Today (Wednesday 18th May) winners were announced for the inaugural UKREiiF Awards – which celebrates the best in class within the UK’s real estate, property, investment and infrastructure sectors.

The Judging Panel had previously whittled down the list of nominations to between 2 and 4 potential winners. The panel consists of major influencers in the industry such as Lord Bob Kerslake, Thames Estuary Envoy Kate Willard and L&G’s Investment Director Pete Gladwell.

The winners were as follows…

UKREiiF Personality of the Year

  • Tim Heatley – Co-Founder @ Capital and Centric

UKREiiF Public Sector Pioneer of the Year

  • Peter George – Director of Development @ Enfield Council

UKREiiF Rising Star of the Year

  • Pooja Godhania – Project Manager @ John Sisk and Son

Developer of the Year

  • Capital and Centric

Contractor of the Year

  • McLaren Construction

Occupier of the Year

  • Lidl

Consultancy of the Year

  • Lichfields

Legal Practice of the Year

  • Shoosmiths

Social Value Creator of the Year

  • Wesley Ankrah – Director of Social Value and Community Investment @ Dominvs Group

Social Value Company of the Year

  • Buttress

Net Zero Hero of the Year

  • Alasdair Donn – Head of Building Performance @ Willmott Dixon

Net Zero Place of the Year

  • Bristol

Real Estate Visionary of the Year

  • Mark Williams – Director @ RivingtonHark

Real Estate Project of the Year

  • Dominvs Group – Gaia’s Garden, London

Infrastructure Project of the Year

  • E.ON – Citigen Decarbonisation Project

Speaking of the winners, Chief Executive of UKREiiF Keith Griffiths added: “We were incredibly surprised by the high number of quality submissions for these Awards and it was really difficult to cut these down to the shortlist and then the eventual winners. I must thank the Advisory Group for their involvement in helping to select the winners, and congratulations to all of those both shortlisted and winners.”