2025 Awards how to enter
Extended entry deadline for 2025 Nominees 20 March
This year’s nominee candidates have been selected by members of the 2025 CEEQA Jury.
Nominees are invited to support the nomination by submitting an entry form to provide more information for the jury to assess. Candidates that don’t appear on the list but wish to enter the awards are welcome to do so.
Providing more detail to support the nomination gets you in front of some of the sector’s most esteemed and experienced leaders of the CEEQA Jury. Candidates short listed for an award as well as the eventual winners receive extensive market visibility to the jury and the market place. Make your nomination count.
About CEEQA
CEEQA is the main industry awards and flagship annual gathering for industry leaders in CEE & SEE commercial real estate. Established in the market place for more than 20 years, the awards recognise excellence in commercial real estate investment, development finance and consulting across 18 countries in Central & Eastern Europe and Southeast Europe, widely regarded as sector’s the most trusted measure of business achievement and market influence.
The awards are announced and presented at the annual CEEQA Gala in Warsaw. This year’s Gala takes place once again at the prestigious Wyscigi race course in Warsaw on Wednesday 21 May.
Find out more about the 2025 CEEQA Gala here
See who are the members of the 2025 CEEQA Jury here
Reserve you place at the 2025 CEEQA Gala here
How to enter
Entering the awards is free. Any building, company or industry professional from across the sector can enter the awards by submitting an entry form on the CEEQA website when entries open on 19 November.
Submitting an entry form provides the jury with accurate information to support the nomination and improves a candidate’s chances of success.
The short list of candidates following the first round of judging is published on 15 April. The winners are announced on 21 May at the 2025 CEEQA Gala in Warsaw.
2025 Awards itinerary
January Announcement of members of 2025 CEEQA Jury.
20 January Entries open
5 March Entries close
10 March Publication of 2025 long list of candidates including all nominees and entries.
15 April Announcement of 2025 Short List of candidates following the first round of judging.
20 May Jury Dinner and final voting round
21 May 20th annual CEEQA Gala
ENTRY FORMS
Full list of 2025 award categories
New award categories
SECTOR LEADERSHIP AWARD
The seventh award in this section is CEEQA’s garland annual award for an individual who has made a significant and durable contribution to the sector regionally and internationally. This award is given by the organiser in consultation with the jury, and is the only award announced before the Gala. It is not possible to enter this award category:
- Lifetime achievement in real estate The sector’s garland award for significant and durable contribution to the CEE & SEE real estate market place. Sponsor Generali Real Estate.
TRANSACTION AWARDS * new categories
Two new categories will be available to enter in 2025 once awards entry opens for investment transactions completed during the last calendar year up to and including 31st January 2024, in two categories:
BUILDING OF THE YEAR AWARDS
For business leadership and achievement in commercial real estate development during the last calendar year up to and including 31st January 2024, in five categories:
- Office development of the year sponsor Erste Group
- Retail development of the year sponsor Sentient
- Hotel & leisure development of the year
- Residential development of the year
- Mixed use development of the year sponsor Cushman & Wakefield
To register for this year’s awards and make a submission go here.
The winners and other highest placed entrants in each category from the above listed CEE and SEE markets in the first online scoring judging round are automatically put forward for voting in the following overall categories. It is not possible to enter these categories separately:
- Building of the year CEE sponsor White & Case
- Building of the year SEE
COMPANY OF THE YEAR AWARDS
For business leadership and achievement in commercial real estate investment during the 2024 calendar year up to and including 31st January, in nine categories:
- Developer of the year sponsor Helaba
- Industrial developer of the year
- Investor of the year sponsor Panattoni
- Lender of the year sponsor AFI Europe
- Legal & financial consulting firm of the year sponsor AFI Europe
- Property management company of the year
- Development services company of the year
- Construction company of the year
- Rising star company of the year sponsor pbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank
To register for this year’s awards and make a submission go here.
The winners in each category from the above listed are automatically put forward for voting by the CEEQA Gala audience in a live electronic vote to decide the winner in the following category. It is not possible to enter this category separately:
- Company of the year
AGENT OF THE YEAR AWARDS
For business leadership and achievement in commercial real estate agency during the 2024 calendar year up to and including 31st January, in three categories.
- Agent of the year sponsor CTP
- Capital markets agent of the year sponsor Penta Real Estate
- Local agent of the year
To register for this year’s awards and make a submission go here.
GRAND AWARDS
For overall market leadership including buildings, companies & people in five categories. The only category in this section for which entries can be submitted is for individual business performance during the 2024 calendar year up to and including 31st January:
To register for this year’s awards and make a submission go here.
ESG & GREEN LEADERSHIP AWARDS
Our revamped awards for technical and vision leadership in pursuing NetZero building and ESG compliant business in the CEE & SEE real estate market place, replacing our previous awards for Green Leadership in place since 2011.
We wish all award entrants the best of luck. Any companies wishing to explore commercial partnership with CEEQA 2025 please contact us.
Qualifying markets
The awards apply to all business activity and performance conducted within any or all of these listed country markets during the previous calendar year.
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