Thank you to all our readers for the enormous response to the Deal of the Decade Awards - celebrating a decade of real estate excellence.
An expert jury has selected 10 Winners that they consider to be the most innovative and groundbreaking deals from each of the 10 categories. The top 3 in each category will receive their award at the Gala Awards Dinner on the 26th April.
Now it is your turn to decide which of the winners from each category should be the overall winner and receive the coveted award of Deal of the Decade.
The Reader’s Vote closes on the 14th April and the winners will be announced at the special Gala Awards in London on the 26th April.
Voting is open to all readers of PropertyEU and every reader will get one vote. Make your choice from the 10 Deal of The Decade category winners and make sure your vote counts!
year:2007
buyer: Metrovacesa/Qatar Investment Authority
seller: HSBC
price: €1600 mln
Advisors: CBRE, JLL, Colliers International, GM Real Estate, JP Morgan Asset Management
“when it comes to transacting it is all about ‘timing, timing and timing’. HSBC timed their transactions to near perfection”
year:2011
buyer: Norges Bank Investment Management
seller: Crown Estate
price: £452 mln
Advisors: CBRE, JLL, Herbert Smith, SJ Berwin
“The deal has innovative characteristics, size and complexity, clearly a game changer for the broader European real estate industry”
year:2012
buyer: NBIM/Prologis
seller: Prologis
price: €2400 mln
“Transformational for Prologis and Norges and genuinely game-changing for the sector as the 'floodgate opener' of major SWF interest in the EMEA Industrial & Logistic sector”
year:2012
buyer: Patrizia
seller: Landesbank Baden-Württemberg
price: €1400 mln
“Great return, great volume, but also very historical deal, first club deal in very strong market, pushing the existing boundaries”
year: 2007
buyer: MSREF, IVG
seller: Union Investment Real Estate
price: €2490 mln
Advisors: Atis Real, Latham Watkins
“This transaction led by example in its time in terms of size and significance to all the parties concerned as well as to the market as a whole”
year: 2015
buyer: Allianz Real Estate entered a co-investment joint venture with Hammerson plc
seller: National Asset Management Agency (NAMA)
Advisors: Herbert Smith, Lazard, KPMG, CBRE, JLL, Savills, Clifford Chance , PwC, William Fry
“Transformational and a game changer as Allianz ventured into the NPL sector for the first time”
year: 2016
buyer: Redefine Properties / EPP
seller: Griffin Real Estate / Echo Investment
price: €1500 mln
Advisors: JLL, UBS Bank, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, Kochański Zięba & Partners, EY, Linklaters, Gleeds, Hill, WSP , CBRE, Pinsent Masons
“This breakthrough deal on the important Polish market was a very important transaction for the asset class and regional market”
year: 2015
buyer: SP Setia, Sime Darby and EPF
seller: Ernst and Young (administrators)
price: £400 mln
Advisors: JLL, Knight Frank
“A fantastic architectual and technical project, creating a landmark building in combination with a tremendous brokerage performance”
year: 2015
buyer: Merlin
seller: Sacyr
price: €4200 mln
Advisor: CBRE (Madrid)
“The speed and magnitude of the transaction make this deal unique”
year: 2010
buyer: Orion Capital Managers
seller: Copcisa
price: €48 mln
Advisor: Cushman & Wakefield
“The acquisition marked the beginning of one of the UK private equity firm’s most successful investments in Europe”
year: 2007
buyer: Unibail
seller: Rodamco Europe
price: €11000 mln
Advisors: Goldman Sachs International, UBS Investment Bank, Clifford Chance, Loyens & Loeff, Jones Day, Morgan Stanley & Co, ABN AMRO Corporate Finance, Perella Weinberg Partners, NautaDutilh, CMS
“The merger between Unibail and Rodamco created a retail giant with a truly pan-European scale and ushered in a new era of consolidation in Europe's listed real estate sector”