Timing is everything, 2024 CEEQA Gala early bird packages and snapshot of what lies ahead for the CEE & SEE property sector’s most valued industry awards

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Night of successes and success stories at 2023 CEEQA Gala

Two malls go to war, Putin’s aggression upended as two of Ukraine’s dominant malls brought back to full operation just one year after destructive bombings are honoured with special CEEQA Resilience awards at CEEQA23

Ukraine Deputy Minister of Economy shares insights, plus report on visit to war torn cities Kyiv and Kharkiv to personally present 2023 Resilience awards to restored RETROVILLE and NIKOLSKY shopping and entertainment centres following devastating bombings in 2022, what’s next for Ukraine real estate?

After collecting Developer of the year and Industrial developer of the year for Panattoni, Robert Dobrzycki is crowned Industry professional of the year

Decision makers make the tough calls for CEEQA23 recognitions

Co-founder of Penta Investments Marek Dospiva to be honoured at this year’s CEEQA Gala joining a select band of real estate leaders and entrepreneurial empire builders

M People’s voice and soul, Heather Small, lit up the 2023 CEEQA Gala as she wheeled through her biggest hits including Movin’ On Up, Search For a Hero, One Night in Heaven and the jubilant crowd danced late into the night.

Our longstanding awards for Green Leadership have been refurbished as the new ESG Champion Awards for companies and buildings.

All the short listed nominees in 21 categories for this year’s industry awards for commercial real estate investment in Central & Eastern Europe and and Southeast Europe

Hadley Dean and Jonathan Hallett in the limelight as CTP,  Ghelamco, Penta, Portland Trust, Cushman & Wakefield and Skanska shared the spoils,and Gloria Gaynor celebrates CEEQA survival and revival with 650+ crowd at “Happiness Gala”

Award winners and all the fun of the fair.

There’s only one gala…

What a night! We’re happy to announce the 2022 CEEQA Winners. Congratulations to all winners and short listed nominees

Making magic and happiness have always been the DNA of CEEQA, and of the CEE/SEE property sector and last night’s Gala was no exception

Cushman & Wakefield’s CEE head deservedly takes Industry Professional of the Year award for leading agency to sector forefront

“Great Motivator” Hadley Dean rouses the crowd in acceptance speech

Call to planning and action: Gala guests were surprised by a live connection with Kyiv to kick off the awards ceremony including first hand war footage and damage assessment so far, the situation on the ground, what happens next and how CEE operators can help

Czech based developer went for volume with three awards as Resilience Company, Industrial Developer and NetZero Company of the Year at CEEQA 22

CPI Property Group triumphed over global institutional investors for the second time to score its first ever success as CEE Investor of the Year

Procurer of the Retail Development of the Year went to Norblin Factory in Warsaw

Warsaw Unit hooked a double success with Office Development of the Year and overall Building of the Year CEE awards

J8 Office Park in Bucharest won both the Building of the Year SEE and Aiming for NetZero awards

Pop icon and Grammy winner Gloria Gaynor spellbinds 650 gala guests with fitting and apt classic hit, “I WILL SURVIVE” at CEEQA 22 Gala

Another Prague born investor Accolade triumphed in the Rising Star category

Few in the room or among the jury could deny the CBRE team’s immense performance in the Capital Markets sphere led by Sean Doyle

Transformative mixed use project Browary Warszawskie wins battle of titans to lift Resilience Award

Erste Group Bank scored its second ever success as Lender of the Year

International law firm won its first recognition in over a decade as the region’s premium legal services provider

Developer and property management services kings lifted the title in the Property Management category

UK based international company Gleeds were the winning dark horse inn the Development Services category

Judging of this year’s award entries is now complete and the awards announced the the 2022 edition of CEEQA. Roll on 2023

Nestled among the whales of the sector, Svoboda Williams received recognition as Local Agent of the Year in CEE

Happiness is key: in depth report and preview in collaboration with Warsaw Business Journal

The CEEQA is back! SAVE THE DATE: CEEQA Gala 29 June. There’s only one CEEQA Gala

Check out our full and final Review of CEEQA 2019 movie and published report

Tussle but no tussle as Panattoni see double including overall Company of the Year crown voted  live by gala guests but Skanska still wins four including Developer, and continues green domination

Watch the full movie of ‘Towering force’ of the sector Pawel Debowski’s firebrand acceptance speech as he joined a select band of real estate leaders and entrepreneurial empire builders to receive the sector’s highest accolade while Dentons marched on in the Legal category

Raffles Europejski Warsaw the most successful building with two awards, while stunning development in Tivat also wins jury praise

Multi have a track record for delivering outstanding quality and have won CEEQA awards before, but this one was a walk in the park

The number of high calibre office developments springing up in Warsaw is no secret but Immobel’s CEDET scheme shines

