CIJ Awards

WELCOME TO CIJ AWARDS HUNGARY

CIJ EUROPE will be hosting the 19th Hungarian CIJ Awards. Nominations are without cost and the winners presentation will be held at a private event on the 25th November 2024 in downtown Budapest during a gala dinner evening of delicious food, beverages, entertainment and networking.

The CIJ Awards are longest-running commercial property awards event in Hungary and have evolved continuously over the past 18 years to keep pace with changes in local, regional and international property markets.

CIJ AWARDS Hungary 2024
25th November 2024
Marriott Hotel Budapest

What keeps us going is GOALS

Our goal is to support your business and networking activities. By winning a CIJ Award you become unique, and you share your success with other players in Hungary and Europe.

The winning entries in each project category will enjoy advancement to the Best of the Best HOF Awards in 2025 where only the winning elite is presented from 10 other countries from around North, Central & South East Europe.

We invite you to participate in this well-known event yet with its significantly broadened scope!

Success is about what you inspire others to do!

Since 2001, we’ve inspired you to celebrate your hard work and successes by competing for and winning Awards and by sharing your satisfaction with other market players and networking. We have created the perfect venue for you to meet your business partners, colleagues and friends.

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Categories & nomination

Fill in your information on the form and be on your way to nominate your company and project in CIJ Awards 2024. You can expect to receive confirmation of the nomination within 2 working days of us receiving this Form.

One form means one nomination – if you have more companies and projects to nominate – please, fill in the appropriate number of forms. Nominating is without cost or obligation to attend the winners presentation.

DEVELOPMENT

  • Best Residential Development of the Year
  • Best Office Development of the Year
  • Best Retail, Leisure & Hotel Development of the Year
  • Best Industrial/Warehouse Development of the Year
  • Best Leading Green Development of the Year
  • Best Architectural Development of the Year
  • Best Legacy (Reconstruction) Development of the Year
  • Best Residential Upcoming Development of the Year
  • Best Office Upcoming Development of the Year
  • Best Retail, Leisure & Hotel Upcoming Development of the Year
  • Best Industrial/Warehouse Upcoming Development of the Year

TRANSACTIONS

  • Best Commercial Property Investment Transaction of the Year
  • Best Commercial Property Investor of the Year
  • Best New Lease Transaction of the Year
  • Best Commercial Property Capital Markets Team of the Year

MANAGEMENT

  • Best Asset Management Company of the Year
  • Best Performing Real Estate Property Fund of the Year
  • Best Real Estate Property Fund Management of the Year

SERVICES

  • Best Architectural & Design Company of the Year
  • Best Real Estate Financing Provider
  • Best Law Firm of the Year
  • Best Tax & Financial Advisory of the Year
  • Best Property & Facility Management Company of the Year
  • Best Local Real Estate Agency of the Year
  • Best International Real Estate Agency of the Year

GRAND FINALE

  • Leadership of the Year
  • Best Overall Developer of the Year

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    The winners will be announced at the Awards presentation on 7th November 2024 during a private gala function at the Marriott Hotel Budapest. Winners will also be updated on our website shortly afterward and winner’s names will also be published in the following issue of CIJ EUROPE magazine.

    Jury Committee

    Csaba Zeley

    Csaba Zeley

    Managing Director

    CONVERGENCE
    Olivér Treiber

    Olivér Treiber

    Chief Investment Officer

    HelloParks
    Ferenc Gondi

    Ferenc Gondi

    Managing Director

    CTP
    Máté Galambos

    Máté Galambos

    Leasing Manager

    Atenor Hungary
    László Krüpl

    László Krüpl

    Partner

    Schoenherr
    Tim O’Sullivan

    Tim O’Sullivan

    Senior Director, Head of Investment Properties

    CBRE
    Edit Porkoláb

    Edit Porkoláb

    Property Manager

    BFVK
    Nicholas Leigh-Wood

    Nicholas Leigh-Wood

    CEO

    Fine & Country Hungary
    Valter Kalaus

    Valter Kalaus

    Managing Principal

    NEWMARK VLK Hungary
     Rita Tuza

    Rita Tuza

    Senior Director

    iO Partners
    Robert Fletcher

    Robert Fletcher

    Jury Committee Manager

    CIJ EUROPE

    Timelines

    Schedule for the evening

    • 19:00 – 20:00 Welcome Drinks
    • 20:00 – 21:30 Gala Dinner
    • 21:30 – 22:30 Awards Ceremony
    • 22:30 – till late: dessert & wine, networking & entertainment

