MIPIM AWARDS 2024 FINALISTS ANNOUNCED

MIPIM، the world’s largest international real estate event، announces the 40 finalists of the MIPIM Awards، a globally renowned real estate competition for completed or yet to be built projects around the world. 

The jury، chaired by François Trausch، Global CEO & CIO of PIMCO Prime Real Estate، consists of high-level experts، including:  

·        Aaron Block، Co-founder & Managing Partner، Metaprop، US

·        Guy Grainger، Global Head of Sustainability Services & ESG، JLL، UK

·        Hala El Akl، Senior Director of ESG & Operations، Oxford Properties، UK

·        Jani Nokkanen، Partner & CIO، Nrep، Finland

·        Kai-Uwe Bergmann، Partner، Bjarke Ingels Group، Denmark

·        Karim Habra، Head of Europe & Asia-Pacific، Ivanhoe Cambridge، France

·        Katarzyna Zawodna-Bijoch، President & CEO، CEE Region، Skanska Commercial Development Europe، Poland

·        Stéphanie Bensimon، Head of Real Estate، Ardian France، France

·        Tina Paillet، President، RICS، UK

·        Véronique Bedague، CEO، Nexity، France

MIPIM registered delegates votes

The winners will be selected by both the jury’s and MIPIM registered delegates’ votes، cast online and on site. In addition to the category winners، a ‘Special Jury Award’ will be awarded to the jury’s favorite project among all. The winners will be announced at the MIPIM Awards ceremony on the 14th of March at the Palais des Festivals، Cannes.

This year، the jury focused on projects that seek to enhance the built environment’s prospects، in line with ESG goals. The six key criteria are overall sustainability، integration of the project in its environment and community، quality of the user experience، economic contribution، originality of the concept، and architectural qualities.

The categories include: Best new development with the total surface area less than 150،000 sqm، Best new mega development of more than 150،000 sqm، Best cultural، sports and education project، Best hospitality، tourism and leisure project، Best conversion project، Best industrial & logistics project and others.

The finalists represent 20 countries، with France having the most shortlisted projects – a total of seven. United States is next with five projects، followed by Belgium and Denmark with three each، and Germany، Australia، Egypt، Italy، the Netherlands، and the United Kingdom with two projects each.

This year’s MIPIM Awards finalists include:

·        Grainhouse، a 91،000 sq ft former Victorian seed warehouse that was transformed into a prime office and retail scheme (UK)

·        Lyf one-north Singapore، a pioneering co-living development designed for socially inclusive urban living (Singapore)

·        Esbjerg Maritime Centre، an open-design project housing watersports clubs and training facilities by the harbour (Denmark)

·        E-Valley، a former Cambrai airbase set to become one of Europe’s largest carbon-conscious logistics parks (France)

·        Trojena Ski Village، a novel village typology consisting of low-density vertical buildings that preserve nature (Saudi Arabia)

·        Winthrop Centre، a 691-foot mixed-use tower at the site of a city-owned parking garage، developed in collaboration with MIT professors (USA).  

MIPIM Awards Jury Chairman، François Trausch، said:

“It’s been truly inspirational to review the 209 project proposals from 39 countries. This year the theme of transformation has been particularly strong. Reimagining existing buildings into new concepts which meet future needs is something that all of us in real estate should be inspired by.”

Earlier this year، MIPIM announced the first of its major speakers including Sanna Marin، the former Prime Minister of Finland، who will open MIPIM with a keynote speech.

Five stages

MIPIM 2024 will feature five stages، including a dedicated Road to Zero stage to accelerate the transformation of the built environment and decarbonisation of real estate. The Leaders’ Perspective Stage is focused on keynote speeches from those making waves in industry، while The Asset Class Stage looks into the main asset classes to gain insight into the direction of the market. The Geo Focus Stage examines specific local markets. The Make It Happen Stage will feature conversations about operational excellence and practical solutions to address current market issues.

This year، in partnership with Co-Liv، MIPIM will host ‘Housing Matters!'، a new half-day summit focused on sustainable housing solutions including single-family housing، student accommodation، build-to-rent (BTR)، later-living، and other innovative models. The Housing Matters! event takes place on Monday 11 March.

MIPIM takes place on 12-15 March in Cannes، France. MIPIM 2024 promises to build upon the huge success of the 2023 edition، with confirmed delegations from over 90 countries and the majority of exhibition spaces already sold out.