Jury selects 13 projects for Prime Property Awards

A jury has shortlisted 13 real estate projects as the finalists for the first European prize for sustainable real estate investment at the Expo Real property fair in Munich next month.

Union Investment, the German open-ended fund manager which is organising the Sustainable Investment Conference at Expo Real, said investors, project developers and architects' practices from 18 countries submitted a total of 90 projects for this first Prime Property Award. The finalists were selected on the basis of ecological, economic and socio-cultural sustainability factors. Following a multi-stage selection process, the winners will be announced on 7 October 2008 at the Sustainable Investment Conference at Expo Real. The conference takes place from 10am-1pm in Planning & Partnerships Forum, hall C3.

The following projects have been shortlisted for the Prime Property Award, which carries prize money totalling EUR 30,000:

- 'Alsion', Sonderborg/Denmark (investors: Universitets- og Bygningsstymelse, Sonderborg Kommune, Forskerparken Syd A/S, Fonden Koncertsalen Alsion);

- 'Capricornhaus', Düsseldorf/Germany (investor: Capricorn Development GmbH & Co. KG);

- 'Paul Wunderlich Haus', Eberswalde/Germany (investor: Landkreis Barnim);

-'WestendDuo', Frankfurt/Germany (investors: ING / Hochtief);

- 'KölnTriangle', Cologne/Germany (investor: Rheinische Versorgungskassen);

- 'Alter Hof', Munich/Germany (investor: Bayerische Hausbau GmbH);

- 'The Blue Fin Building', London/UK (investor: IPC Media);

- 'University of Applied Sciences & Salzburg-Urstein Campus', Salzburg/Austria (investor: HÖ Heimat Österreich);

- 'Seewürfel', Zurich/Switzerland (investor: Swiss Life);

- 'Sihlcity', Zurich/Switzerland (investor: Miteigentümergesellschaft Sihlcity, Zurich);

- 'Solar Buildings', Gardsten/Sweden (investor: Gardstenbostädter AB),

- 'Meydan Shopping Square', Istanbul/Turkey (investor: METRO Group Asset Management)

- 'Nile House', Prague/Czech Republic (investor: RCP Delta s.r.o. (SPV of Europolis)).

For information on the Sustainable Investment Conference, visit www.prime-property-award.com or click on the link below