PARIS (Business Wire) -- For the second consecutive year MIPIM Asia, the world's property market in Asia-Pacific, will host the MIPIM Asia Awards, which reward the finest real estate achievements in this region. MIPIM Asia 2008 will be held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center from 19 to 21 November.
For the first time, winners will be selected by MIPIM Asia participants who will be able to elect their favorite project in the following seven award categories: 'Business Centers,' 'Mixed Use Buildings,' 'Residential Developments,' 'Hotels and Tourism Resorts,' 'Green Buildings,' 'Shopping Centers' and the 'MIPIM Asia Futura Award.' In addition, a special jury prize will be awarded and, new this year, the project with the most votes will receive a 'Participants' Choice Award.'
"For the launch of the Awards in 2007, MIPIM Asia set the bar very high, selecting an outstanding jury and giving unprecedented visibility to the candidate projects," says Tadao Kamei, Executive Officer Principal of Japanese design firm Nikken Sekkei, one of last year's most noticeable winners. "The judicious choice of categories will this year again give extensive promotion to outstanding projects around the world."
21 finalists will be selected on September 19 by an international jury of well-known personalities from the Asia Pacific real estate sector headed by Robert Lie, Redevco Asia Limited, Real Estate Investment & Development Managing Director, Hong Kong:
-- Reuben Chu, Chairman, Professional Green Building Council, Managing Director, Structural, Infrastructure & Environmental, Hong Kong
-- Richard David, Treasury Holdings China Limited, Managing Director, China
-- Martin Donovan, South China Morning Post, Editor, Hong Kong
-- Mark Gabbay, Lehman Brothers, Managing Director, Co-Head Global Real Estate Group - Asia, Hong Kong
-- Timothy J. Grady, Merrill Lynch (Asia Pacific) Limited, Managing Director, Hong Kong
-- Cheng Soon Lau, Invesco Hong Kong Ltd, Managing Director, Hong Kong
-- Morgan Laughlin, The Royal Bank of Scotland, Managing Director, Regional Head of Real Estate Finance - Asia Pacific, Japan
-- Nick Loup, Grosvenor, Managing Director, Hong Kong
-- Hokyu Lee, Savills Korea, BHP Korea Ltd., Korea Asset Advisors Ltd., Managing Director, Korea
-- Dr Ronald Lu, Hong Kong Institute of Architects, Managing Director, Hong Kong
-- Peter Mitchell, Asian Public Real Estate Association, Chief Executive Officer, Singapore
-- Richard T.G. Price, ING Real Estate Investment Management, CEO- Asia, Hong Kong
-- Michael Smith, Managing Director and Head of Asian Real Estate, Goldman Sachs Pte, Singapore
-- Graeme Torre, AIG Global Real Estate Investment, Managing Director, Hong Kong
This competition is open to any company in the property sector with projects or achievements in Asia Pacific. Nominees for the MIPIM Asia Awards will be extensively promoted before and during the event.
The winners of the MIPIM Asia Awards will be announced on November 20, 2008 at a prestigious ceremony followed by a cocktail party.
For further information on the MIPIM Asia Awards, please contact Aurelie Prouillac - aurelie.prouillac@reedmidem.com.
For more information, please go to www.mipimasia.com.
Note to journalists:
Founded in 1963, Reed MIDEM is a leading organiser of professional, international tradeshows. Reed MIDEM events have established themselves as key dates in professional diaries. The company hosts MIPTV featuring MILIA, MIPDOC, MIPCOM, and MIPCOM JUNIOR for the television and digital content industries, MIDEM for music professionals, MIPIM, MIPIM Asia, MIPIM HORIZONS and MAPIC for the property and retail real estate sectors.
Reed MIDEM is a division of Reed Exhibitions, the world's leading events organiser Reed organises a wide range of events, including exhibitions, conferences, congresses and meetings. Its portfolio of over 500 events serves 47 industry sectors. In 2007 Reed brought together over six million industry professionals from around the world generating billions of dollars in business. Today Reed events are held in 38 countries throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Asia Pacific, and organised by 39 fully staffed offices.
For further information about Reed MIDEM visit www.reedmidem.com.
Reed MIDEM
Press office in Paris:
Philippe LE GALL, Press Manager
Phone: +33 (0)1 41 90 46 48
philippe.legall@reedmidem.com
Joanna KIRK, Press Officer
Phone: +33 (0)1 41 90 45 82 - Joanna.kirk@reedmidem.com
Fax: +33 (0)1 41 90 67 24
or
Hong Kong office:
Belinda CHAN
Phone: + 852 23 72 04 70 - belinda@creativegp.com
© Business Wire
