The 11th edition of the Prime Property Prize contest will select companies and projects that have had the greatest impact on events taking place in the commercial property market last year, as well as the personages whose spectacular actions have played a crucial role in the development of the entire industry. This year, for the first time, we will award companies for pursuing ESG strategies in the property market. It will also be for the first time that we will award projects implemented in the PRS market.
Prime Property Prize – application form
Who do we award?
We grant awards in 12 categories:
- PropertyNews.pl Person of the Year – the award is granted to a personage from the commercial property industry who has had the greatest impact on events taking place in the sector or has made spectacular changes in their company, thus affecting the development of the entire market.
- Property Developer of the Year – the award is granted for the achievements and activities of a company in the commercial property market to date, as well as for the company’s contribution to the development of the sector in Poland, the high quality of the projects they have implemented, and the company’s good reputation in the industry.
- Investor-Friendly City – the award is granted for activities aimed at improving the investment climate and creating conditions for increasing the activity of investors. The quality of services provided to entrepreneurs, as well as efficient implementation of administrative procedures are also taken into account.
- Investment of the Year: Commercial Space Market – the award is granted to new or redeveloped shopping centres in the case of which the investment process has ended between September 2021 and September 2022. The following aspects are evaluated: project quality, investment completion time, the commercialisation process, cutting-edge solutions, and architecture, as well as the project’s impact on the environment and the economy of the region.
- Investment of the Year: Office Space Market – the award is granted to new or redeveloped office buildings or office complexes in the case of which the investment process has ended between September 2021 and September 2022. The following aspects are evaluated: the quality and innovative character of a project, investment completion time, the commercialisation process, cutting-edge solutions, and architecture, as well as the project’s impact on the environment and the economy of the region.
- Investment of the Year: Logistics and Warehouse Space Market – the award is granted to new or redeveloped logistics and warehouse facilities in the case of which the investment process has ended between September 2021 and September 2022. The following aspects are evaluated: project quality, investment completion time, the commercialisation process, cutting-edge solutions, and architecture, as well as the project’s impact on the environment and the economy of the region.
- Investment of the Year: Hotel Market – the award is granted to new or redeveloped hotel facilities in the case of which the investment process has ended between September 2021 and September 2022. The following aspects are evaluated: the quality and innovative character of a project, investment completion time, and architecture, as well as the project’s impact on the environment and the economy of the region.
- A NEW CATEGORY: PRS Investment – the award is granted to a completed investment project in the institutional rental sector. The following aspects are evaluated: the quality, innovative character and architecture of a project, as well as its business success.
- Architecture (award granted by the PropertyDesign.pl portal) – the award is granted to commercial facilities that introduce cutting-edge solutions to the market within the scope of architecture and design, thus setting new trends in this regard, and have been built with due respect for their surroundings.
- Adviser of the Year – the award is granted to advisory agencies and law firms operating in the commercial property market in Poland. We will award the activity of such entities in the sector (in the period from September 2021 to September 2022), in particular within the scope of commercial space rental, property sale and investment transaction handling, as well as the contribution of agencies and law firms to the development of the industry, the innovative character of their services, and consistency in the implementation of their strategies.
- Commercial Space (award granted by the PropertyDesign.pl portal) – we will award commercial (office, retail, service, hotel, and restaurant/catering) space for: good design, innovative architectural and design solutions, original and functional furnishings, and modern technologies. We shall take into consideration the interiors in which the comfort of employees and clients/customers comes first. The award will go to designs in the case of which the investment process has ended between September 2021 and September 2022.
- A NEW CATEGORY: ESG Strategy – the award is granted to companies operating in the commercial property market for their past outstanding actions and investments towards economic, workplace, social, and environmental responsibility.
How do we select the winners?
- Each Member of the Forum of Experts shall send their five (5) nomination propositions in each category, complete with a short statement of reasons, to the following email address: nagrody@propertynews.pl. The deadline for submitting contest entries is 30 June 2022.
- Propositions from our Readers and companies interested shall only be accepted if submitted through the application form. The deadline for submitting contest entries is 30 June 2022.
- The contest entry should be accompanied by a maximum of four (4) photos – they should be sent to the following email address: nagrody@propertynews.pl. The size of your email cannot exceed 10 MB. Sending product photos as specified above shall be tantamount to authorising the Organiser of the popularity contest to crop and then publish a given photo in connection with the contest and the title awarded (if any) via websites on the Internet and in the printed press. The party submitting the photos guarantees that it has the rights to grant the above authorisation.
- Based on the propositions submitted to us, the Editors shall create a TOP 5 list for each category – the list of all nominees shall be published on the PropertyNews.pl and PropertyDesign.pl portals by 8 July 2022.
- The Experts can vote for the nominees of their choice in each category by 22 August 2022. Voting shall be carried out by email. The Experts shall receive the full list of nominees. Next, each of the Experts shall send (by email, to the address specified by the Organiser) only those of their propositions that he or she deems worth receiving the award in each category.
- The voting of the Readers of the PropertyNews.pl and PropertyDesign.pl portals shall be held in parallel and shall continue until 31 August 2022.
- The winners in each category shall be selected as soon as all the votes of the Experts and of the Readers of the portals are counted.
- The winners shall be selected on the basis of a total of all votes (points) granted by the Readers of the PropertyNews.pl and PropertyDesign.pl portals, as well as by the members of the Forum of Experts. Votes shall be converted into points. Each vote of an expert equals 10 points, whereas each vote (click) of an Internet user equals 1 point.
- The winners shall be informed about having been awarded by 9 September 2022.
The Gala
Presentation of the statuettes will take place during the official Property Forum 2022 Gala on 19 September 2022.