PRIDE OF THE NORTH WEST p45-47 Property Awards Preview.indd 45 05/05/2016 12:31 p45-47 Property Awards Preview.indd 46 05/05/2016 12:31 NORTH WEST PROPERTY AWARDS 2016 PREVIEW SPONSORED BY A RECORD-BREAKING YEAR FOR REGIONAL PROPERTY Capita Real Estate ver the next pages, Insider before. Two separate pre-judging chosen after Insider spoke to is taking a look at the sessions were held with a series more than 50 property experts. Oschemes, professionals of industry experts giving their More than one company may and developers from across verdicts. No votes were cast but have been involved in the same the region in the running to win their comments were fed into the deal. In the main, the company at our prestigious North West official judging process. named in the shortlist submitted Property Awards 2016. A record number of entries the entry. With 15 hard-fought catego- highlighted the strength of the So here is the shortlist and ries, plus the coveted Property property industry across the re- well done to all those who have Personality of the Year, the gion – a strength that continues made it! The winners will be ceremony is a sell-out event to build in all sectors. The judges announced at a dinner at Man- attracting an audience of more were left with tough decisions in chester Central on Thursday 12 than 1,000 guests. all the categories and the debate May – the same day as Insider’s The judging process for this was lively and vigorous. annual Business of Property year’s record-breaking Insider The only award not picked by Conference. Property Awards was stronger the judges was the Property Per- The official Twitter hashtag for and more rigorous than ever sonality of the Year, which was the event is #insiderNWprop Meet the judges DRINKS RECEPTION SPONSORED BY ANDREW PHILIP NELL DARREN DEBORAH STEVE PARK JOHN ATKINS KAREN HIRST DICKMAN fund director, JONES MCLAUGHLIN managing managing development director, Hermes director of executive director, director, director, DB Symmetry Investment economic director, Warrington Atkins regeneration, development, North West, & Co Property Salford City NETWORKING BOOKLET Oldham Homes and Council SPONSORED BY Council Communities Agency p45-47 Property Awards Preview.indd 47 05/05/2016 12:31 working with people designing buildings creating places www.buttress.net @buttressarch www.linkedin.com/company/buttressarchitects architecture | heritage | urbanism advert2.indd 8 14/04/2016 15:57:12 p48-63 NEW Property Awards Preview.indd 48 05/05/2016 12:32 ARCHITECTURE PRACTICE OF THE YEAR SHORTLIST Architecture practices on commercial projects have made big contributions to developments in terms of design, deliverability and control of costs 5PLUS AEW Pozzoni’s Citygate Court, Manchester BUTTRESS ARCHITECTS FALCONER CHESTER HALL FLETCHER-RAE LEACH RHODES WALKER POZZONI SHEPPARD ROBSON uality designs are is also working on the ambi- urban square, which it fronts, and coming off the drawing tious Bridge Street mixed-use responds to both in its design Qboards of the region’s ar- regeneration vision to transform and planning. chitects as they continually raise Warrington town centre. The scheme references its the bar and deliver impressive Successful housing projects context and the high-quality buildings with a wow factor. were also well represented in development sits comfortably The breadth of work on display the portfolios of stand-out work within and enhances the her- impressed the judges – with by shortlisted practices. These itage of the conservation area; showcase projects across the included Leach Rhodes Walkers’ strengthening the urban setting working with people North West. And it’s not just tall Clippers Quay in Salford, a pri- of the church and establishing buildings attracting attention. vate rented scheme creating the residential community. designing buildings In retail and leisure they “a new location and destination.” The work of 5plus in the resi- include 5plus’s vision for Man- Buttress Architects’ striking dential sector also included Cir- creating places chester Corn Exchange, which Timekeepers Square is a new cle Square – its team designed SPONSORED BY has reconnected this heritage development of 36 two, three the residential capacity study asset back to the city, as well as and four-bedroom houses on that supported Bruntwood’s Leach Rhodes Walker’s striking a central site in Salford for the acquisition of the former BBC and bold “next generation” of English Cities Fund. The site is site in Manchester – and 10-12 www.buttress.net retail parks at Handforth Dean adjacent to the neoclassical St Whitworth Street, high-quality, @buttressarch in Cheshire East. The practice Philips Church and the Georgian deliverable accommodation www.linkedin.com/company/buttressarchitects architecture | heritage | urbanism advert2.indd 8 14/04/2016 15:57:12 p48-63 