THE LION CITY’S LEADING REAL ESTATE AWARDS PROGRAMME CELEBRATES SUCCESS AS THE PROPERTY SECTOR TRANSCENDS CHALLENGES

• GuocoLand wins seven awards, including the ultimate honour of Best Developer and the all-new Best WFH Development award
• Other winning developers include Aurum Land; CSC Land Group (Singapore) Pte Ltd; Fairview Developments Pte Ltd (a unit of Tong Eng Group); Hoi Hup Realty Pte Ltd; and The Assembly Place
• Kain Sim, Co-Founder and Chairman of ZACD Group Ltd., accepts the 2021 Singapore Real Estate Personality of the Year award

SINGAPORE — 19 November 2021

The search for Singapore’s finest developers, developments, designs and industry leaders culminated today with the announcement of the awardees of the 11th annual edition of the PropertyGuru Asia Property Awards (Singapore), presented by Kohler and supported by Mitsubishi Electric Asia Pte Ltd.

The second annual virtual gala celebration of the PropertyGuru Asia Property Awards (Singapore) gave prominence to the city-state’s greatest real estate achievers in 44 categories. They included Best WFH Development, an all-new title that was awarded to Midtown Bay by GuocoLand.

GuocoLand won the Best Developer award for the second consecutive year, in addition to the Special Recognition in ESG and Special Recognition in Sustainable Design and Construction. Midtown Modern by GuocoLand with Hong Leong Holdings and Hong Realty (Private) meanwhile won the titles of Best Luxury Condo Development, Best Luxury Condo Architectural Design, and Best Luxury Condo Landscape Architectural Design.         

UOL Group Limited, a previous Best Developer titleholder, won Best Hospitality Developer, supported by wins in the Best Green Hotel Development and Best Hotel Architectural Design categories for Pan Pacific Orchard. The Special Recognition in ESG and Special Recognition in Sustainable Design and Construction were also awarded to the developer.   

UOL Group Limited and Singapore Land Group Limited jointly won Best Hotel Interior Design for Parkroyal Collection Marina Bay. They also jointly won Best Private Condo Development and Best Private Condo Landscape Architectural Design for Clavon.

Aurum Land won two awards in the Developer categories: Best Lifestyle Developer and Best Boutique Developer. The company also garnered the Best Boutique Condo Interior Design award for The Hyde.

Hoi Hup Realty Pte Ltd was awarded Best Residential Developer. Parc Central Residences by Hoi Hup Sunway Tampines JV Pte Ltd won Best Executive Condo Development and Best Executive Condo Landscape Architectural Design while Ki Residences by Hoi Hup Sunway Clementi Pte Ltd won Best Private Condo Interior Design and Best Sales Gallery Architectural Design.

Fairview Developments Pte Ltd (a unit of Tong Eng Group) was named Best Landed Developer, winning Best Strata Housing Development for Belgravia Ace. The Assembly Place garnered the title of Best Co-Living Operator and won Best Co-Living Space for 96 Owen Road.

The Best Breakthrough Developer award went to CSC Land Group (Singapore) Pte Ltd. Verdale by CSC Land Group (Singapore) Pte Ltd and COLI (Singapore) Pte Ltd won Best Private Condo Architectural Design.

The coveted Best Condo Development (Singapore) award was presented to Park Nova by Shun Tak Holdings. Another top honour, Best Housing Development (Singapore), was awarded to Nim Collection by Bukit Sembawang Estates Limited.

Other winning projects this year were Cairnhill 16 by TSKY Cairnhill Pte. Ltd.; Food21 by Logos Group; Frasers Tower by Frasers Property Singapore; Juniper Hill and Pasir Ris 8 by Allgreen Properties Limited; Klimt Cairnhill by Low Keng Huat (S) Limited; Normanton Park by Kingsford Group; One-North Eden by TID Pte. Ltd.; and Van Holland by Koh Brothers Development Pte Ltd.

