New Delhi, To acknowledge the extraordinary contribution made by various developers, architects, real estate professionals and property brokers in the real estate sector in the year gone by, Realty Plus, a real estate monthly from exchange4media group, announced the winners of Realty Plus Excellence Awards 2010 at a glittering function in New Delhi ..
Mr. Niranjan Hiranandani was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award for exemplary contribution to Indian real estate. Developer of the Year award in residential category was given to Orbit Corp and K Raheja Corp was awarded Developer of the Yearaward in retail category. The 3C Company received Developer of the Year award in Commercial segment. Regional Developer of the Year award for North, South, East, West were given to Amrapali Group, Brigade Group, Ambuja Realty and Kumar Builders respectively. Emerging Developer of the Yearaward went to Asset Homes.
R.K. Asoociates got the award for Architect of the Year in residential category and Venkatraman Associates were selected for the Architect of the Yearaward in commercial category. The Luxury Project of the Year award went to Chateau Paradise by Lodha Group and One North by Panchshil Group. T-Zed by Biodiversity Conservation India (Pvt.) Ltd was chosen as the most Environment Friendly Project of the Year. The Upcoming Integrated Township Award was won by Jaypee Greens by Jaypee Group.
The Pathfinders Award for the Most Enterprising CEO was won by Brotin Banerjee of Tata Housing .Agni Properties received the award for the Indian property Broker of the Year. Popular Choice Awards for Developer of The Year were bagged by Prestige Developers (Residential), DLF Developers (Commercial) and Star City/Phoenix (Retail)
Speaking on the occasion, Mr Anurag Batra, Chairman and Editor in Chief, exchange4media Group said, The Realty Plus Excellence Awards were the acknowledgment to the contribution of each of the real estate stalwarts who have conceptualized and executed people friendly landmark projects.We appreciate the efforts of our eminent jury who have selected candidates on a neutral basis while following a transparent process.
Says Vinod Behl, Editor, Realty Plus and member of the awards jury, Realty Plus Awards are the most credible awards due to their stringent evaluation criteria and judging process designed by leading international property consultancy-Cushman & Wakefield and selection of winners by the 12-member high profile jury headed by Anuj Puri, Chairman and Country Head of Jones Lang Lasalle Meghraj.
The award function was held in conjunction with a day-long conference, with panel discussions on ,Paradigm shift in housing, Future of Integrated Townships, Investment Strategies Post Economic Slowdown ,The Second Green Revolution: New Business Opportunities, Green is Gold, Regulator to play Cop to the Developers. .The twin events were supported by top real estate bodies like National Real Estate Development Council(NAREDCO), Confederation of Real Estate Developers Associations(CREDAI)-NCR, National Association of Realtors(NAR)-India and Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors(RICS)
List of Awardees -
1. Developer of the Year:
- Retail K Raheja Corp
- Residential Orbit Corp
- Commercial The 3C Company
2. Regional Developer of the Year
- West - Kumar Builders
- East - Ambuja Realty
- South - Brigade Group
- North - Amrapali Group
3. Luxury Project of the Year
- Chateau Paradise, Lodha Group
- One North (Panchshil Group)
4. Architect of the Year
- Residential - RK Associates
- Commercial - Venkatraman Associates
5. Upcoming Integrated Township of the Year
- Jaypee Greens, Jaypee Group
6. Environment Friendly Project of the Year
T-Zed, Biodiversity Conservation India (Pvt) Ltd.
7. Emerging Developer of the Year
8. Pathfinders Award For the most Enterprising CEO
9. Lifetime Achievement Award
10 Indian Property Broker of the Year
11Popular Choice Award for the Developer of the Year
- Residential - Prestige Developers
- Commercial - DLF Developers
- Retail - Star City/ Phoenix
Notes to Editor
About Realty Plus
Realty Plus, Indias leading real estate monthly magazine was launched by the exchange4media group in August 2004, with the clear mandate of providing unbiased information to the end consumers of the real estate sector. Since then, Realty Plus has become Indias largest read real estate magazine, and has taken on the mantle of being the bellwether publication of the Indian Real Estate.
About the exchange4media group
The exchange4media group was set up in the year 2000 with the aim of publishing niche, relevant and quality publications for the marketing, advertising and media professionals. Today, exchange4media is a single stop information platform for the entire industry. Be it news, views, analytical information, in depth analysis of events or trend forecasting, exchange4media publications have a strong credibility and a loyal following.
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