selection criteria are recognised by the entire profession, which helps us considerably when it comes to exporting our expertise abroad.”

Jury President, Bärbel Schomberg, Chief Executive Officer, Aberdeen Immobilien KAG (Germany), shares her impressions after the Jury’s deliberation: “We were all very impressed by the 80 projects from 28 countries including Singapore, South Korea and the United States. The choice was particularly difficult to make between these high-quality projects. Criteria such as overall sustainability, state of the art architectural design and acceptance by users, were extremely important in the selection process this year.”

The MIPIM Awards 2010 nominees are:


In the category BUSINESS CENTRES

300 North LaSalle
Chicago, U.S.A.
Design Architect: Pickard Chilton
Developer: Hines

GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals - Odyssey W23
Brussels, Belgium
Architect: ASSAR Architects
Developer/Owner: GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals

SAP Americas Headquarters
Newtown Square, U.S.A.
Architect: FXFOWLE Architects


In the category REFURBISHED OFFICE BUILDINGS

ICAB Business Centre
Brussels, Belgium
Architects: Lowette bureau d’architecture / ORIGIN Architecture & Engineering
Developer: SDRB / GOMB

Romeo & Julia
Frankfurt, Germany
Architect: Max Dudler Architekt
Developer: IFM Immobilien AG

STIB / MIVB Headquarters
Brussels, Belgium
Architect: ASSAR Architects
Developer: STIB / MIVB


In the category RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS

Havneholmen
Copenhagen, Denmark
Architect: Lundgaard & Tranberg Architects
Developer: Sjælsø Danmark A/S

Marco Polo Tower
Hamburg, Germany
Architect: Behnisch Architekten
Developers: DC Residential GmbH & Co. KG / Hochtief Projektentwicklung GmbH

Newton Suites, Singapore
Singapore
Architect: WOHA
Developer: UOL Group Ltd


In the category HOTELS & TOURISM RESORTS

andel's Hotel Lodz
Lodz, Poland
Architect: OP Architekten ZT GmbH
Developer and investor: Warimpex Finanz- und Beteiligungs AG

Kameha Grand Bonn
Bonn, Germany
Architects: Karl-Heinz Schommer and Marcel Wanders
Developer: BonnVisio Real Estate GmbH

The Augustine Rocco Forte Collection Prague
Prague, Czech Republic
Architect: RDD Plc
Developers: Raiffeisen evolution project development GmbH & Waldeck Capital LLC


In the category GREEN BUILDINGS

Center for Global Conservation
Bronx, New York, U.S.A.
Architect: FXFOWLE Architects

Green Tomorrow
Yongin, Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea
Architect: Samoo Architects & Engineers
Developer: Samsung C&T Corporation

Solaris
Brussels, Belgium
Architect: ASSAR Architects
Developer: Herpain Urbis
Investor: Fidentia Real Estate Investments


The winners of the MIPIM Awards will be chosen by the real estate professionals attending MIPIM in Cannes from March 16 to 19. They will be disclosed during the much-awaited Awards Ceremony to be held in the Grand Auditorium of the Palais des Festivals de Cannes at 7 pm on Thursday, March 18.


The members of this year’s MIPIM Awards Jury are:

President of the Jury: Bärbel Schomberg, CEO, Aberdeen Immobilien KAG, Germany
Mr. Max Crofts, President, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors – RICS, UK
Mrs. Manuelle Gautrand, Architect, Manuelle Gautrand Architecture, France
Dr. Ann Heywood, Principal, College of Estate Management, UK
Mr. Olivier Piani, Chief Executive Officer, Allianz Real Estate, France
Mr. Mickael Strong, Chairman & CEO – EMEA, CB Richard Ellis, UK
Mr. Mario Tomaselli, Facilities Engineering & Real Estate Manager EMEA, 3M, Italy
Immobilien Zeitung and Zuidas Amsterdam are the competition’s partners this year.