Outstanding real estate developers and projects in Mega
Manila, Cebu, Davao and key resort and BPO office locations are waiting to be
recognised
● Deadline for nominations is set on 3
March
● High number of entries expected from
regional destinations such as Cebu and Davao
● New categories in 2017 include a Special
Recognition in Sustainable Development and accolades for Best Mixed-Use
Development and Best BPO Office Development
Nominations
are open and are now flooding in for the fifth annual PropertyGuru Philippines
Property Awards, the biggest and most prestigious real estate awards programme
in the country.
Presented
by Kohler in 2017, the acclaimed international event is organised by
PropertyGuru Group, Asia’s leading online property group. The organisers are
calling on Philippine developers as well as real estate agents,
architects, interior designers, construction companies, suppliers and the general
public to continue sending in their nominations online via AsiaPropertyAwards.com/nominations/.
Deadline
for submissions is on Friday, 3 March 2017. There is no fee to enter.
BDO,
one of the world’s largest accounting and auditing firms, has been appointed
once again as official judging supervisor to ensure that the entire nomination
and judging process is fair and transparent.
Celebrating
its landmark fifth year, the Philippines Property Awards 2017 is the search for
the Philippines’ best property developers and developments located in the
established and emerging property markets of Mega Manila, Metro Cebu, Metro
Davao, in addition to popular and emerging resort destinations and BPO office
locations across the country.
Each
year since its establishment in 2013, the Philippines Property Awards have
highlighted the exciting evolution of the country’s real estate sector. Last
year a total of 17 shortlisted developers walked away with 26 awards following
a rigorous, six-month nomination and judging process.
Megaworld
Corporation collected a record-breaking 17 awards and Highly Commended
honours, including the 2016 Best
Developer (Philippines) gong, while SM Prime Holdings Inc and Vista Land Group
received multiple accolades, including one for Vista Land chairman Manny Villar
for Real Estate Personality of the Year.
The
2017 edition presents an expanded awards scheme. New categories have been
added, including a Special Recognition in Sustainable Development, which will
reward the sustainable initiatives of outstanding developers from Luzon,
Visayas or Mindanao.
There
will also be new awards for Best Mixed-Use Development and Best BPO Office
Development reflecting the growth of
those sectors.
To
be eligible for the Best Developer and Best Boutique Developer categories,
entrants must have completed five and two projects, respectively, since January
2012, while projects entering the Development categories should have a
completion date between January 2017 and December 2019.
Chairman
of the judging panel Lindsay J. Orr, chairman of JLL Philippines, reflects on
the judging process and importance of the Awards programme: “The panel had
quite a task last year simply because there were a lot more entries across
various categories and regions, up by around 50 percent, and the numbers of
categories increased as well. We also received entries from new companies. I
think it’s because this Awards are becoming more recognised nationwide. It’s
certainly on the map and we hope this continues in years to come.”
The
official shortlist of nominees, comprising one Winner and up to four Highly
Commended in each category, will be revealed by the independent judging panel
led by Orr in early April 2017. The black-tie gala dinner is set to take place
on 4 May 2017, once again at the Fairmont Makati, the official hotel venue of
the Awards.
Prior
to the gala dinner, a new Real Estate Personality of the Year will also be
named by the editors of Asia’s industry leading Property Report magazine, PropertyGuru Group’s premium publication.
Terry
Blackburn, founder and managing director of the Asia Property Awards, says of
the growing impact of the Philippines Property Awards: “The support from
developers, sponsors, media partners and business associations we have received
over the years has been incredible – in the last five years we’ve seen the
awards programme expand to include categories specifically created for regional
developments in key markets such as Cebu, Davao and Iloilo.”
With
an average attendance of 250 senior industry figures, C-level executives,
architects, designers, suppliers, construction, real estate and media
professionals, the Philippines Property Awards annual gala dinner is one of the
most anticipated industry events of the year.
Each
gala begins with a two-hour international cocktail networking reception,
followed by a lavish four-course dinner, and the awards ceremony. Previous VIP
guests and keynote speakers include Senator Franklin Drilon and former Tourism
Secretary Ramon Reyes Jimenez Jr.
The
event receives extensive coverage through influential media outfits including
official broadcaster ANC (The ABS-CBN News Channel), official newspaper The
Philippine STAR, official property portal ZipMatch.com, media partners HGTV
Asia, Inquirer.net and Property Report, as well as PropertyGuru Group’s
market-leading property portals and affiliates used by more than 23 million
property seekers in in Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam.
As
always, the Philippines Property Awards promote the country’s best current
developments and latest innovations to a wide international audience across
Asia. The ‘Best of the Best’ winners from the Philippines will compete for
regional accolades in grand finals of the Asia Property Awards held annually in
Singapore in November, opening up their businesses to new audiences around the
region.
Philippine
developers that have won at the grand finals include Ayala Land Inc, which was
named Best Developer (South East Asia) in 2014, and SM Prime Holdings Inc and
ArthaLand Corporation, which collected the Best Hotel Architectural Design
(South East Asia) and Special Recognition in Sustainable Design (South East
Asia) gongs, respectively, in 2016.
Hari
V. Krishnan, CEO of PropertyGuru Group, comments: “As a ‘hyper-growth’
technology company, PropertyGuru Group’s mission is to pursue greatness, which
is mirrored by the exceptional quality of entrants in the Asia Property Awards
year after year. One of our main priorities as a company is to guide property
seekers in the region as they make their real estate decisions – the Awards is
a phenomenal platform that will anchor our offline solutions for consumers.”