Kain Sim, Co-Founder and Chairman of ZACD Group Ltd., received the 2021 Singapore Real Estate Personality of the Year award, celebrating three decades of achievement in international and Singapore property investment. Sim, who has helped complete some of the largest en bloc transactions in Singapore, expressed her gratitude to the editorial team of PropertyGuru Property Report Magazine who choose the recipient of this award every year.

Sim said: “I would like to thank the editors of PropertyGuru Property Report Magazine for choosing me as awardee of the Real Estate Personality of the Year award for 2021. I’m deeply honoured to receive this award on behalf of ZACD Group Ltd.”

Sim added: “The Real Estate Personality of the Year award is less about me than the company and vision I represent. I would like to thank Team ZACD for rallying behind me and the management as we navigate through both trials and tribulations in the past year. As an entrepreneur, I would say that the business is a means to an end and not an end in itself. We drive the business to achieve goals and deliver results to our partners and stakeholders.”

The 11th PropertyGuru Asia Property Awards (Singapore) premiered on the programme’s official website AsiaPropertyAwards.com/tv-podcast and the official live channels on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and YouTube. Highlights of the show will air on the History Channel, the official cable TV partner of the awards.

A total of 46 gold statuettes were presented at the 2021 edition of the PropertyGuru Asia Property Awards (Singapore). Main winners of the awards programme in Singapore now qualify for a chance to compete with their peers overseas for Best of Asia titles at the 16th PropertyGuru Asia Property Awards Grand Final on 9 December during PropertyGuru Week.

PropertyGuru Week will include the latest edition of the PropertyGuru Asia Real Estate Summit, with a high-calibre roster of speakers set to join an informative series of keynote presentations and discussions. PropertyGuru Week will also include the latest editions of the awards programme in Australia, Greater Niseko (Japan), Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, India, and Sri Lanka.

Hari V. Krishnan, Chief Executive Officer of PropertyGuru Group, said: “Recognising excellence is core to PropertyGuru’s focus on building the Trust Platform for Singapore’s property ecosystem. By setting the gold standard of Singapore real estate, our awards programme celebrates success in the industry in many forms, from achievement in architecture and design to breakthroughs in construction and development to examples of great corporate leadership. Now as we transcend the health crisis, our awards in Singapore elevate the companies and projects that have adapted to the paradigm shifts in the way we work, play and invest. For these and other accomplishments, congratulations to every one of this year’s awardees in Singapore!” 

Jules Kay, Managing Director of PropertyGuru Asia Property Awards and Events, said: “The quality of real estate on offer in one of Asia’s most sophisticated urban and financial capitals ensures the properties in the Lion City are rated amongst the most sought-after in the world. The properties selected by our expert panel of judges this year clearly demonstrate that Singapore continues to set a benchmark for real estate in the Asia-Pacific region and indeed the world.”

The independent panel of judges that selected this year’s Winners and Highly Commended awardees consist of Kristin Thorsteins, Awards Chairperson and Head of Partnerships – SEA, IWG PLC; Carolina Fagnani, Senior Director, Development, South East Asia and Pacific, Radisson Hotel Group; Chua Shang Chai, Partner, Dentons Rodyk & Davidson LLP; Greg Shand, Architect, Robert Greg Shand Architects; Henry Woon, Director, Atelier Ten; Joelle Chen, Sustainability Director, Singapore, Lendlease; Teo Ho Pin, Senior Adviser, Managed Services, Surbana Jurong Private Limited; and Wenhui Lim, Partner, SPARK Architects.

Leading international accounting and advisory firm HLB ensured the fairness, transparency, credibility and integrity of the awards. This was made possible by the team of HLB Singapore Foo Kon Tan, led by Raymond Kong, partner and leader (financial reporting), and Chen Tsai-Wei Vivian.        

