We are searching for a game-changing company that has stood the test of time, yet continued to pioneer in its area of expertise. This can include companies who have merged, rebranded and who have been active in the market for 25 years and longer. They demonstrate an indomitable spirit, passion to succeed and continuous improvement. This category is open to property companies, developers, agents and investors.

Do you have a dedicated alternative investments team that deals with some or more of the following alternative asset classes: student housing, PRS, retirement living, healthcare, hotels, self -storage, data centres, automotive, education and renewables? Have you achieved something in the past 12 months that has really moved the dial in this discipline? Are you blazing a trail that others are following? Then we want to hear from you.  This category is open to all property investment teams, including agents.

Has your firm pulled off a ground-breaking property deal that has really stood out or moved the dial in the past year? Then we want to hear from you. To qualify the deal has to have completed within the past year. It does not have to be the biggest transaction, but it does have to be the best – whether it is a merger or acquisition of another company or an innovative joint venture we want to hear from you

Are you the standout developer of the past year? Have developed landmark schemes, pulled off ground-breaking deals, embarked on innovative joint ventures or pioneered new ideas that have changed the face of property development in the UK? Have you raised the bar architecturally or developed a scheme that has helped regenerate an area? Then we want to hear from you. We are looking to reward achievements specifically of the past year – ie. the period between November 2018 and November 2019.

This award is aimed at firms or individuals that have demonstrated significant business or financial flair, vision or innovation in any field of UK commercial property during the judging period of November 2018 to November 2019. Have you been brave enough to take risks where others have rested on their laurels? Have you done something particularly different or innovative? Have you been an early mover in an area or sector that no-one else saw the potential of? Then we want to hear from you.

This award is aimed at companies who manage national or international property funds but are themselves based in the UK. We’re looking for someone who stands out from the crowd because they’re doing something particularly audacious or different – boldly investing in a new or emerging property sector, targeting new regions or achieving demonstrable success in a sector or region others have not. Have you outperformed your competitors, delivered or over-delivered on what you promised investors or spotted trends ahead of the market? Do you have a strong and growing investor following? We want to hear from you.

This category is aimed at agencies – large or small – that provide leasing, sales, funding, site acquisition and investment sales (ie. pre-let sales) advice to the industrial property sector. It is open to commercial agents only and the entry should include financial information relating to the number of transactions, area of space transacted, transactional fee income, consultancy fee income repeat business and income per full-time fee earner. This is not an award for the biggest agency in this sector or the agency that does the most, it is an award for the best in perhaps some rather than all of these areas, so if you run a niche agency or are only focused on one region, this should not preclude you from entering.

This category is aimed at agencies that provide investment and acquisition advice to the property industry. It is open to commercial agents only and the entry should include financial information relating to total transactional value, transactional fee income, number of fee earners and income per full-time fee earner.

This award in honour of the late, great Irvine Sellar will celebrate an individual or company that has shaken up the market with a truly groundbreaking project or initiative over the past 12 months‎. Have you pulled off a deal or secured a planning permission that no-one thought was possible - and that no-one else could? Have you disrupted the market with a new initiative, model or scheme that has been truly transformative, a game changer? Are you an outlier who does things differently and brilliantly? We want to hear from you.

This category is open to specialist or small regional agencies that have had an outstanding year advising the property industry in their field. The firm can be an investment or leasing agency, a consultancy or all three. The category is open to commercial agents only and the entry should include financial information relating to the number of transactions, area of space transacted or investment deals transacted, transactional fee income, consultancy fee income, repeat business and income per full-time fee earner.

Entry in this category does not preclude firms from also entering sector-specific categories (eg. Office Agency Team of the Year or Industrial Agency Team of the Year).

This category is open to companies (not people) that have launched within the last three years or moved into a new sector in the last three years (November 2016 to November 2019). We’re looking for the rising stars of the property industry, whether you are in development, investment, agency or fund management.

