Australian singer-songwriter Natalie Imbruglia will join us this year to entertain gala guests performing her biggest hits including her 1997 smash debut “Torn” considered one of the most-played songs of the 21st century. A memorable occasion not to be missed!

This year’s edition of the CEE real estate sector’s man industry awards and flagship annual gathering will recognise best-in-class buildings, companies and real estate people of the year in the Central & Eastern Europe market place. The awards are free to enter for the most prestigious industry recognition in CEE real estate. Find out more

The CEEQA awards benefit from extensive market knowledge and experience of our jury members, an influential group of respected, high profile industry leaders central to the market value and prestige of the awards. See who this year’s CEEQA Jury members are

How does the future look for Ukraine and other market headwinds in CEE real estate? Sit back and enjoy our market insight and a preview of this year’s CEEQA Gala

Star Capital Finance, Crestyl, Zeitgeist Asset Management, AFI Europe, Archicom and Cushman & Wakefield were dominant in the awards at the 2025 edition of CEEQA with Kasparov, Polgar and company spearheading a chess theme at the event. Read all about it!

Picking up the Portfolio deal of the year award for its acquisition of the Cromwell portfolio, the Czech investor also lifted the Rising star company award and was named overall Company of the year

A hat trick of awards for overall Agent of the year, Capital markets agent of the year and Property management company of the year positioned the company as the leading real estate advisor of the sector for the second year in succession

Polish agency continues it’s proprietorship of the award for the best agency operating in a single country market across 18 countries CEE & SEE

Hungarian developer and investor ‘s deputy CEO Sass elected as the sector’s Rising star industry professional while legal eagle Stankiewicz named Industry professional of the year

Developer giant Panattoni continued its domination of the award taking home the Industrial developer of the award for the eighth time in 10 years

“Putin is at war with Europe, Ukraine must win, which means Russia must be defeated. Either Putin succeeds, or he has to be destroyed,” declares political commentator and former world chess champion Garry Kasparov at the 2025 CEEQA Live Connect meeting at the Bristol  Hotel Warsaw 20 May

One of the sector’s increasingly dominant developers scored two big wins at this year’s Gala with the Developer of the year award and award for Building of the year Southeast Europe for its residential sky scraper in Belgrade

Polish developer Archicom’s vibrant restoration of the former Browary Piastowski in Wroclaw, Poland crowned Mixed-use development of the year as well as overall Building of the year Central & Eastern Europe

Region wide development services consultancy make it a hat trick of wins

Austrian bank Erste Group were rewarded for strong presence and performance across the CEE and SEE region

Creator and leader of one of Europe’s dominant industrial and logistics developers was presented with CEEQA’s most prestigious award at this year’s Gala

Across three rounds of judging including a live meeting the night preceding the Gala the 43 strong CEEQA Jury whittled down more than 600 candidates to 27 award winners

Crestyl named ESG Champion company as its developments Palace Savarin (Retail development of the year) and Hagibor Gamma Residence (Residential development of the year) both picked up awards

Dominant Austrian contractor takes home Construction company of the year award for the 13 time in 20 editions of CEEQA

Czech investor’s Prague development crowned Office development of the year as well as overall ESG Champion building

International law firm Dentons returned to the winner’s rostrum this year to pick up the Legal & financial services firm of the year statue

It’s that time of year again – the best buildings, companies, transactions and people of the past calendar year decided by the CEEQA Jury make up this year’s short list. Check to see who’s on it, we look forward to seeing you at the Gala!

How does the future look for Ukraine and other market headwinds in CEE real estate? Sit back and enjoy our market insight and a preview of this year’s CEEQA Gala

We’re privileged to have the opportunity to work with a panel of esteemed leaders and experts in CEE & SEE commercial real estate to judge the 2025 edition of the CEEQA Awards. Who are they?

This year’s gala guest stars, the two widely recognised greatest-of-all-time male and female chess grandmasters, know a thing or two about strategy, tactics and the pursuit of excellence

We’re pleased to present this year’s long list of nominee candidates for the best buildings, companies and people of the year in CEE & SEE real estate voted by the 2025 CEEQA Jury

This year’s standout projects, companies and industry professionals in CEE & SEE real estate were revealed to a packed house at Wyscigi in Warsaw for the 2024 edition of the CEEQA Gala with close to 600 leaders and luminaries of the sector’s most influential companies attending the event. View the full roster of winners

We’re delighted to present our annual CEEQA special report ahead of the 2024 CEEQA Gala published in partnership with Warsaw Business Journal with contributions by our lead partner PwC

The CEEQA Jury includes 36 of the most influential CEOs, managing directors and senior managers of market leading companies in CEE & SEE real estate investment. See who this year’s decision makers are

Guests star UK chart-topping band led the gala entertainment highlights deep into the night

Mixed use development of the year awarded to Bratislava project by JTRE

More than 600 guests celebrated the year’s success stories and partied deep into the night. Were you there?

Project wins Office development of the year and overall Building of the year CEE categories

International commercial real estate agency picks up a hat trick of awards for Agent of the year, Capital markets agent of the year and Property management company of the year. Polish agency AXI Immo Group named Local agent of the year

Project wins the Retail development of the year category

Leader of Panattoni in Europe, UK, Middle East and India receives 2024 Lifetime Achievement in Real Estate award at CEEQA Gala

Developer Trigema’s residential scheme in Prague scoops the award for Residential development of the year

Despite harshly challenging building conditions in Ukraine four new build projects made this year’s Short List with Budhouse Group’s Kyiv project Linden Luxury Residences triumphant in the overall Building of the Year Southeast Europe category

Prior to the final judging meeting and dinner of the jury leaders from the Ukraine real estate market and CEE markets met to discuss situations, consequences and solutions during and post the ongoing war

Boutique logistics developer collects the award for the sector’s brightest rising star

New head of CEE for Savills named Industry professional of the year and 7r’s Magdalena Uler-Kleczek named Rising star industry professional

Industrial powerhouse lifts statues for Developer of the year and Investor of the year

Refurbishment project in Warsaw by Syrena Real Estate and Pinebridge Benson Elliot recognised for outstanding sustainability credentials

Landmark hotel in Ukraine’s second city devastated by missile strike earn’s special award recognition presented by online connection to hotel director Olga Sokolenko

Strong performers receive accolades and praise in the market place

Panattoni continued its march in the sector and beyond with the awards for industrial developer and overall Company of the year

Prize goes to W Budapest Drechsler Palace hotel by DVM Group

Another exceptional year for the industry and for the guests of the 2023 CEEQA Gala as it happened

Night of successes and success stories at 2023 CEEQA Gala

Two malls go to war, Putin’s aggression upended as two of Ukraine’s dominant malls brought back to full operation just one year after destructive bombings are honoured with special CEEQA Resilience awards at CEEQA23

Ukraine Deputy Minister of Economy shares insights, plus report on visit to war torn cities Kyiv and Kharkiv to personally present 2023 Resilience awards to restored RETROVILLE and NIKOLSKY shopping and entertainment centres following devastating bombings in 2022, what’s next for Ukraine real estate?

After collecting Developer of the year and Industrial developer of the year for Panattoni, Robert Dobrzycki is crowned Industry professional of the year

Decision makers make the tough calls for CEEQA23 recognitions

Co-founder of Penta Investments Marek Dospiva to be honoured at this year’s CEEQA Gala joining a select band of real estate leaders and entrepreneurial empire builders

M People’s voice and soul, Heather Small, lit up the 2023 CEEQA Gala as she wheeled through her biggest hits including Movin’ On Up, Search For a Hero, One Night in Heaven and the jubilant crowd danced late into the night.

Our longstanding awards for Green Leadership have been refurbished as the new ESG Champion Awards for companies and buildings.

All the short listed nominees in 21 categories for this year’s industry awards for commercial real estate investment in Central & Eastern Europe and and Southeast Europe

Hadley Dean and Jonathan Hallett in the limelight as CTP,  Ghelamco, Penta, Portland Trust, Cushman & Wakefield and Skanska shared the spoils,and Gloria Gaynor celebrates CEEQA survival and revival with 650+ crowd at “Happiness Gala”

Award winners and all the fun of the fair.

There’s only one gala…

What a night! We’re happy to announce the 2022 CEEQA Winners. Congratulations to all winners and short listed nominees

Making magic and happiness have always been the DNA of CEEQA, and of the CEE/SEE property sector and last night’s Gala was no exception

Cushman & Wakefield’s CEE head deservedly takes Industry Professional of the Year award for leading agency to sector forefront

“Great Motivator” Hadley Dean rouses the crowd in acceptance speech

Call to planning and action: Gala guests were surprised by a live connection with Kyiv to kick off the awards ceremony including first hand war footage and damage assessment so far, the situation on the ground, what happens next and how CEE operators can help

Czech based developer went for volume with three awards as Resilience Company, Industrial Developer and NetZero Company of the Year at CEEQA 22

CPI Property Group triumphed over global institutional investors for the second time to score its first ever success as CEE Investor of the Year

Procurer of the Retail Development of the Year went to Norblin Factory in Warsaw

Warsaw Unit hooked a double success with Office Development of the Year and overall Building of the Year CEE awards

J8 Office Park in Bucharest won both the Building of the Year SEE and Aiming for NetZero awards

Pop icon and Grammy winner Gloria Gaynor spellbinds 650 gala guests with fitting and apt classic hit, “I WILL SURVIVE” at CEEQA 22 Gala

Another Prague born investor Accolade triumphed in the Rising Star category

Few in the room or among the jury could deny the CBRE team’s immense performance in the Capital Markets sphere led by Sean Doyle

Transformative mixed use project Browary Warszawskie wins battle of titans to lift Resilience Award

Erste Group Bank scored its second ever success as Lender of the Year

International law firm won its first recognition in over a decade as the region’s premium legal services provider

Developer and property management services kings lifted the title in the Property Management category

UK based international company Gleeds were the winning dark horse inn the Development Services category

Judging of this year’s award entries is now complete and the awards announced the the 2022 edition of CEEQA. Roll on 2023

Nestled among the whales of the sector, Svoboda Williams received recognition as Local Agent of the Year in CEE

Happiness is key: in depth report and preview in collaboration with Warsaw Business Journal

The CEEQA is back! SAVE THE DATE: CEEQA Gala 29 June. There’s only one CEEQA Gala

Check out our full and final Review of CEEQA 2019 movie and published report

Tussle but no tussle as Panattoni see double including overall Company of the Year crown voted  live by gala guests but Skanska still wins four including Developer, and continues green domination

Watch the full movie of ‘Towering force’ of the sector Pawel Debowski’s firebrand acceptance speech as he joined a select band of real estate leaders and entrepreneurial empire builders to receive the sector’s highest accolade while Dentons marched on in the Legal category

Raffles Europejski Warsaw the most successful building with two awards, while stunning development in Tivat also wins jury praise

Multi have a track record for delivering outstanding quality and have won CEEQA awards before, but this one was a walk in the park

The number of high calibre office developments springing up in Warsaw is no secret but Immobel’s CEDET scheme shines

There was an imposter at the Jury Dinner cocktail telling them to give him their %*@>!* money before they sat down to make some very tough decisions following a rampant market year

There was no slowing down as BTR band members Bob Geldof, Garry Roberts, Peter Briquette and Simon Crowe kicked up energy levels, with Electric Girls and Me Myself And I also in the mix

Global real estate advisor JLL hasn’t enjoyed being knocked off its perch in recent years but fought back with a total of four awards this year including a first ever Property Management win, however CBRE held onto the Capital Markets and Office Agency titles

Recently appointed JLL’s regional leader and a long time capital markets king, Tomasz Trzoslo won the sector’s prestigious Industry Professional of the Year award

A quick and quirky post-gala snapshot of CEEQA 2019 to feast your senses on >>

The recent movie The Zookeeper’s Wife has spiked interest in the villa in the middle of Warsaw Zoo, we invite sector players to link arms to create a new foundation to protect and project its legacy and message

Me Myself and I, Mimello, DJs Trent and Hypno & Fresh kept things lively to the end, always a constellation of entertainment features and highlights at the sector’s flagship gathering

Currently storming the Polish event scene, and the guests had such fun, they over-stepped their stage time!

