Property & Construction

Thames Valley: Property Awards are an outstanding success

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Scott Witchalls sat open-mouthed and astounded at the 2017 Thames Valley Property Awards last night, staged at Ascot Racecourse.

The Peter Brett Associates (PBA) partner had just been announced as this year’s recipient of the prestigious Outstanding Contribution Award, in front of a TVPA record attendance of 570 of his professional peers and colleagues from the Thames Valley’s vibrant property sector.

It was the biggest property event in the region outside London – and presenter John Inverdale kept the awards flowing as developers, agents, housebuilders, investors, lawyers, and consultants from across the residential and commercial sectors networked until midnight.

Witchalls gained his deserved honour as recognition of his unstinting work  “. . . across the Thames Valley and wider afield on major pieces of transport infrastructure; someone who has helped generate inward investment and growth by stimulating development – whether for major housing sites, transport interchanges or business parks.”

Outside his PBA role, Witchalls has served on bodies such as Reading CIC and the Thames Valley Economic Partnership, and is renowned for his strategic thinking, as well as his ability to roll up his sleeves and drill down to find practical solutions on his schemes, said the TVPA awarding panel.

Images from the evening can be found on the Thames Valley Property Awards website. Overall there were 15 category awards at the sell-out gala-dinner evening, and the full winners’ details were:  

 

Commercial Property Consultancy: Firm of the Year

Sponsored by Morgan Lovell

Winner: Lambert Smith Hampton

Other finalists: CBRE, Hollis Hockley, Savills 

 

Industrial & Logistics Property Consultancy of the Year

 Sponsored by SEGRO

Winner: Cushman & Wakefield

Other finalists: JLL, Lambert Smith Hampton, Sharps Commercial

 

Commercial Property Consultancy: Client Service

Sponsored by Morgan Lovell

Winner: Campbell Gordon

Other finalist: Vail Williams

 

Business Park of the Year

Sponsored by Kempton Carr Croft

Winner: Howbery Business Park, Wallingford

Other finalists: Chineham Park, Basingstoke; Shrivenham 100, Faringdon.

 

Town of the Year

Sponsored by Barton Willmore

Winner: Basingstoke

Other finalists: Bracknell, Reading, 

 

In-Town Office of the Year

Sponsored by RARE

Winner: Thames Tower, Reading

Other finalists: Charter Building, Uxbridge, No 9 Greyfriars, Reading

 

Managing Agent of the Year

Sponsored by Jelf Insurance

Winner: Sennen Property Management

 

Young Property Professional of the Year

Sponsored by Peter Brett Associates

Winner: Heather Harvey-Wood of Cushman & Wakefield

Other finalists: Gemma Care of Barton Willmore, Lewis Djemal of Clifton Ingram

 

 

Fast-Rising Property Business of the Year

Sponsored by Romans Group

Winner: Paul Basham Associates

Other finalists: FWS Properties, RARE

 

Property Law Firm of the Year

Sponsored by Vail Wiliams

Winner: Blandy & Blandy

Other finalists: BP Collins, Charles Russell Speechlys, Pitmans Law

 

Development of the Year

Sponsored by Hicks Baker

Winner: The Curve, Slough

Other finalists: Imperial Way, Reading; Longwalk Road, Stockley Park; Thames Valley Science Park, Reading.

 

Property Deal of the Year

Sponsored by Haslams

Winner: Becton Dickinson building, Winnersh Triangle

Other finalists:  BP Campus, Sunbury; Mapletree, Green Park.

 

 

Residential Development of the Year

Sponsored by NatWest

Winner: Taplow Riverside – Berkeley Homes

Other finalists: Drayton Garden Village – Inland Homes; Rotherfield Garth, Henley – Spitfire Bespoke Homes

 

Housebuilder of the Year

Sponsored by Pitmans Law

Winner: Bewley Homes

Other finalists: Inland Homes, Spitfire Bespoke Homes

 

Outstanding Contribution Award

Sponsored by McKay Securities

Winner: Scott Witchalls of Peter Brett Associates

 

 

TBM Team

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