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SINGAPORE - Media OutReach - 4 October 2018 - More than 15 developers and property organisations were recognised at
EdgeProp Singapore Excellence Awards 2018 held today at The Fullerton Hotel. GuocoLand
(Singapore), Frasers Property Limited and City Developments Limited are amongst
the biggest winners who bagged eleven, seven and six awards respectively.
A total of forty-eight awards were handed out
during the second edition of the gala dinner cum ceremony, including key
accolades such as: Sustainability Excellence Award, Innovation Excellence Award
and Value Creation Award. The event was attended by more than 250 guests.
The annual EdgeProp Singapore Excellence
Awards is organised by EdgeProp, the fastest growing property portal for
home-seekers, buyers, investors and real estate agents alike in Singapore. The
awards aims to identify the best property players and developments in the city
state, and reinforces the commitment to integrity, innovation, design and
community among the real estate industry, setting the ultimate benchmark of
excellence in Singapore’s property development.
The shortlisted projects and the ultimate
winners were based on a rigorous judging process by an independent panel of
judges from 53 submissions received from over 20 property developers. The esteemed
judging panel comprises Ong Choon Fah, Chief Executive Officer, Head of
Research & Consulting, Edmund Tie & Company (SEA); Lee Liat Yeang,
Senior Partner — Real Estate Practice, Dentons Rodyk & Davidson; Yu Shi
Ming, Department of Real Estate, National University of Singapore; Quek Tse
Kwang, Co-founder and Director, RT+Q Architects; and Yvonne Tan, Director,
MSILA, Accredited Landscape Architect DP Green.
For
full transparency, the scores by the judges were audited by KPMG Singapore, one
of the Big Four auditors worldwide.
Integrated and Hotel
Development Excellence Award: Tanjong Pagar Centre and Sofitel Singapore City
Centre by GuocoLand (Singapore)
As
we progress and improve on our way of life, the importance of seamlessness
while traversing within a development is on the rise. With the newly introduced
Integrated Development Excellence Award[1], EdgeProp recognizes
developments that are able to serve the community through space planning and
efficiency, whilst also seeking to push boundaries in architectural and design
excellence.
The
winner of the inaugural Integrated Development Excellence Award, Tanjong Pagar
Centre combines premium office space with hotel, retail, urban park and luxury
residences in a vertical city, creating a new landmark for Singapore. As the
tallest integrated development in Singapore, it integrates 890,000 sq ft of
premium Grade A office space at Guoco Tower, a 100,000 sq ft lifestyle and
F&B component, 223 rooms of 5-star business accommodation at Sofitel
Singapore City Centre, 181 units of prestigious homes at Wallich Residence and
a unique two-layered landscaped Urban Park in the CBD. The development also
features seamless and direct connectivity to one of the city’s busiest commuter
hubs, Tanjong Pagar MRT station.
On the other
hand, the Hotel Development Excellence Award[2] aims to recognize the
finest service providers in Singapore’s real estate hospitality. In addition to
the judges’ scoring for aesthetics, facilities and accessibility, EdgeProp also
obtained ratings from 5 hotel portals: Booking.com, Expedia.com, Hotels.com,
Tripadvisor.com and Trivago.com which contributed to the total scores of the
submitted projects.
The
Sofitel Singapore City Centre managed by AccorHotels won the prestigious award.
It offers guests the finest luxury accommodation complete with an outdoor pool,
a plush executive lounge with stunning city views, a 620 sqm ballroom and eight
meeting rooms plus world-class restaurant and bars. Surrounded by a wide array
of dining and entertainment options, the Sofitel are exceptionally positioned
to take advantage of strong corporate and leisure demand.
Sustainability Excellence Award: eCO by Far East Organization, Frasers Property and
Sekisui House & The Venue Residences and Shoppes by City Developments
Limited and Hong Leong Holdings Limited
The
Sustainability Excellence Award is a recognition of developments that push the envelope
to succeed in a variety of areas such as recreational services, community
health initiatives, sustainability, construction productivity, safety
advancements, energy efficiency, green initiatives and many others. The
criteria are as follows:
1. Ecological & Environmental Values:
planning of resources to achieve sustainability within the development, eg. provision
of habitat for biodiversity, maintenance of soil quality, nutrient cycling,
water cycling, heat mitigation, erosion control, and storm water management
2. Maintainability: Ease of maintaining
building facade, facilities, amenities, common areas, etc.
