Building Investment (January-February 2021)

NEWS & EVENTS
The best of Asia Pacific real estate recognised in
15 th PropertyGuru Asia Property Awards Grand Final
PropertyGuru, Southeast Asia’s leading
property technology company, made
history several times over with the airing
of the PropertyGuru Asia Property Awards
Grand Final as a virtual gala event and
awards ceremony. As well as being the
first virtual edition of the PropertyGuru
Asia Property Awards Grand Final, the
special broadcast marked the 15 th edition
of the prestigious, long-running real
estate awards programme.
The 15 th PropertyGuru Asia Property
Awards Grand Final laurelled developers
and projects from 14 property markets
in Southeast Asia, the Chinese territories
(mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau),
Australia, India, and Japan with highly
coveted regional titles – elevating them
above their peers as the “best in Asia”.
Around 87 companies, representing
distinguished country winners of the
PropertyGuru Asia Property Awards series
for year 2020, competed for 35 accolades
including the never-before presented
regional Developer titles of Best Mixed
Use Developer (Asia); Best Industrial
Developer (Asia); Best Lifestyle Developer
(Asia); Best Sustainable Developer (Asia);
Best Commercial Developer (Asia); and
Best Breakthrough Developer (Asia).
With three regional Developer
awards, Singapore emerged as the most
awarded country during the landmark
awards ceremony.
The 15 th PropertyGuru Asia Property
Awards Grand Final saw the presentation
of the annual PropertyGuru Icon
Award to Thippaporn Ahriyavraromp
(Chearavanont), Chairman of Executive
Committee, DTGO, Chairman of Executive
Committee, MQDC and Chairman of
Buddharaksa Foundation. Thippaporn
Ahriyavraromp had been named Thailand
Real Estate Personality of the Year in 2012
– the first woman to receive the title.
Australia, Malaysia and the Philippines
also gained one regional title each.
Paragon of Pyrmont by THIRDi Group
in Australia was named Best Housing
Development (Asia). Meanwhile, i-Park @
Senai Airport City in Johor, Malaysia by
IPark Development Sdn Bhd was named
Best Industrial Estate Development (Asia).
From the Philippines, Agriya by Damosa
Land, Inc. was judged the clear winner of
the Best Residential Green Development
(Asia) title.
“The PropertyGuru Asia Property
Awards started 15 years ago with an aim
to, among others, create what’s next
and celebrate success – a programme
that provides a widely respected,
highly trusted platform to showcase
the achievements and innovations of
developers across Asia Pacific. It is truly
gratifying to see the programme persist
with engaging, immersive, and interactive
ways to broadcast the achievements of
developers in these extraordinary times
but also expand into exciting new markets
outside Southeast Asia in its 15 th year. We
are also proud that the awards continue
to inform residents of Asian countries of
more choices of high-quality real estate
– living up to our promise that everyone
should have a place to call home,” said
Hari V Krishnan, CEO of PropertyGuru
Group.
14 Jan-Feb 2021 | www.b-i.biz