Thailand Property Awards 2012 Winners Announced

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Thailand Property Awards 2012 Winners Announced

Winners of the Thailand Property Awards 2012

BANGKOK: -- The Thailand Property Awards 2012 winners were revealed last night at a gala dinner event at Dusit Thani Hotel, Bangkok.

Nearly 500 guests from all around Thailand were in attendance to congratulate the winners and highly commended companies in 36 award categories including developer, development, real estate service, architecture and interior design, plus a publisher’s choice award, the ‘Property Report Real Estate Personality of the Year’ award that went to Khun Tipaporn Chearavanont of Magnolia Quality Development Corporation.

The VIP guest of the event was Khun Korn Chatikavanij, deputy leader of the Democrat Party, who in his witty but thought-provoking keynote speech assured the stability and global economic viability supporting the real estate industry. “As developers, you should be comfortable in the knowledge that the two main political parties are aligned in their policies regarding the property sector. The property sector is important for the economy as well as for the dreams of the Thai public to own properties,” he said.

“Over 1,400 nominations where received and from those over 300 entries,” said Terry Blackburn, CEO of Ensign Media, the organisers of the awards. “The evening was a huge success and it was good to see so many major players in Thai real estate in attendance. I was particularly pleased to see two of the most successful woman in Thai property, Wallapa Traisorat and Tipaporn Chearavanont receive awards in what is traditionally a male dominated industry.”

Commenting on the overall winners in the ‘Best Villa Development Thailand’ and ‘Best Condo Development Thailand’ categories respectively, Blackburn said: “The Banyan Tree’s win is a very positive sign of how big brands can get it right in the Phuket market and the success of The River shows that very ambitious projects that take a long time to complete are well worth persevering with. The River is clearly up there with the best in Asia and thoroughly deserves its two big wins here tonight.”

The winners of the Thailand Property Awards 2012 are:

DEVELOPER AWARDS

1. Best Developer

Charn Issara Development PLC

2. Best Boutique Developer

Kalara Developments

DEVELOPMENT AWARDS

3. Best Commercial Development Thailand

Asiatique The Riverfront

4. Best Housing Development (Bangkok)

Perfect Masterpiece Rattanatibett

5. Best Luxury Condo Development (Bangkok)

The River

6. Best Affordable Condo Development (Bangkok)

Hyde Sukhumvit

7. Best Affordable Condo Development (Resort)

CODE Samui

8. Best Boutique Condo Development (Eastern Seaboard)

South Beach, Beach Properties Thailand Co., Ltd.

9. Best Boutique Condo Development (Phuket)

Bluepoint Condos

10. Best Villa Development (Phuket)

Banyan Tree Residences

11. Best Villa Development (Eastern Seaboard)

Siam Royal View Marina

12. Best Residential Development (Samui)

CODE Samui

13. Best Residential Development (Hua Hin)

The Orchid Palm Residence

14. Best Residential Development (Chiang Mai)

Jirung Residences

15. Best Condo Development (Phuket)

The Nchantra @ Sirey Beach

16. Best Condo Development (Eastern Seaboard)

The Cliff Residence Pattaya

17. Best Shared Ownership Development

Anantara Vacation Club Phuket Mai Khao

REAL ESTATE SERVICES

18. Best Residential Agent (Bangkok)

CB Richard Ellis (Thailand) Co., Ltd.

19. Best Residential Agent (Phuket)

CB Richard Ellis (Thailand) Co., Ltd.

20. Best Residential Agent (Eastern Seaboard)

C.I.T. Property Consultants Co., Ltd. (Colliers International Thailand)

21. Best Residential Agent (Hua Hin)

C.I.T. Property Consultants Co., Ltd. (Colliers International Thailand)

22. Best Residential Agent (Samui)

Kalara Developments

23. Best Independent Agent

Kalara Developments

24. Best Commercial Agent

Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels

25. Best Property Management Company

Jones Lang LaSalle

26. Best Property Consultancy

C.I.T. Property Consultants Co., Ltd. (Colliers International Thailand)

27. Best Overseas Property Agent

Savills (Thailand) Ltd.

28. BEST AGENCY DEAL

Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels for the sale of Mövenpick Resort and Spa Karon Beach Phuket

ARCHITECTURE/INTERIOR DESIGN AWARDS

29. Best Residential Architectural Design

Brennan Beer Gorman Architects (BBG), New York for The Residences at The St.Regis Bangkok

30. Best Commercial Architectural Design

Contour Company Limited for Rain Hill

31. Best Landscape Architectural Design

Bunnag Architects Int’l Consultants Co., Ltd. for Residences at Four Seasons Resort, Chiangmai

32. Best Hotel Architectural Design

Department of Architecture Co., Ltd. for Hilton Pattaya

33. Best Residential Interior Design

Kalara Developments for CODE

34. BEST VILLA DEVELOPMENT THAILAND

Banyan Tree Residences Phuket

35. BEST CONDO DEVELOPMENT THAILAND

The River

PUBLISHER’S CHOICE

36. Property Report Real Estate Personality of the Year

Khun Tipaporn Chearavanont, chief executive officer, Magnolia Quality Development Corporation

-- property-report.com 2012-10-14

[KhunMoo]

Nice evening - but Dusit really seen better days! Both the Bangkok and the Pattaya branch needs a makeover...

And is it just me looking too deep into the glass or was there more awards? I can't see a certain guy, from my table, who received an award?!?

[Thai at Heart]

Sounds like a bit of a democrat, Tatler, amart love in.

[Rooo]

Who determines who gets what? It's a joke in particular one in Samui.

[Ferangled]

No mention of former winners currently being investigated for illegal encroachment of national park land I see... I guess that would be a pretty damning statement on the Thai property market. Particularly the the way the foreign property owners stand to lose everything but seemingly the corrupt land officials that issued the chanotes are above the law.

Strange that these chanotes were issued under a Democrat Government, in predominantly loyal Democrat constituencies given the impression one gets on here that only the current Government are capable of corrupt antics... indeed it's only under the current administration that these corrupt land deals are coming to light.

[TruthEyes]

What about publishing a list of the perceived worst Property organisations