This category is open to occupiers (office, industrial or retail) that have done something particularly innovative property-wise over the past 12 months. Has your business embarked on an ambitious expansion programme? Have you pulled off a major or an unusual property deal? Have you come up with an innovative new format or design? Have you shaken up your logistics network? Have you given yourself a competitive advantage by changing the way you manage your property? Have you adapted your physical estate to meet the online challenge? Have you done anything impressive technology-wise with your buildings? We want to hear from you.

This category is aimed at agencies providing leasing and sales and acquisition advice to the office property sector. It is open to commercial agents only and entries should include financial information relating to the number of transactions, area of space transacted, transactional fee income, consultancy fee income, repeat business and income per full-time fee earner.

This category is aimed at specialist property consultants (or departments of larger agency firms) that provide one or more of the following: valuation, rating, rent review and property/land and estate management. It is also open to building surveyors, firms that provide planning/development or environmental advice and practices that are strong in arbitration, claims, expert witness or legal services. It is not open to facilities management companies or other property advisers.

These are property companies that are proactively using technology to disrupt the property sector. Putting technology at the heart of what they are doing, they range from online portals and estate agents through property data companies to those using cutting-edge technology that is transforming the way the industry operates. Many, but not all, will be start-ups. Some might be occupiers. They will all be entrepreneurs and disruptors who have moved the dial in the past year. Innovation is the key criterion – what everyone on the shortlist will have in common is that they have done something particularly innovative or game-changing in the past 12 months – but only those who have made significant progress in terms of progressing from the drawing board to implementation stage will be in serious contention for the overall prize.

This category is aimed at agencies providing, leasing and sales or acquisition advice to the retail, leisure and/or hotel property sector. It is open to commercial agents only and the entry should include financial information relating to the number of transactions area of space transacted, transactional fee income, consultancy fee income, repeat business and income per full-time fee earner.

Social impact has been one of the breakthrough issues of the past year. Property Week was first to explore how to improve the property industry's social impact at a spotlight event with LGIM in February. With Newcore Capital, we recently launched the Pro Bono Challenge, calling on the industry to commit to undertaking a project that benefits the community and generates limited or zero commercial returns. Now, with this new for 2020 award, we want to celebrate the best social impact projects and initiatives of the past year and celebrate excellence in this emerging field. We are looking for a company or individual that has completed or committed to a ground-breaking social impact scheme, project or initiative in the past 12 months.

This category aims to reward commercial or mixed use developments that have regenerated or physically improved the built environment on and around a particular site, disused building or location. The award is aimed primarily at private-sector projects, including mixed-use but NOT pure residential. These projects might have bought land, buildings or localities back into sustainable economic use or created a built environment that changes the perception or use of a location. Schemes must have been fully or substantially completed by November 2019. Projects or initiatives still at the planning stage are not eligible.

This award is aimed specifically at property companies (active in development and/or investment) that have made a particular impact on the property industry during the judging period of November 2018 to November 2019. Have you made an important strategic change in the past year or one that came to fruition in the past year? Have you been involved in a landmark deal that has really raised the bar? Have you been involved in the innovative structuring, funding or partnering initiatives? Have you delivered real shareholder value or made a positive contribution to the industry or built environment? Then we want to hear from you.

We are looking for the stars of the future, the individuals who show the sort of entrepreneurialism, tenacity and vision to really steer the industry in years to come.

You can hail from any part of the industry – be it a property company, a proptech company, the agency world, law… if you eat, drink and sleep property and lead where others follow, we want to hear from you. Please note to be eligible you need to be under 40.

We are looking for an exemplar building, project or initiative that has raised the bar in terms of the wellbeing of its occupiers as we well as its sustainability or environmental impact in the past year. Has your building achieved a WELL certification and/or best-in-class environmental accreditation standard rating (eg. BREEAM, LEED, SKA)? Have you done something innovative that has reduced the resources (energy, water, materials) your buildings use? Has your scheme had a significant social or impact, driven efficiencies/cost savings or improved the user experience? If you are a developer, occupier, investor or consultant that has worked on something truly ground-breaking, we want to hear from you.

In your submission detailing why you deserve to win this award, you will need to demonstrate evidence of some or all of the following: