“Apart from the awards for companies, we also have the personality awards to recognise exceptional leadership and performance — the outstanding real estate entrepreneurs and outstanding professional CEOs.
“Behind the bricks and mortar are real people, the business owners, the CEOs and their team,” said Ho.
Also on hand to give out the awards were TheEdgeProperty.com managing director and editor-in-chief Au Foong Yee and The Edge Malaysia’s City & Country pullout editor Rosalynn Poh.
S P Setia’s back on top
TEPEA is anchored by The Edge Malaysia Top Property Developers Awards (TPDA) which saw S P Setia Bhd taking the top spot for the ninth time, bouncing back from fourth and third place in 2015 and 2014, respectively.
Retaining its second place this year was IJM Land Bhd followed by Sunway Bhd which was the No 1 developer last year.
In fourth position was Sime Darby Property Bhd having fallen one spot behind its third place last year. Mah Sing Group Bhd remained at No 5.
Making its debut among the top 10 was Eco World Development Group Bhd at No 6. Making up the top 10 in 2016 were UOA Development Bhd (No 7), Gamuda Bhd-Property Division (No 8), IGB Corp Bhd (No 9) and UEM Sunrise Bhd (No 10).
UOA Development took home The Best in Quantitative Attributes title (a TPDA sub-award) while the Best in Qualitative Attributes sub-award was won by Sunway.
IJM Corp Bhd group CEO and managing director Datuk Soam Heng Choon and Gamuda Bhd-Property Division managing director Chow Chee Wah were accorded this year’s The Edge Malaysia Outstanding Property CEO Award.
Meanwhile, The Edge Malaysia Outstanding Property Entrepreneur Award was presented to Glomac Bhd’s co-founders — Tan Sri FD Mansor and group executive vice-chairman Datuk Richard Fong Loong Tuck.
A new award at TEPEA 2016, The Edge Malaysia Pioneer Development Award, which recognises innovators in the property industry whose development concepts initiated new trends in the property field, went to Sime Darby Property’s Subang Jaya and Tropicana Corp Bhd’s Tropicana Golf & Country Resort.
“Tropicana Golf & Country Resort has maintained a thriving community of residents, golfers and commercial enterprises up till today since the 1997/98 financial crisis.
“Meanwhile, Subang Jaya is the country’s first mass township development, which enabled thousands from the baby boomer generation to own their first home in the late 1970s and early 1980s,” said Ho in his citations for the winning developments.
Malaysian Resources Corp Bhd’s Kuala Lumpur Sentral CBD, IJM Land’s Seremban 2 and Eastern & Oriental Bhd’s Seri Tanjung Pinang each won The Edge Malaysia Property Development Excellence Award.
S P Setia subsidiary Bandar Setia Alam Sdn Bhd’s Seri Kasturi Apartment in Bandar Setia Alam bagged The Edge Malaysia Affordable Urban Housing Excellence Award while Sime Darby Property Bhd’s SUCI (Phase BA1A) received a special mention.
The Edge Malaysia-PEPS Value Creation Excellence Award, which was created in partnership with the Association of Valuers, Property Managers, Estate Agents and Property Consultants in the Private Sector (PEPS) to recognise developments that have provided outstanding rewards to their purchasers in terms of capital appreciation, was won by Paramount Property Development Sdn Bhd’s Pangsapuri Kemuning Aman and Sime Darby USJ Development Sdn Bhd’s Avani at Bandar Bukit Raja in the residential category. Metro KL City Sdn Bhd’s Parcel G @ Pelangi Seri Alam and Gamuda Land (Botanic) Sdn Bhd’s Enya, Ambang Botanic 2 each received a merit in the same category. Gamuda Land (Kemuning) Sdn Bhd’s Gamuda Biz Suites also received a merit in the non-residential category.
The Edge Malaysia-PAM Green Excellence Award, which was jointly created with Pertubuhan Arkitek Malaysia (PAM), was won by Sime Darby Ara Damansara Development Sdn Bhd’s Masjid Ara Damansara and Edusar Resources Sdn Bhd’s University College of Technology Sarawak and Technology Park.
TEPEA 2016 was presented by City & Country, the weekly property pullout of The Edge Malaysia, and supported by TheEdgeProperty.com. Partners for this year’s event were Jotun Paints Malaysia, USG Boral Malaysia and Volvo Car Malaysia.
Source: The Edge Property