    Key dates for your diary

    • 1 September – 27 September 2024 Call for Nominations
    • Nominations Deadline 17:00 on the 27th September 2024
    • November 2024 Digital Voting from CIJ readers & Jury Committee Members Meeting
    • 25th November 2024 – CIJ Awards Gala Evening Presentation of Winners

    Presentation Participation - Limited Number of Seats Available

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      • Participation fee per person: 387 euro.
      • Filing the registration form is an obligation to pay.
      • Confirmation of the registration will be e-mailed with our invoice to the electronic address within 3 working days of receipt of the registration form.
      • In order to attend the CIJ AWARDS 2024 the payment must be made in advance to the bank account shown on our invoice.
      • Should you cancel the registration prior to 14 days before the CIJ AWARDS 2024, 100% of the payment made will be returned to you. If the cancellation is made between 7 and 13 days before the AWARDS 2024, 50% will be returned. No cancellation will be accepted less than 6 days before the CIJ AWARDS 2024.
      • If you do not cancel your registration and do not attend, you will be charged the full amount of the registration fee.
      • The cancellation must be done in writing. No payment does not imply cancellation.
      • CIJ EUROPE & Roberts Publishing reserve the right to modify the program of the CIJ AWARDS 2024 and under special circumstances to change its date and venue.

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      Contact

      ROBERT FLETCHER

      ROBERT FLETCHER

      CEO
      +48 506 074 042
      fletcher@cijeurope.com

      ANDREA SPISAK

      ANDREA SPISAK

      Sales & Events
      +36 30 289 2805
      andrea.spisak@cijeurope.com

      CIJ Awards 2024 Rules and Regulations

      Table of Contents:

      • CIJ Awards  2024
      • Eligibility for Nomination
      • Hall of Fame
      • Administration
      • Jury
      • Voting Procedures & Selection of Winners
      • Nomination Procedures
      • Rules for use of the CIJ Awards Trademarks
      • Additional Regulations 
      • Penalties
      • Organizers
      • Contact Details

      The following are the CIJ Awards Rules and Regulations

      Eligibility for Nomination

      The CIJ Awards recognizes and celebrates projects, companies, teams as well as transactions that excelled in performance. CIJ Awards 2024 is intended to honor the nominations with history between December 2023 and November 2024. Nominations will be judged on the value they bring to the real estate they fill, including consideration of the size, quality, design, value, time, term, company and team.

      Hall of Fame

      The winning entries in each category will enjoy advancement to the Best of the Best CIJ HOF Awards in May 2025, where the winning elite from ten other Central & South East Europe countries is presented.

      Administration

      CIJ EUROPE, hereinafter referred to as CIJ Awards Administration Committee, shall organize and administer the CIJ Awards 2024, pursuant to the rules established by the CIJ Awards Administration Committee. The provisions of all paragraphs below set forth the valid rules of governance.

      All decisions made by the CIJ Awards Administration Committee concerning eligibility for the CIJ Awards and all other matters relating to their administration, including adoption of amendments to these Rules, shall be final, binding and conclusive for all purposes.

      Jury

      Digital Jury Voting Committee

      1. Every top and middle management real estate expert, having minimum 5 years’ experience, representing a company active on the European Real Estate Market that is a CIJ reader, is welcome to join the Digital Jury Voting Committee using the digital CIJ Awards ballot voting form, which will be made available to all CIJ reader on request.
      2. In case the confirmed Digital Jury Voting Committee Member may not vote within the specified time period – they will lose their voting possibility – they may not designate another person to vote.
      3. Digital Jury Voting Committee is comprised of undefined group of Commercial and Residential Real Estate Experts.
      4. Digital Jury Voting Committee will be invited notified of voting start.
      5. Digital Jury Voting Committee has 39% decision rate.

      Jury Committee

      1. The Jury Committee members are invited by the CIJ Awards Administration Committee. The Jury Committee includes representatives of top management from the European Real Estate Market including professionals from Funds, Investors, Architects, Developers, property owners and service providers.
      2. Jury Committee members will will evaluate only all relevant sector categories per group meeting.
      3. Jury Committee members groups will include Residential, Development and Services.
      4. Jury Committee members will have exclusive voting in category Grand Prix & Leadership of the Year.
      5. Jury Committee members who are unable to attend the Jury Committee Meeting may designate a representative – a co-worker from their Company holding the position of President / Board Member / Managing Director. In case such a replacement is impossible – Jury Committee members will be allowed to vote online.
      6. The Jury Committee can include up to 15 members.
      7. Jury Committee members cannot vote in categories that they are nominated in.
      8. Possible company representation: one member of management from one company.
      9. Jury Committee will meet location and date – TBC by the CIJ Awards Administration Committee.
      10. All votes of the Jury Committee shall be taken by secret ballot, with only those members of the Committee entitled to vote.
      11. The weighting of the Jury Committee voting is 61% of the final result.
      12. The CIJ Awards Jury Committee shall be a self-governing body comprised of 2 groups of Jury Members:

