The 10th PropertyGuru Philippines Property Awards celebrate 2022 winners in landmark anniversary gala night
A DECADE OF INNOVATIONS AND ACHIEVEMENTS HONOURED DURINGTHE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED BLACK-TIE GALA CELEBRATION
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Robinsons Land wins
Best Developer in one of nine wins for the esteemed company
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Former Best Developer
title holders Cebu Landmasters, Inc. and SM Development Corporation (SMDC)
garner nine and seven wins, respectively
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Various titles
awarded to assets and developments for the first time, including the honours of
Best Operational Office Portfolio and Best Operational Hospitality Portfolio
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Lourdes Josephine
Gotianun Yap of Filinvest Development Corporation becomes the first female Philippines
Real Estate Personality of the Year award recipient
MANILA, Philippines —
7 October 2022
PropertyGuru (NYSE: PGRU), Southeast Asia’s
leading property technology company, tonight celebrated the milestone 10th
edition of the PropertyGuru Philippines Property Awards, giving prominence to
Filipino excellence in property development, architecture, and design.
The 2022 PropertyGuru Philippines Property
Awards, presented by Kohler and supported by Boysen Paints,
feted the country’s finest, most innovative real estate developers and projects
in a historic return of the black-tie gala celebration in the country’s financial
capital.
The 10th PropertyGuru Philippines Property
Awards, held at the Fairmont Makati main
ballroom and streamed live online, were awarded in a
total of 62 categories. For the first time in
the Awards’ history, Robinsons Land was named Best Developer, one of nine
winning titles for the company. Robinsons Land also received the Best Developer
(Luzon) award and the Special Recognition in ESG, as well as diverse awards for
such projects as Bridgetowne Destination Estate, Forbes Estates Lipa, Montclair
Industrial Park, and work.able Exxa-Zeta Center.
Cebu Landmasters, Inc., a former Best
Developer winner, also garnered nine wins, including the titles of Best Developer (Visayas) and Best Developer (Mindanao). SM Development
Corporation (SMDC), last year’s recipient of the Best Developer award,
accumulated seven wins, including titles for projects such as Air Residences,
Glam Residences, Gold City, Ice Tower Residential-Offices, Joy Residences, and
Shore Residences.
Aboitiz
InfraCapital Economic Estates earned five wins, including Best Industrial
Developer. The company, named Best Industrial Developer (Asia) at last year’s
PropertyGuru Asia Property Awards Grand Final, also gained wins for its
projects LIMA Central Business District and LIMA Estate. AboitizLand, Inc.
meanwhile won Best Housing Development (Visayas) for its project Amoa.
Megaworld Corporation won the never-before-presented award of Best Operational Office
Portfolio, in addition to the Best Hospitality Developer and Best Mixed Use
Developer titles, as well as the Special Recognition in ESG. Megaworld Hotels
& Resorts won Best Operational Hospitality Portfolio, another new honour,
while Global-Estate Resorts, Inc. (GERI), a subsidiary of Megaworld
Corporation, won the Best Lifestyle Developer award.
Torre Lorenzo Development Corporation was
named Best Boutique Developer, buoyed by a win for its project Dusit Thani Lubi
Plantation Resort. PHINMA Property
Holdings Corporation scored the coveted Best Housing
Development (Philippines) title for PHINMA Maayo San Jose in one of three wins for
the company. The Best Condo Development (Philippines)
title went to The Seasons Residences by Sunshine Fort North Bonifacio Realty
Development Corporation.
Alveo Land also excelled during the night with wins for Best High End Condo Development (Metro Manila) for Callisto; Best High Rise Condo Development (Metro Cebu) for Palatine at Solinea; and Best Office Development for Tryne Enterprise Plaza.
Lourdes Josephine Gotianun Yap, president and CEO of Filinvest
Development Corporation, accepted the Philippines Real Estate Personality of
the Year award, making her the first woman in the country to receive this special
honour. The editorial team of PropertyGuru Property Report Magazine, who choose
the recipient of this award every year, honoured Gotianun Yap for helping
Filinvest Development Corporation rank among the world's top women-led firms,
among many other achievements.
Hari V Krishnan, CEO and managing director of PropertyGuru Group, said: “I am proud to see how far the PropertyGuru Philippines Property Awards program has come, growing over the last decade from honouring Metro Manila’s finest real estate to celebrating the success of developers across this beautiful archipelago. The awards have become more diverse with accolades for eco-friendliness, connectivity, health, wellness, and other features desired by Filipinos around the world. The 10th edition of our awards program in the Philippines is a great occasion to elevate the achievements of Filipino developers and designers to the global stage.”
Jules
Kay, general manager of PropertyGuru Asia Property Awards and Events, said: “We
are happy to mark a decade of the PropertyGuru Philippines Property Awards by
celebrating and recognising the developers and design practices that have
exemplified Filipino excellence, ingenuity and creativity in their portfolios
and projects. In this, the 10th year of the Awards in the Philippines, we
distinguish the islands’ world-class developments and showcase them not only to
the local property market in all its segments but also to the Filipino diaspora
worldwide. Congratulations to all our awardees.”
The shortlist of
nominees was selected by an independent panel of judges comprising some of the
country’s top real estate and design experts, namely Cyndy Tan Jarabata, chairperson of the Awards and president, TAJARA
Leisure & Hospitality Group Inc.; Carlo Cordaro, president and CEO, Atelier A; Jaime A.
Cura, Ph.D., vice-chairman, The RGV Group of Companies; Jean Jacquelyn Nathania A.
de Castro, CEO, ESCA Incorporated; Kathleen P.
Obcemea, principal interior designer, KPO Beyond Designs Co.; Luis
Enrique T. Mangosing, CEO, Metro Development Managers, Inc. (MDMI); Michelle
Barretto, founder and CEO, Vitamin B, Inc.; Philip Mareschal, head of property
& asset management, JLL Philippines; Raymond Rufino, CEO, NEO; and Richard
Raymundo, BSc (Bus Econ), MRICS, managing director, Colliers Philippines.
The selection process was fair, transparent, and credible, and was supervised by the team of Diaz Murillo Dalupan and Company – HLB Philippines, led by Ofelia S. Barroga, Lloyd T. Tan, and Margaux Zarah Casihan.
Main winners of the Philippines Property Awards will now go on to compete for the ‘Best in Asia’ titles at the 17th PropertyGuru Asia Property Awards Grand Final in Bangkok, Thailand on 9 December during Property Guru Week’, which will be preceded by the annual PropertyGuru Asia Real Estate Summit.
Established in 2005, the PropertyGuru Asia Property Awards continue to reward high-calibre work within the industry, encompassing property development, construction, architecture, interior design, and sustainable building practices. The series has expanded over the years to cover the region’s dynamic property markets, including Australia, the Chinese markets, Japan, India, and Sri Lanka.
Organised by PropertyGuru Group, the 10th PropertyGuru Philippines Property Awards programme is supported by platinum sponsor Kohler; gold sponsor Boysen Paints; official channel partner History; official magazine PropertyGuru Property Report; official newspaper The Philippine Star; official PR partner FleishmanHillard Manila; media partners BusinessWorld, Esquire Philippines, People Asia Magazine, PhilStar Property Report PH, Real Estate News PH, Real Living, The Manila Times, and WheninManila.com; official ESG partner Baan Dek Foundation; supporting associations IFC – Building Resilience Index and IFC – Excellence in Design for Greater Efficiencies; and official supervisor HLB.
For more information, email awards@propertyguru.com or visit the official website: AsiaPropertyAwards.com
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