Listed investor Globalworth stakes claim to sector’s top table while lender pbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank held onto their seat and Arcadis reclaimed the development services award after a two year break

Congratulations to all winners and nominees in the 2019 edition of CEEQA, view the full list and “first photos”

Gordon and his team have frequently led the charge of institutional capital investing across the region as the various country markets have cascaded open behind them

Belgian developer Ghelamco’s Jeroen van der Toolen named Industry Professional of the Year by the CEEQA Jury

Dentons retained the Legal & Financial Services firms award for the ninth successive year including two wins as Salans prior and a legal team containing Pawel Debowski has won the award 13 times in 15 years

The development arm of Swedish based conglomerate, Skanska Commercial Development Europe shone brightest at CEEQA 2018 lifting five titles on a night of triumph including Office Development and Overall Company of the Year

For the third successive year Cushman & Wakefield took him the Retail Agency award, reinforcing their global reputation as masters of retail

Global advisors CBRE enjoyed their most successful year to date lifting three of the four Agent categories as well as the Property Management award

Part tribute to the South African investment invasion the past couple of years, guest speaker Springbok rugby legend Percy “Monty” Montgomery drew parallels between the worlds of business and sport in the pursuit of excellence and success

Gospel group Insibane seAfrika from the streets of Cape Town, legendary South African entertainer Jacques Lagesse, Warsaw based Jimi Ogden & the Lumberjacks and mime troupe Mimello completed this year’s Gala entertainment line up

The members of the 2018 CEEQA Jury gathered in Warsaw for the final round of judging on the eve of the CEEQA Gala to select the winners from the year’s short listed candidates, serious minded yet fun to be had

One of the great UK bands of the 90s, MORCHEEBA had Gala guests spellbound with undoubtedly the best live concert in CEEQA history, raising the bar and emptying the bars with a memorable and colourful set that oozed class

Warehouse and industrial developer Panattoni Europe completed an outstanding market year as Industrial Developer of the Year for the third year running having staked a claim as the largest industrial developer in Europe during 2017

Czech fund manager CPI Property Group become the first home grown fund manager to win the coveted Investor of the Year award beating some of the world’s biggest investment platforms to the title

Austrian construction company fights back to regain Construction Company of the Year award in annual seesaw battle

Unibail-Rodamco’s year retail project Wroclavia collected both the 2018 Retail Development award and overall Building of the Year CEE awards

Polish broadcaster Monika Zamachowska lead the line once again, anchoring the awards ceremony for the tenth successive year at this year’s Gala

Another one-two in the green building segment with Green Leadership Building award for “Five” as well as Green Leadership Company of the Year, an award Skanska has never not won since 2008

Portland Trust’s second phase of Oregon Park in Bucharest, Building B, was named Building of the Year in Southeast Europe

For the second time in three years a Baltic States hotel development lifted the Hotel, Leisure & Residential building award

Arriving guests for the 2018 CEEQA Gala knew what to expect and came prepared

With nearly 900 sector leaders attending the 2018 Gala from more than 50 countries breaking all records the spectacular gala dinner and after-party receiving wide praise as the best to date

One of only three banks to win the Lender of the Year award in the past 10 years, the German lender were delighted to strike it rich again

Emerging as an independent regional player in a management buy out following Gardiner & Theobald’s exit from the New Europe arena five years ago it was the built asset consultant’s year in the Development Services category

Independent Prague based law firm with strong Czech presence receives first regional industry recognition with Rising Star Award

We’ve enjoyed many outstanding performances at the Gala but few more unique and inspiring than famed Polish singer Edyta Gorniak’s duet with celebrated Polish composer and musician Adam Sztaba