100 of the best in MIPIM Asia awards

100 of the best in MIPIM Asia awards
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One hundred of the most innovative and prestigious real estate projects in the Asia Pacific region are competing in the inaugural MIPIM Asia Awards. The Awards will be held prior to the November 28 opening ceremony for the second MIPIM Asia, the international Asia Pacific property market, to be held in Hong Kong, November 28-30, 2007.

Around 30% of the entries have been made in the ´Futura Projects´ category which recognises planning-stage projects for their architectural, technical or environmental qualities. In the running are projects from such well-known international companies as Edaw, Aedas Limited, Arquitectonica, Benoy, Omniyat Properties and Arup.

For Gilles Saint Georges Chaumet, Director of MIPIM Asia, "the success of these first MIPIM Asia Awards is driven by the remarkable dynamism in the region´s property sector. It also reflects the property industry´s interest in being highly visible at an event that brings together both regional players and leading international firms. The 2007 winners will truly be the best of the best."

Entries have flowed in from across the region with projects from 15 Asia Pacific countries. 29 entries concern projects located in China, followed by Singapore (13), Hong Kong (12), India (8), the United Arab Emirates (8), Japan (7), Australia (6), Thailand (4), South Korea (4), Vietnam (4) and one each for Macao, Indonesia, the Philippines, the Maldives and Sri Lanka.

The MIPIM Asia Awards jury will meet at the end of September to select three projects in each of the following seven categories: Business Centres, Shopping Centres, Mixed-use Buildings, Residential Developments, Hotels & Tourism Resorts, Green Buildings and Futura Projects.

The 21 nominated projects will be on view in a dedicated MIPIM Asia Awards zone throughout the event.

Chaired by Dr Robert Lie, CEO of ING Real Estate Investment Management Asia, Hong Kong, the jury of investors, developers and associations, comprises twelve of the leading property specialists operating in the Asia Pacific region: Michael Smith, Managing Director and Head of Asian Real Estate for Goldman Sachs Pte (Singapore), Thomas M. Pearson, Managing Director, Co-Head Global Real Estate Group - Asia, for Lehman Brothers Real Estate Ltd (Japan), Richard David, Managing Director, Treasury Holdings China Limited (China), Graeme Torre, Managing Director of AIG Real Estate (Hong Kong), Cheng-Soon Lau, Managing Director of INVESCO Real Estate - Asia (Hong Kong), Hiroo Mori, Senior Managing Director of Mori Building Co., Ltd (Japan), Nicholas Loup, Managing Director of Grosvenor Asia (Hong Kong), Reuben Chu, Chairman of the PGBC (Professional Green Building Council, Hong Kong), Peter Mitchell, CEO of the Asian Public Real Estate Association (Singapore), Dr Ronald Lu, President of the Hong Kong Institute of Architects and Hokyu Lee, Managing Director of the international property consultancy BHP Korea (Korea).