Organised by PropertyGuru Group, the 11th PropertyGuru Asia Property Awards (Singapore) is supported by platinum sponsor Kohler; gold sponsor Mitsubishi Electric Asia Pte Ltd; official portal partner PropertyGuru.com.sg; official cable TV partner History Channel; official magazine PropertyGuru Property Report; official PR partner Klareco Communications; official charity partner Right To Play; official ESG partner Baan Dek Foundation; supporting associations Asia MarTech Society and Singapore Estate Agents Association; and official supervisor HLB.

For more information, email [email protected] or visit the official website: AsiaPropertyAwards.com.

LIST OF WINNERS AND HIGHLY COMMENDED AWARDEES

11th PropertyGuru Asia Property Awards (Singapore)

DEVELOPER AWARDS

Best Developer            

WINNER: GuocoLand    

Best Residential Developer                  

WINNER: Hoi Hup Realty Pte Ltd 

Best Landed Developer

WINNER: Fairview Developments Pte Ltd (a unit of Tong Eng Group) 

Best Lifestyle Developer                      

WINNER: Aurum Land   

Best Hospitality Developer      

WINNER: UOL Group Limited    

Best Boutique Developer         

WINNER: Aurum Land   

Best Breakthrough Developer               

WINNER: CSC Land Group (Singapore) Pte Ltd         

Best Co-Living Operator

WINNER: The Assembly Place    

DEVELOPMENT AWARDS

Best Mega-Scale Condo Development                          

WINNER: Normanton Park by Kingsford Group

Best Ultra Luxury Condo Development                        

WINNER: Park Nova by Shun Tak Holdings         

HIGHLY COMMENDED: Klimt Cairnhill by Low Keng Huat (S) Limited

Best Luxury Condo Development                                 

WINNER: Midtown Modern by GuocoLand with Hong Leong Holdings and Hong Realty (Private)

HIGHLY COMMENDED: Royalgreen by Allgreen Properties Limited

HIGHLY COMMENDED: The Atelier by Bukit Sembawang Estates Limited

Best Luxury Boutique Condo Development                               

WINNER: Van Holland by Koh Brothers Development Pte Ltd

HIGHLY COMMENDED: 35 Gilstead by Amcorp Global Limited and TG Development Pte Ltd

Best Boutique Condo Development                              

WINNER: One-North Eden by TID Pte. Ltd.         

HIGHLY COMMENDED: Lattice One by Amcorp Global Limited

HIGHLY COMMENDED: The Arden by CNQC Realty (Phoenix) Pte Ltd

Best Private Condo Development                                 

WINNER: Clavon by UOL Group Limited and Singapore Land Group Limited           

HIGHLY COMMENDED: Fourth Avenue Residences by Allgreen Properties Limited

HIGHLY COMMENDED: Ki Residences by Hoi Hup Sunway Clementi Pte Ltd

HIGHLY COMMENDED: The Watergardens at Canberra by UOL Group, Kheng Leong Company and Singapore Land Group

Best Executive Condo Development                             

WINNER: Parc Central Residences by Hoi Hup Sunway Tampines JV Pte Ltd           

Best Strata Housing Development                                

WINNER: Belgravia Ace by Fairview Developments Pte Ltd (a unit of Tong Eng Group)      

Best Landed Housing Development                              

WINNER: Nim Collection by Bukit Sembawang Estates Limited

Best Industrial Development                            

WINNER: Food21 by Logos Group        

HIGHLY COMMENDED: CT FoodChain by Chiu Teng Group         

Best Integrated Development                           

WINNER: Pasir Ris 8 by Allgreen Properties Limited        

Best Smart Building Development                                

WINNER: Frasers Tower by Frasers Property Singapore  

Best WFH Development                                    

WINNER: Midtown Bay by GuocoLand   

HIGHLY COMMENDED: Clavon by UOL Group Limited and Singapore Land Group Limited

Best Green Hotel Development

WINNER: Pan Pacific Orchard by UOL Group Limited                 

Best Green Office Development

WINNER: Frasers Tower by Frasers Property Singapore                                      

DESIGN AWARDS

Best Ultra Luxury Condo Architectural Design                          

WINNER: Klimt Cairnhill by Low Keng Huat (S) Limited    

Best Luxury Condo Architectural Design                                  

WINNER: Midtown Modern by GuocoLand with Hong Leong Holdings and Hong Realty (Private)    

HIGHLY COMMENDED: Cairnhill 16 by TSKY Cairnhill Pte. Ltd.

