Office Development Awards 2009 shortlist announced

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12:07 | 04.09.09

Property’s heavyweights including British Land, Land Securities and Ballymore will be vying for victory after making the shortlist for the Office Development Awards 2009.


Schemes and deals from across the UK have been shortlisted for the awards, held in London on 20 October, including from Edinburgh, Glasgow, Birmingham, Cardiff, Manchester, Newcastle and Belfast.

The event will be held at the Royal Lancaster hotel as a part of the Offices 09 conference and exhibition.

In total ten categories will reward excellence, innovation and professionalism in one of the toughest years for UK commercial property in decades.

The shortlisted parties are:

Deal of the Year outside Central London

• Ballymore pre let 99,403 sq ft to Barclays Bank at One Snowhill – Ballymore, Barclays Bank, CB Richard Ellis

• British Gas takes 70,000 sq ft at Callaghan Square in Cardiff – MEPC, RightAcres, Centrica, DTZ, Knight Frank, BNP Paribas Real Estate

• SEGRO pre let 210,000 sq ft to Fluor at IQ Farnborough – SEGRO, Fluor, Jones Lang LaSalle, Cushman & Wakefield

Development of the Year outside Central London

• 3 Hardman Street, Spinningfields, Manchester – Allied London, Sheppard Robson

• Eleven Brindleyplace, Birmingham – Argent, Glenn Howells Architects

• Exchange Place, Edinburgh – Scottish Widows Investment Partnership, Cre8architectureRHWL

• Gateway Offices, Titanic Quarter, Belfast – Titanic Quarter, CB Richard Ellis, TODD Architects

• The Hub, Hatfield Business Park – Goodman, ABPP, Scott Brownrigg

• Maxim Office Park, Glasgow – TAL CPT Land Development, Tritax Assets, HBOS, Keppie Design

• Pinewood, Wokingham – Terrace Hill, Scott Brownrigg

• Q9, Quorum Business Park, Newcastle upon Tyne – Grantside, Tritax, Red Box Architecture

Overall Developer of the Year

• Allied London

• British Land

• Goodman

• MEPC

Sustainable Achievement

• 10 Eastbourne Terrace, London – Land Securities, Fletcher Priest Architects

• Calthorpe House, Birmingham – Calthorpe Estates, Nettleton Gate, Lloyds TSB, Webb Gray & Partners

• Henderson Global Investors, 201 Bishopsgate, London – Henderson Global Investors, British Land, Skidmore Owings & Merrill, Pringle Brandon

• The Pinnacle, Milton Keynes – Hampton Brook Estates, Aberdeen Property Investors, Quartet Architects, PHP Architects

• Ropemaker, London – British Land, Arup Associates

Occupier of the Year

• British Telecoms

• General Electric

• Jaguar and Landrover Cars

• Microsoft

• National Australia Group

• Standard Chartered Bank

• Yell

City Development of the Year

• 20 Gresham Street, London – Hermes Real Estate, Core, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates

• 60 Threadneedle Street, London – Hammerson, Eric Parry Architects

• 150 Cheapside, London - St Martin's Property Corporation, Michael Aukett Architects

• Broadgate Tower, London - British Land, Skidmore Owings & Merrill, Pringle Brandon

City Deal of the Year

• Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi 186,518 sq ft pre let at Ropemaker - British Land, Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi, Knight Frank, CB Richard Ellis, Jones Lang Lasalle

• Crossrail takes 116,000 sq ft at 25 Canada Square, London – Citigroup, Crossrail, Drivers Jonas, Cushman & Wakefield, Knight Frank

• DTZ take 75,348 sq ft at 125 Old Broad Street, London – Hammerson, GE Capital, Anglo Irish Bank, DTZ, CB Richard Ellis, Strutt & Parker

• Talbot Underwriting takes 42,150 sq ft at 60 Threadneedle Street – Hammerson, Talbot Underwriting, CB Richard Ellis, Strutt & Parker, Chapman Bates

West End Development of the Year

• 12 Charles II Street, St James's, London – Standard Life Investments, Sidell Gibson Architects

• 23 Savile Row, London – D2 Private, Eric Parry Architects

• 40 Portman Square, London – Delancey, Standard Life Investments, The Portman Estate, Squire & Partners

• 49 Park Lane, London – Pembroke Real Estate, RHWL Architects

• IONA, 240 Regent Street, London – Delancey, Shearer Property Group

West End Deal of the Year

• CB Richard Ellis and Savills pre let 40 Portman Square - Delancey, Standard Life Investments, The Portman Estate, CB Richard Ellis, Savills

• Fox Davies Capital takes 8,800 sq ft at 23 Savile Row, London – D2 Private, Fox Davies Capital, CB Richard Ellis, DTZ, The Lorenz Consultancy

• New Look takes 60,887 sq ft at Wells & More, 45 Mortimer Street, London – Great Portland Estates, New Look, DTZ, Jones Lang LaSalle, CB Richard Ellis

There will also be a new ‘outstanding achievement’ award to recognise an individual who has made a substantial contribution to the UK offices market whether through property investment or development, success, innovation or as a figurehead for change and progress.

This category will be judged by a panel of industry experts.

For more details on Offices 09 event click here.

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