NEW Property Awards Preview.indd 49 05/05/2016 12:32 We are delighted to be shortlisted for Architects delivered within the Wirral Waters Enterprise Practice of the Year for Insider’s Property Awards. Zone, Birkenhead. Double Tree Hotel by Hilton, a Congratulations and good luck 4* luxury boutique hotel in the heart of Liverpool’s to everyone nominated for an award this year. business district. The Listed Heaps Mill complex at southern Liverpool Docks, a PRS development Falconer Chester Hall is an award-winning of 800 homes and 12,000 sq ft of leisure and retail architectural and interiors practice with an units, ranged around a new public space called international reputation. We have offices in Baltic Square for Inhabit. Liverpool, London and Kuala Lumpur, and will be opening in Manchester soon. Our projects Working with Moda Living to design an exciting new include: The 50,000 sq ft Tower Wharf commercial residential development, Princes Reach, as part of office building. The first development to be the regeneration of Princes Dock, Liverpool. Liverpool London Kuala Lumpur T. +44 (0)151 243 5800 T. +44 (0)203 137 7393 T. +(0)603 2698 1181 www.fcharchitects.com p48-63 NEW Property Awards Preview.indd 50 05/05/2016 12:32 targeted at the private rental Buttress Architects’ Timekeepers Square market. The industrial and logistics sector was well represented, showcasing the versatility of architecture practices in the North West. Fletcher-Rae’s work on the £80m relocation of clothing and homewares retailer Matalan to the former Petrolite site at Know- sley – a 135,000 sq ft headquar- ters plus a logistics facility of more than 600,000 sq ft – was among the stand-out projects. So, too, was its work on Peel’s Pozzoni removed the front appearance of the streetscape, Port Salford project – a £16m façade of the Mosley Street and internally glazed elevations logistics facility for Cullina with its office in its entirety, stripping flood the building with light. bold external cladding. the building back to its original Falconer Chester Hall’s strong Office designs that caught the structure. portfolio of work on Merseyside eye included Pozzoni’s Citygate A new façade was construct- also caught the eye, not least Court development in Manchester ed with floor-to-ceiling glazing, its designs for the £8.6m We are delighted to be shortlisted for Architects delivered within the Wirral Waters Enterprise – its contemporary design trans- minimalist clean lines and a Tower Wharf commercial office Practice of the Year for Insider’s Property Awards. Zone, Birkenhead. Double Tree Hotel by Hilton, a forming a 36-year-old address feature frame to the two top development, which is the first Congratulations and good luck 4* luxury boutique hotel in the heart of Liverpool’s and bringing it back to life as storeys. The improvements have building within the Wirral Waters to everyone nominated for an award this year. business district. The Listed Heaps Mill complex dynamic office building. dramatically changed the enterprise zone. at southern Liverpool Docks, a PRS development Falconer Chester Hall is an award-winning of 800 homes and 12,000 sq ft of leisure and retail architectural and interiors practice with an units, ranged around a new public space called international reputation. We have offices in Baltic Square for Inhabit. Liverpool, London and Kuala Lumpur, and will be opening in Manchester soon. Our projects Working with Moda Living to design an exciting new www.lrw.co.uk GRAINGER TRUST/AMSTONE VENTURES MAG PROPERTY ACCOR CPG include: The 50,000 sq ft Tower Wharf commercial residential development, Princes Reach, as part of 614 PRS APARTMENTS, SALFORD – ON SITE AIRPORT CITY 350 BED HOTEL CANARY WHARF, 38 STOREY 220,000 SQ FT NEW RETAIL PARK, office building. The first development to be the regeneration of Princes Dock, Liverpool. PLANNING APPROVED NOVOTEL – ON SITE HANDFORTH – ON SITE Multi-award winning North West based Architectural practice Specialists in: Architecture Hotels Student Residential Masterplanning Masterplanning Retail Airports Industrial Interior Design Offices Leisure Public Sector 3D/Graphics Residential MSCP’s Implementation MUSE DEVELOPMENTS £70M TOWN CENTRE REGENERATION ON SITE Liverpool London Kuala Lumpur T. +44 (0)151 243 5800 T. +44 (0)203 137 7393 T. +(0)603 2698 1181 www.fcharchitects.com p48-63 NEW Property Awards Preview.indd 51 05/05/2016 12:32 Expert providers in alternative funding. Shortlisted for Property Funding Team of the Year at this year’s Insider NW Property Awards. Let us work for you and your clients throughout 2016. togethermoney.com For professional use only. Together is a trading style of each of the undernoted companies, which have their registered oce address at Lake View, Lakeside, Cheadle, Cheshire SK8 3GW. 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