Best Boutique Condo Architectural Design                                

WINNER: Van Holland by Koh Brothers Development Pte Ltd       

HIGHLY COMMENDED: Cairnhill 16 by TSKY Cairnhill Pte. Ltd.

HIGHLY COMMENDED: Nyon by Aurum Land

Best Private Condo Architectural Design                                  

WINNER: Verdale by CSC Land Group (Singapore) Pte Ltd and COLI (Singapore) Pte Ltd       

HIGHLY COMMENDED: The Watergardens at Canberra by UOL Group, Kheng Leong Company and Singapore Land Group

Best Luxury Condo Interior Design                               

WINNER: Cairnhill 16 by TSKY Cairnhill Pte. Ltd. 

Best Boutique Condo Interior Design                            

WINNER: The Hyde by Aurum Land       

HIGHLY COMMENDED: Cairnhill 16 by TSKY Cairnhill Pte. Ltd.

HIGHLY COMMENDED: One-North Eden by TID Pte. Ltd.

Best Private Condo Interior Design                               

WINNER: Ki Residences by Hoi Hup Sunway Clementi Pte Ltd      

HIGHLY COMMENDED: Pasir Ris 8 by Allgreen Properties Limited

Best Mega-Scale Condo Landscape Architectural Design                                  

WINNER: Normanton Park by Kingsford Group  

Best Luxury Condo Landscape Architectural Design                             

WINNER: Midtown Modern by GuocoLand with Hong Leong Holdings and Hong Realty (Private)    

Best Boutique Condo Landscape Architectural Design                           

WINNER: Juniper Hill by Allgreen Properties Limited       

Best Private Condo Landscape Architectural Design                             

WINNER: Clavon by UOL Group Limited and Singapore Land Group Limited           

HIGHLY COMMENDED: Ki Residences by Hoi Hup Sunway Clementi Pte Ltd

HIGHLY COMMENDED: The Watergardens at Canberra by UOL Group, Kheng Leong Company and Singapore Land Group

Best Executive Condo Landscape Architectural Design                         

WINNER: Parc Central Residences by Hoi Hup Sunway Tampines JV Pte Ltd           

Best Hotel Architectural Design                        

WINNER: Pan Pacific Orchard by UOL Group Limited     

Best Hotel Interior Design                                 

WINNER: Parkroyal Collection Marina Bay by UOL Group Limited and Singapore Land Group Limited  

Best Sales Gallery Architectural Design                        

WINNER: Ki Residences by Hoi Hup Sunway Clementi Pte Ltd      

Best Co-Living Space                           

WINNER: 96 Owen Road by The Assembly Place            

HIGHLY COMMENDED: 138 – 142 Jalan Besar by The Assembly Place   

HIGHLY COMMENDED: Mill at 32 by The Assembly Place

BEST OF SINGAPORE AWARDS

Best Condo Development (Singapore)                          

WINNER: Park Nova by Shun Tak Holdings         

Best Housing Development (Singapore)                       

WINNER: Nim Collection by Bukit Sembawang Estates Limited     

SPECIAL AWARDS

Special Recognition in ESG                                            

WINNER: GuocoLand                

WINNER: UOL Group Limited    

Special Recognition in Sustainable Design and Construction                             

WINNER: GuocoLand    

WINNER: UOL Group Limited    

PUBLISHER’S CHOICE

Singapore Real Estate Personality of the Year  

WINNER: Kain Sim, Co-Founder and Chairman, ZACD Group Ltd.

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