      Voting Procedures & Selection of Winners

      1. Digital Jury Voting Committee and Jury Committee vote separately, independently and at different times.
      2. Every Jury Member must choose a winning project, product or company in each category.
      3. Jury Members may not vote in a category in which their project or company is nominated – they must abstain from voting in this category.
      4. Being familiar with the sector, companies and projects, Jury Members are expected to vote both on the basis of their professional knowledge and experience as well as on the basis of the nomination forms.
      5. Jury Committee will meet and discuss nominations, but the votes will be kept strictly confidential with each member recording their vote privately on secret voting ballots.
      6. Votes from both Committees will be collected, compiled, counted and calculated by an independent audit company.
      7. Votes and the precise results of the voting will be kept strictly confidential and secret.
      8. Winners will be announced and awarded during the CIJ Awards private presentation and presented online at www.cijeurope.com and in the following issue of CIJ EUROPE magazine.

      Nomination Procedures

      1. Every company may nominate itself, its projects and teams or other companies, projects and teams.
      2. Nominations must be submitted on time within the required dates.
      3. Grand Prix Award is granted to one of the nominated projects from the Development category.
      4. CIJ Awards Administration Committee will confirm acceptance of nomination within 2 working days of CIJ Awards Administration Committee receiving each application.
      5. One company is entitled to make maximum of 10 nominations. Additional entries on request.

      Rules for use of the CIJ Awards 2024 Trademarks

      Each attending Winner will receive the CIJ Awards plaque/statue, diploma and electronic trademarks – they may be used without limitation. The Winner is obliged to use the description ‘The Winner of CIJ Awards 2023’ (including the awards name together with the year) wherever it mentions winning the CIJ Awards.

      Additional Regulations

      1. Companies can enter as many related categories as they wish to.
      2. Projects submitted for the CIJ Awards must have all the mandatory government approvals. CIJ Awards Administration Committee reserves the right to ask for supplementary documentation of information provided in the application form.
      3. There must be a minimum of two confirmed nominations in each category to proceed with Digital Jury Voting Committee and Jury Committee voting. If the CIJ Awards Administration Committee determines that there is only one eligible candidate in one of the categories listed above, the CIJ Awards Administration Committee has the right to award a special prize in that category.
      4. The decisions of the Jury are final.
      5. Personal information given on the forms will be placed in the company database of CIJ EUROPE and RPMG and may be used to organize trainings, courses, seminars, conferences and to carry out other marketing activities. Companies have the right to inspect and update this data.
      6. The event will be documented by the organizer with photographs and video. Those taking part in the event accept that the organizer will publish the above-mentioned documentation on its websites and in printed materials via CIJ EUROPE, RPMG and their trading partners.

      Penalties

      Any party that violates these rules will be subject to removal of eligibility to vote in or nominate projects and/or to any other penalties as may be imposed by the CIJ Awards Administration Committee at its sole discretion.

      If in the considered view of the CIJ Awards Administration Committee, any of the above provisions have been violated, the violation must be corrected within ten calendar days following written notice of the violation. Any violation not so corrected, in addition to any other rights or remedies available to CIJ Awards Administration Committee or its ventures, may result in the withdrawal of the right to use the CIJ Awards statue/plaque and CIJ Awards trademark, including, and not limited to a permanent ban on the use of the trademarks in the event of a serious or continued violation. Replication of CIJ Awards plaques or statues are forbidden and will be seen as an infringement on the CIJ Awards branding and brands.

      Organiser

      CIJ EUROPE – CEE & SEE Europe’s leading Real Estate news provider digitally and in print.

      Contact Details

      All notices, certifications and other communications required or permitted to be given to the CIJ Awards Administration Committee under these Rules shall be given in a manner consistent with these Rules to Robert Fletcher, fletcher@cijeurope.com

      CIJ Awards Administration Committee contact persons:

      Robert Fletcher: +48 506 074 042, fletcher@cijeurope.com