Live from MIPIM (Cannes) - Day Three-Thursday: Despite the driving rain in Cannes, even more evidence that the scope of European opportunities is widening, yes, and deepening; good returns earned in strategies that are more than just niche. MIPIM at a gala ceremony in the Palais des Festivals announced the 'best of the best' - those who in the past identified value and followed through with great success. The winners of the 28th MIPIM Awards were:
BEST HEALTHCARE DEVELOPMENT
The Maersk Tower, Copenhagen, Denmark
Developer: Danish University and Property Agency (BYGST) and the University of Copenhagen
Architect: C.F. Møller Architects
Other: SLA (landscape), Rambøll (Engineer), P & Partners (Client Consultant), aggebo&henriksen, Cenergia, Gordon Farquharson and Innovation Lab
BEST HOTEL & TOURISM RESORT
Catholic-Social Institute Michaelsberg Abbey, Siegburg, Germany
Developer: Archdiocese of Cologne. Architect: meyerschmitzmorkramer
BEST INDUSTRIAL & LOGISTICS DEVELOPMENT
The Chapelle International logistics centre, Paris, France
Developer: SCI Sogaris Paris Les Espaces Logistiques Urbains
Architekct: A.26 Architectures
Other: Ports de Paris, Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations, Eurorail
BEST INNOVATIVE GREEN BUILDING
Marina One, Singapore
Developer: M+S Pte Ltd, part of the Khazanah Nasional Berhad, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and Temasek Holdings, Singapore
Architects: ingenhoven architects / ingenhoven LLP, Singapore (Design architect)
Other: Gustafson Porter+ Bowman London (Landscape Architect), Architects61 Singapore (Project Architect)
BEST OFFICE & BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
Feltrinelli Foundation & Microsoft House, Milan, Italy
Developer: COIMA
Architect: Herzog & de Meuron
Interior Design & Space Planning: Herzog & de Meuron with COIMA Image for Fondazione Giangiacomo Feltrinelli, DEGW for Microsoft House
BEST REFURBISHED BUILDING
Antwerp Port House, Antwerp, Belgium
Architect: Zaha Hadid Architects
Occupier: Antwerp Port Authority
Other: Bureau Bouwtechniek, Mouton, Ingenium, Interbuild, VBSC, Groven+
BEST RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT
Îlot Sacré, Brussels, Belgium
Developer: Galika Human Estate
Architect: DDS+
Other: Valens (General Contractor), SGI Consulting (Structural Engineer), EMS Yvan Beaufays (M&E Engineer)
BEST SHOPPING CENTRE
FICO EATALY WORLD, Bologna, Italy
Developer: Prelios SGR – Pai Fund
Architect: Thomas Bartoli
BEST URBAN REGENERATION PROJECT
Porta Nuova, Milan, Italy
Asset Manager: COIMA
Developer: COIMA, HINES
Architects: Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, Boeri Studio and 20 design architects from 8 different countries selected through design competitions: Inside Outside, Land, Lucien Lagrange, Munoz&Albin, Piuarch, Studio MP2 Associati, William Mc Donough, COIMA Image, Gehl Architects, Antonio Citterio Patricia Viel & Partners, Arquitectonica, Caputo Partnership, Cino Zucchi Architetti, De Lucchi, MCArchitects, Edaw
BEST FUTURA PROJECT
National Museum of Qatar, Doha, Qatar
Developer: Qatar Museums
Architect: Jean Nouvel
Project Management Consultant: ASTAD
BEST FUTURA MEGA PROJECT
Mui Dinh Ecopark, Mui Dinh, Vietnam
Developer: Cap Padaran Mui Dinh Ecopark
Architect: Chapman Taylor
Other: VO GIA Architects
SPECIAL JURY AWARD
Catholic-Social Institute Michaelsberg Abbey, Siegburg, Germany
Developer: Archdiocese of Cologne
Architect: meyerschmitzmorkramer
THE JURY
Chaired by Méka Brunel, CEO of Gecina (France), the MIPIM Awards jury was composed of 12 influential industry professionals. These were:
- Serge FAUTRE– CEO, AG Real Estate (Belgium)
- Paolo GENCARELLI – Head of Group Real Estate, Poste Italiane (Italy)
- Marco HEKMAN – Managing Director Continental Europe, CBRE (The Netherlands)
- John HUGHES– President, RICS (UK)
- Frank KHOO – Group Chief Investment Officer, City Developments Limited (Singapore)
- Tinka KLEINE – Senior Director Private Real Estate, PGGM (The Netherlands)
- Barbara KNOFLACH – Deputy Chief Executive & Global Head of Investment, BNP Paribas Real Estate (Germany)
- Lee MORRIS – Design Director and Head of Architecture, Atkins (UAE)
- Sergei TCHOBAN – Managing Partner, SPEECH (Russia) and Tchoban Voss Architekten (Germany)
- Jean-Michel WILMOTTE – President & Architect, Wilmotte & Associés (France)
- Olle ZETTERBERG – CEO, Stockholm Business Region (Sweden)
A huge congratulations from Business Immo Europe for all of the above. Good to see hard work and the immense creativity of our industry rewarded - noting also that Italy's COIMA came away with no fewer than two awards for two different projects, as did the beautifully restored Catholic-Social Institute Michaelsberg Abbey, Siegburg, Germany, awarded for, well, just being amazing.
Perhaps the deeper attraction of European real estate is just that: yes it is a capitalistic enterprise in which everyone wants to gain monetary reward for skill and effort. But the industry is also a component part of the ‘creative arts', not only of course architects who thoroughly deserve the term 'artist' but businessmen and other professionals who envision projects that can be built, developed, adjusted, refurbished, re-positioned for the better - and then make it happen.
In this vein can be counted efforts of the private sector to set up senior and health care in the Nordics, the hugely ambitious plans - which BIE is tracking - to tunnel underneath the Baltic Sea and connect Helsinki to Tallinn by a 'land route' after 100 years of dreaming about it, and highly interest developments in French residential that track shifts in legislation by the Macron government that could/should/will result in an upgrading of both social and private sector rental housing.
Northern Horizon, a merger a few years ago of Copenhagen's BPT and Finland's Evli Real Estate, is absolutely focused on senior care, seeing the requirements of the Nordics own 'boomers' as acute and far from being adequately served. Here, the demographic shape of populations in the Nordics are to be especially noted. Because of events all those years ago, the first post-WWII Nordic 'boomers' were born in 1947 and the demographic pillar is onion shaped, with this cohort by far the largest in the region. Germany's, for example, came much later.
From the same region, BIE spoke to both the Helsinki Mayor and the Tallinn head of planning to get their views on the various efforts now picking up speed to develop a tunnel under the Baltic to link their cities. There are, of course, a number of issues to be solved - for example, do the ferry operators need some kind of compensation for lost business; will there be enough passenger and freight traffic to cover the amortisded financial cost. But maybe, just maybe, this will get done. Question is both if, and if so, when? Full story to come.
And you thought French PRS was a contradiction in terms because of the impossibly tight regulations favouring sitting tenants and disadvantaging owners? Well, TwentyTwo Real Estate doesn't agree. Its Powerhouse Habitat, launched in the last few months, is targeting the opportunity arising due to the shifting regulatory environment as the Macron government tries to accommodate the social sector and bring more dynamic to private initiatives to close the gap between housing supply and demand in the nation.
Watch this space. BIE MIPIM blog ends today. It has been an honour.