3. Green Mark Certification: Scores were
allocated based on Building & Construction Authority (BCA) Green Mark Certification
The
winners of the award are eCO and The Venue Residences and Shoppes. eCOwas
widely recommended by the judges due to its green strategies to optimise design
sensitivities, harvest natural resources to conserve energy and water
consumption, as well as utilisation of bio philia to not only aesthetically
please, but perform multiple functionalities. Developed as a community in a
garden, the 748-unit development integrated native flora and fauna from the
surrounding landscape with five residential lifestyles offered within a gated
community — SOHO, Suite, Loft, Condominium and Townhouse. In particular, during
its development, 18 existing mature rain trees were conserved. The design and
construction of the development took into consideration the health of the
heritage rain trees. The development was awarded the BCA Greenmark Gold Plus
Award.
Designed
by Aedas, The Venue Residences and Shoppes is located on the fringe of downtown
Singapore at Tai Thong Crescent. The combination of materials and design
elements used to reduce energy consumption of the building, environmental-friendly
and sustainable construction materials used and technologies employed
contributed to The Venue Residences and Shoppes obtaining this award. For
example, more than 81% of the kitchens, bathrooms, toilets achieve adequate
Natural Ventilation and daylighting. The development was awarded the BCA
Greenmark Platinum Award in 2013.
Innovation Excellence Award: Wallich
Residence by GuocoLand (Singapore) & Westwood
Residences by Koh Brothers Development Pte Ltd and Heeton Homes Pte Ltd
The
Innovation Excellence Award celebrates developments in Singapore that display
market novelty and embrace new technology while remaining relevant to the needs
of their communities. The criteria are as follows:
1. Concept novelty: Newness and originality
of ideas
2. Use of technology: Adoption of new
technology to achieve results
3. Relevance to community: Practicality of
innovation
Wallich
Residence by GuocoLand (Singapore) is one of the two winners this year. Designed
with nature and sustainability in mind, Wallich Residence adopts innovative
technologies to reduce the building’s total energy demand. The entire building
façade is covered in high performance glass which is further enhanced by an
extensive shading device configuration in all sides of the buildings to achieve
a lower thermal performance value. Highly efficient chillers with variable
speed drives, provisions for dual speed escalators, and regenerative elevators are
also part of its effort to achieve maximum energy efficiency.
The
other winner is Westwood Residences by Koh Brothers Development and Heeton
Homes Pte Ltd. The first bicycle-centric designed development in Singapore, it
has introduced a series of initiatives to encourage bicycle ownership and
cycling. Each and every unit has access to proper bicycle storage, and as such,
a ratio of 1:1 bicycle parking slot with secured covered garage and biometric
vein scanner access are located at basement level. Cycling enthusiasts who have
more bicycles can also opt to rent a full-size bicycle locker to secure their
belongings.
Value Creation Award
To
determine projects that have given buyers the best return on investment, EdgeProp analysed data from
the Real Estate Information System (REALIS) provided by Urban Redevelopment
Authority to quantify the top three developments that saw the most capital
appreciation and yielded the best rental income. By achieving growth in both
aspects, these developments have created the best value for their buyers. The winners
are as follows:
1. Coco Palms by Hong Realty (Private)
Limited, City Developments Limited & Hong Leong Holdings Limited
2. The Panorama by Wheelock Properties
(Singapore) Limited
3. Urban Vista by Bayfront Realty Pte Ltd
Singaporeans also had a say in the building that they
love the most. Overseeing a spectacular panorama of the dazzling Singapore city
skyline, the iconic 49-storey Duo Residences was honoured as People’s Choice Award. About 4,300
votes were casted online on awards.edgeprop.sg over a span of one month that
ended on 24 August 2018.
Below
is a complete list of awards and winners.
| Awards | Winners |
| Residential (Completed) | |
| Design | · · |
| Innovation | · · |
| Landscape Excellence | · · |
| Sustainability | · · |
| Residential | |
| Design | · · |
| Innovation | · · |
| Landscape Excellence | · · |
| Sustainability | · · |
| Marketing | · · |
| Integrated | |
| Integrated | Tanjong Pagar Centre by |
| Hotel | Sofitel Singapore City |
| Top Developers | · · · · · |
| Top Development | Completed · · · Completed · · · · · · Uncompleted · · · |
| Top Boutique | · · |
| Top Executive | · · |
| Value Creation Excellence | · · · |
| People’s Choice | Duo Residences by M+S Pte |
| Marketing | · · · |
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[1] The
Integrated Development Excellence Award is open to mixed-use developments that
comprises of at least two (2) of the following four (4) components: Office,
Retail, Residential and Medical Suites. These properties must have obtained
Temporary Occupation Permit (TOP) in 2017.
[2] The
Hotel Development Excellence Award is open to hotels that have obtained
Temporary Occupation Permit (TOP) in 2017.
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