There was an imposter at the Jury Dinner cocktail telling them to give him their %*@>!* money before they sat down to make some very tough decisions following a rampant market year

There was no slowing down as BTR band members Bob Geldof, Garry Roberts, Peter Briquette and Simon Crowe kicked up energy levels, with Electric Girls and Me Myself And I also in the mix

Global real estate advisor JLL hasn’t enjoyed being knocked off its perch in recent years but fought back with a total of four awards this year including a first ever Property Management win, however CBRE held onto the Capital Markets and Office Agency titles

Recently appointed JLL’s regional leader and a long time capital markets king, Tomasz Trzoslo won the sector’s prestigious Industry Professional of the Year award

A quick and quirky post-gala snapshot of CEEQA 2019 to feast your senses on >>

The recent movie The Zookeeper’s Wife has spiked interest in the villa in the middle of Warsaw Zoo, we invite sector players to link arms to create a new foundation to protect and project its legacy and message

Me Myself and I, Mimello, DJs Trent and Hypno & Fresh kept things lively to the end, always a constellation of entertainment features and highlights at the sector’s flagship gathering

Currently storming the Polish event scene, and the guests had such fun, they over-stepped their stage time!

Listed investor Globalworth stakes claim to sector’s top table while lender pbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank held onto their seat and Arcadis reclaimed the development services award after a two year break

Congratulations to all winners and nominees in the 2019 edition of CEEQA, view the full list and “first photos”

Gordon and his team have frequently led the charge of institutional capital investing across the region as the various country markets have cascaded open behind them

Belgian developer Ghelamco’s Jeroen van der Toolen named Industry Professional of the Year by the CEEQA Jury

Dentons retained the Legal & Financial Services firms award for the ninth successive year including two wins as Salans prior and a legal team containing Pawel Debowski has won the award 13 times in 15 years

The development arm of Swedish based conglomerate, Skanska Commercial Development Europe shone brightest at CEEQA 2018 lifting five titles on a night of triumph including Office Development and Overall Company of the Year

For the third successive year Cushman & Wakefield took him the Retail Agency award, reinforcing their global reputation as masters of retail

Global advisors CBRE enjoyed their most successful year to date lifting three of the four Agent categories as well as the Property Management award

Part tribute to the South African investment invasion the past couple of years, guest speaker Springbok rugby legend Percy “Monty” Montgomery drew parallels between the worlds of business and sport in the pursuit of excellence and success

Gospel group Insibane seAfrika from the streets of Cape Town, legendary South African entertainer Jacques Lagesse, Warsaw based Jimi Ogden & the Lumberjacks and mime troupe Mimello completed this year’s Gala entertainment line up

The members of the 2018 CEEQA Jury gathered in Warsaw for the final round of judging on the eve of the CEEQA Gala to select the winners from the year’s short listed candidates, serious minded yet fun to be had

One of the great UK bands of the 90s, MORCHEEBA had Gala guests spellbound with undoubtedly the best live concert in CEEQA history, raising the bar and emptying the bars with a memorable and colourful set that oozed class

Warehouse and industrial developer Panattoni Europe completed an outstanding market year as Industrial Developer of the Year for the third year running having staked a claim as the largest industrial developer in Europe during 2017

Czech fund manager CPI Property Group become the first home grown fund manager to win the coveted Investor of the Year award beating some of the world’s biggest investment platforms to the title

Austrian construction company fights back to regain Construction Company of the Year award in annual seesaw battle

Unibail-Rodamco’s year retail project Wroclavia collected both the 2018 Retail Development award and overall Building of the Year CEE awards

Polish broadcaster Monika Zamachowska lead the line once again, anchoring the awards ceremony for the tenth successive year at this year’s Gala

Another one-two in the green building segment with Green Leadership Building award for “Five” as well as Green Leadership Company of the Year, an award Skanska has never not won since 2008

Portland Trust’s second phase of Oregon Park in Bucharest, Building B, was named Building of the Year in Southeast Europe

For the second time in three years a Baltic States hotel development lifted the Hotel, Leisure & Residential building award

Arriving guests for the 2018 CEEQA Gala knew what to expect and came prepared

With nearly 900 sector leaders attending the 2018 Gala from more than 50 countries breaking all records the spectacular gala dinner and after-party receiving wide praise as the best to date

One of only three banks to win the Lender of the Year award in the past 10 years, the German lender were delighted to strike it rich again

Emerging as an independent regional player in a management buy out following Gardiner & Theobald’s exit from the New Europe arena five years ago it was the built asset consultant’s year in the Development Services category

Independent Prague based law firm with strong Czech presence receives first regional industry recognition with Rising Star Award

We’ve enjoyed many outstanding performances at the Gala but few more unique and inspiring than famed Polish singer Edyta Gorniak’s duet with celebrated Polish composer and musician Adam Sztaba