The winners in the 2019 installment of the SAPOA Property Development Awards for Innovative Excellence were announced at the gala dinner and awards evening of the 2019 SAPOA Convention & Property Exhibition on Thursday 20 June 2019.
The awards recognise the remarkable work done by property owners, designers, engineers, artists and visionaries, and a total of 47 entries were received across the various categories.
According to committee chairperson, Zinon Marinakos, although the convention is hailed as the most prestigious networking event on South Africa’s built environment calendar, this year commands more prominence as a milestone for the industry across the country and beyond. “The Judges have reviewed each submission per category based on the evaluation criteria. Over and above the category winners, there were also overall awards, which includes the Transformation award, Heritage award, Overall Green Award and The Overall Winner for 2019, which was awarded to the Discovery Joint Venture” he said.
The accolades were awarded as follows:
CORPOARTE OFFICE DEVELOPMENTS
Discovery Joint Venture
COMMERCIAL OFFICE DEVELOPMENTS
Sable Park – Century City
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
Cummins Southern Africa
INNOVATIVE AWARD
Witklipfontein Eco Lodge
INTERIORS AWARD
Discovery Place Interiors
MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT
No Winner
OTHER DEVELOPMENT
Norval Foundation
REFURBISHMENTS
33 Baker Street
REFURBISHMENTS RETAIL
Eastgate Redevelopment and Contemporisation
RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS
Embassy Towers
RETAIL DEVELOPMENTS
Flamingo Shopping Centre
RURAL DEVELOPMENTS
Thavani Mall
INTERNATIONAL
Hilton Garden Inn
OVERALL TRANSFORMATION AWARD
CTICC II
OVERALL HERITAGE AWARD
Battery Park
OVERALL GREEN AWARD
78 Corlett Drive
OVERALL WINNER
Discovery Joint Venture
The Overall Winner in the 2019 SAPOA Property Development Awards for Innovative Excellence was awarded to Discovery Joint Venture, who were also winners in the Corporate Office Developments category. The Discovery Head Office, developed in joint venture by Growthpoint Properties and Zenprop Property Holdings in Sandton, Johannesburg, houses almost 7 500 people over 112 000m² of GLA in an eight-storey structure above a non-storey parking basement (which accommodates 5 667 cars). Each floor plate is approximately 12 000m² in size.