Riverside 66 wins top MIPIM Asia Retail award

MIPIM Asia, the property leaders’ summit in Asia Pacific, has announced 36 winners in the ninth edition of the annual MIPIM Asia Awards.

Chinese mall project Riverside 66 won Gold, the top honour in the Retail category, from The Breeze BSD City in Indonesia and The MixC in Qingdao, China.

Sunway Putra Mall in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, was awarded a bronze in the refurbished buildings category.

The winners of the MIPIM Asia Awards, which recognise excellence and innovation in real estate development in the Asia Pacific Region, were announced during a gala dinner on with Carrie Lam, chief secretary for administration of the HKSAR Government as guest of honour. The final Gold, Silver and Bronze rankings were awarded to the 36 projects previously announced, which had been selected by an international jury composed of 16 industry experts.

President of the Jury, Nicholas J. Loup, said the judging was a very competitive process this year with a number of high-quality and interesting projects among the finalists.

“We are excited to see how several of these projects are changing the urban landscape in Asia Pacific.”

The winning retail projects, with key consultants listed, are:

Best Retail Development:

Riverside 66, Tianjin, China: Gold.

Architect: Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates PC, P&T Architects (project architect), Benoy (interior designer); Developer: Hang Lung Properties.

The Breeze BSD City, Tangerang City, Indonesia: Silver.

Architect: Jerde & Arcadia; Developer: Sinarmas Land; Others: Ketira Engineering Consultants Landscape, Saraswati Flora,  PT. Policipta Multidesain, PT. Total Bangun Persada Tbk, PT Korra Antarbuana, Lumina Group.

The MixC, Qingdao, China: Bronze.

Architect: Benoy Ltd, Callison; Developer: China Resources Land Limited.

Best Refurbished Builing:

Sunway Putra Mall, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Bronze.

Architect: SAA Architect; Developer: Sunway REIT; Other: Aedas.