The winners of the prestigious ZEE BUSINESS-RICS Awards were revealed at a glittering ceremony at New Delhi, yesterday. The Grand Hotel played host to the celebration of the Indian Real Estate Industry where a number of professionals had gathered to know the winners of these Awards. 'ZEE BUSINESS - RICS Real Estate Awards', is an initiative to recognize all round professional excellence in real estate projects and individuals.

At one level, ZEE BUSINESS - RICS awards recognize outstanding projects whose excellence and achievements have set a benchmark in the industry inspiring and encouraging the industry to set new standards and trends, bring in innovation, futuristic designs and quality projects which offer value for customers and the community at large.

At another level, the awards seek to recognize and honor the expertise and contribution of individuals who have carved a niche for themselves in the real estate industry and have been instrumental in taking India's development to the next level.

These awards are unique as they reward projects that epitomize – an excellent project on paper, translated into a quality project delivered to the market in a timely manner. Winning projects demonstrated all-round excellence in design & planning, construction, timely delivery, value for customers and a commitment to sustainability.

The ZEE BUSINESS - RICS Real Estate Awards, presented by Investors Clinic were given to deserving projects, through a robust and transparent and impartial evaluation process.

Talking on the occasion, Samir Ahluwalia, Editor, ZEE BUSINESS, said "These awards will create a benchmark for the real estate industry. The parameters of the awards were designed such that only companies with completed projects can apply. This makes the awards unique and gives it a lot of credence. We are sure that these awards will serve as a buyers' guide to people for their real estate investment decisions."

A highly distinguished and neutral jury comprising of senior leaders from across various facets of real estate reviewed the project nominations at the jury meet, held in New Delhi and Mumbai. The awards ceremony will later be aired on ZEE BUSINESS as a special program.

Talking about this initiative, Mr. Raktim Das, Business Head, ZEE BUSINESS said "We are proud to introduce the ZEE BUSINESS - RICS Real Estate Awards, and happy to partner with RICS on this initiative. ZEE BUSINESS has continuously endeavoured to empower and enable consumers to take informed investment decisions and these awards are yet another step in this direction. I am confident that ZEE BUSINESS – RICS Real Estate Awards will soon be the best yardstick for real estate players in India to compare themselves with their peers and will foster professional excellence in the real estate sector".

Winners of Zee Business – RICS Real Estate Awards

 

CATEGORY		WINING PROJECT NAME	NAME OF COMPANY
REGIONAL RECOGNITION
1	BEST RESIDENTIAL PROJECT: NORTH	Ashiana Aangan	Ashiana Housing Limited
2	BEST RESIDENTIAL PROJECT: SOUTH	Godrej Woodsman Estate	Godrej Properties Ltd.
3	BEST RESIDENTIAL PROJECT: EAST	Ashiana Woodlands	Ashiana Housing Limited
4	BEST RESIDENTIAL PROJECT: WEST	Zircon	Vascon Engineers Ltd
5	BEST LUXURY RESIDENTIAL PROJECT: NORTH	Palm Springs	Emaar MGF
6	BEST LUXURY RESIDENTIAL PROJECT: SOUTH	Windmills of your mind	Total Environment Building Systems Pvt. Ltd.
7	BEST LUXURY RESIDENTIAL PROJECT: WEST	The Imperial	S D Corporation Pvt. Ltd.
NATIONAL RECOGNITION
8	BEST OFFICE PROJECT - NATIONAL	Time Tower	Dhoot Developers Pvt Ltd
		Olympia Technology Park	Kivraj Tech Park
9	BEST OFFICE PROJECT – SELF OCCUPIED	AIRTEL CENTRE	BHARTI REALTY LIMITED
10	MOST ENVIRoNMENT FRIENDLY PROJECT	Green Boulevard	3C Company
11	BEST SHOPPING MALL	Select CITYWALK	Select Infrastructure Pvt Ltd
12	BEST HOTEL PROJECT	Novotel Visakhapatnam Varun Beach	Sea Valley Private Limited

 

SPECIAL JURY AWARDS
13	BEST GOLF RESORT	Royal Springs Golf Resort, Srinagar
14	BEST EMERGING CONTRACTOR OF THE YEAR	Leighton Contractor
15	BEST INTEGRATED TOWNSHIP	Magarpatta Township
16	BEST COST AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT	Frischmann Prabhu
17	BEST REGIONAL DEVELOPER-NORTH	Alpha G Corp
18	BEST REGIONAL DEVELOPER - EAST	Ambuja Realty Development
19	BEST REGIONAL DEVELOPER- WEST	Hiranandani
20	BEST CONTRACTOR/CONSTRUCTION FIRM OF THE YEAR	Larsen and Toubro
21	BEST EMERGING NATIONAL DEVELOPER	Godrej Properties
22	BEST REGIONAL DEVELOPER- SOUTH	Prestige Group
23	YOUNG ICON OF THE YEAR	Rahul Saraf, MD, Forum Projects Pvt Ltd