The jury of business and retail real estate experts, chaired by Frédéric Laloum, Directeur Général Adjoint et Membre du Directoire, Altarea (France), has presented its list of finalists for the MAPIC Awards 2012.
This year the jury had more than double the usual number of projects to review. The categories have also expanded to seven this year from five last year, offering a better picture of both changes in the retail real estate market and the issues on the agenda in this 18th edition of MAPIC. The 'Best Retail Concept' category for example has been divided into two, one for fashion and footwear and the other for food and beverage as these are the two largest export sectors. In the same way, the new 'Best Multichannel Strategy' category is more in tune with the increasing role that digital commerce plays in the consumer market.
The finalists this year are:
Best fashion and footwear retail concept
• Adidas NEO (Germany)
• Finsbury (France)
• Orchestra (France)
Best food and beverage retail concept
• Coffea (France)
• EXKI (Belgium)
• H3 – New Hamburgology (Portugal)
Best high street retail real estate development
• City of Marseille – New shopping and cultural district (Marseille, France) Submitted by the city of Marseille
• ION Orchard (Singapore) Submitted by CapitaMalls Asia
• Santa Monica Place (Santa Monica, United States) Submitted by The Jerde Partnership
Best multichannel strategy
• FNAC (France)
• McDonald's (France)
• Sephora (France)
Best retail and leisure development
• Akbati Mall (Istanbul, Turkey) Submitted by Akis Real Estate Investment Trust
• Hyundai Department Store (Daegu City, South Korea) Submitted by RTKL
• Morocco Mall (Casablanca, Morocco) Submitted by Design International
Best retail global expansion
• Cold Stone Creamery (United States) Submitted by Kahala
• Debenhams (United Kingdom)
• LIST (Italy) Submitted by List Fashion Group S.p.A.
Most innovative shopping centre
• L'Atoll (Angers, France) Submitted by La Compagnie de Phalsbourg
• Roppenheim The Style Outlets (Roppenheim, France) Submitted by NEINVER France and MAB Development
• The Star Vista (Singapore) Submitted by CapitaMalls Asia
The jury is composed of experts from the retail real estate sector:
• President of the jury - Frédéric Laloum, Directeur Général Adjoint et Membre du Directoire, Altarea (France)
• Alain BOUTIGNY, Editor-in-Chief, Sites Commerciaux (France)
• Delphine DAUGE, Agency Director, Brandimage (France)
• Yann GUEN, Vice-President, Mayland Real Estate (Poland)
• Enis ÖNCÜOGLU, Managing Director - Architect, ÖNCÜOGLU+ACP Architecture (Turkey)
• Jacques SINKE, Director of International Retail, MAB Development Group (The Netherlands)
• John STRACHAN, Global Head of Retail, Cushman & Wakefield LLP (United Kingdom)
• Klaus STRIEBICH, Managing Director Leasing, ECE Projektmanagement (Germany)
The winners will be revealed during the MAPIC Awards Gala Dinner to be held on Thursday 15 November at the Martinez Hotel in Cannes. After the dinner, all MAPIC participants will join the winners for the traditional MAPIC Awards party.
Source: MAPIC
