The shortlist for the Royal Berkshire Property Awards 2024 has been made public for the first time.

Judges (pictured above) met on Thursday (September 26) at The Clocktower within the Horlicks Quarter in Slough to go through the nominations. Winners will be announced at the black-tie awards ceremony at Reading Town Hall on November 7.

UK Property Forums managing director Matthew Battle said: “There were some truly exceptional schemes this year, along with some outstanding individuals which, while it made judging more of a challenge, gave us all great confidence in the talent we are seeing in this region.”

The full shortlist:

Law Firm of the Year – sponsored by Berkshire LEP

Blandy & Blandy
Gardner Leader
IBB Law

Architect of the Year – sponsored by Thames Tap

Anderson + Prescott
Edgingtons Architects
TPA Studio

Responsible Employer of the Year – sponsored by REDA

DevComms
Lichfields
PJA
SEGRO

Deal of the Year – sponsored by Savills

Jansons (Bracknell Boulevard acquisition)
Mapletree (letting to Wood plc at Green Park)
Plus X Innovation (letting from AshbyCapital at Future Works)

Commercial Project of the Year – sponsored by Jansons Property

Plus X Innovation, Slough
Data centre by SEGRO, Slough

Residential Development of the Year – sponsored by Stantec

Horlicks Quarter, Slough
The Botanics, Theale
Ebb&Flow – Station Hill, Reading

Low Carbon Project of the Year – sponsored by Henley Business School

Kennet Valley Primary School, Reading
LEGOLAND – Windsor Resort

Future Project of the Year – sponsored by DevComms

Frilsham Quarry, Frilsham
Kennet Valley Primary School, Reading

Project of the Year – sponsored by Evoke Transport

Horlicks Quarter, Slough
LEGOLAND – Windsor Resort
Plus X Innovation, Slough
Windsor Girls School, Windsor

NextGen of the Year – sponsored by SEGRO

Tim Blackman, Gardner Leader
James Warbey, PJA
Ailsa Howells, Savills
Sam Oliver, DevComms
Henry Revill, Jansons Property

Leader of the Year – sponsored by UK Property Forums

To be announced on the night 

Public Private Partnership of the Year

To be announced on the night

Image (l-r): Tony Page, former Mayor of Reading; Emily Taylor, senior account manager at DevComms; Matthew Battle, managing director of UK Property Forums; Jo Jackson, director, Thames Valley for SEGRO; Andy Jansons, managing director of Jansons Property; Elkie Russell, managing director of Berkeley Homes (Oxford & Chilterns);Victor Nicholls, lecturer in Development and Planning at Henley Business School and Alison Webster, chief executive of Berkshire LEP.

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