The Yorkshires. Commercial Real Estate Awards 2023: Full list of winners revealed as £315,000 raised for charity

More than £300,000 has been raised for charity as the best of Yorkshire’s commercial real estate industry was celebrated at a glittering awards ceremony.

Yorkshire Children’s Charity will put cash raised from its The Yorkshires. Commercial Real Estate Awards 2023 towards its Great Yorkshire Build initiative to transform Special Educational Needs schools in the region.

The last year’s efforts have been focused on Brooklands School in Skipton which has seen its Early Years classrooms renovated, a new sensory room created, a rebound therapy facility built, and its external bike track transformed.

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The awards were attended by around 1,000 people and held at Harrogate’s Rudding Park Hotel, with £315,000 raised.

The event raised hundreds of thousands of pounds for charity. Picture: DJB PhotographyThe event raised hundreds of thousands of pounds for charity. Picture: DJB Photography
The event raised hundreds of thousands of pounds for charity. Picture: DJB Photography

Winners on the night included the Leeds Valley Park forward funding deal in the Best Investment Deal category, while Sheffield Digital Campus’s letting to BT won Best Office Deal.

The Best ‘Shed’ Deal: went to G-Park Doncaster, Mammoth 602, while the Constructing Innovation scheme went to the 12 King Street development in Leeds.

Wykeland Group’s Imaginosity, a project at Mill Hill School, Northallerton, won the ESG Excellence Social award while developer MEPC was the victor in the ESG Excellence Environmental category for its Wellington Place business district in Leeds which has recently become home to the region’s most environmentally-friendly office building.

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In ‘The Disruptors’ category, the award was shared by Wakefield’s Tileyard North scheme and URBO, which was recognised for securing £150 million of investment from Legal & General for Sheffield’s West Bar project.

The Rising Star award went to Rebecca Housam of Savills while the lifetime achievement award went to Bruce Lightbody of Addleshaw Goddard for his work in the region’s property industry over the past 30 years.

Lucy Sturrock, from Addleshaw Goddard who was the chair of the judging panel this year, said: “We had some fantastic submissions this year with a great spread across the whole of Yorkshire, which is what the Yorkshires is here to recognise. The short list of schemes was strong and indicative of the quality of the Yorkshire Propery Industry as a whole. The ESG Excellence category particularly stood out, with submissions reflecting the industry’s increasing commitment towards sustainability and responsible business practice."

Charlotte Farrington, CEO, Yorkshire Children’s Charity, said: “The Yorkshires. Commercial Real Estate Awards is always one of our favourite events. We’re consistently amazed by the ongoing generosity and support of the Yorkshire property sector, who are a great friend to the charity. It’s only fitting then that we celebrate all the wonderful things the industry achieves. The event is particularly important to us because 100 per cent of the money raised on the night goes towards The Great Yorkshire Build initiative. This programme is incredibly close to our hearts and is truly unique. It brings together the property sector and third sector in a one-of-a-kind partnership to transform Special Educational Needs and Disabilities school provisions. These schools are crying out for help, and we’ve seen first-hand how The Great Yorkshire Build can genuinely change lives.”

Shortlist and winners:

Best Investment Deal: (Sponsored by Addleshaw Goddard)

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- Amazon, Mountpark Wakefield – the largest let logistics unit ever traded in the UK

- Leeds Valley Park forward funding deal

- Sale of Bridgewater Place, the largest office transaction in 2022

Best Office Deal: (Sponsored by GRAHAM)

- 12 King Street

- Letting of 36,000 sq ft prime grade A offices to ARUP

- Record letting to BT wraps up final phase of Sheffield Digital Campus

Best ‘Shed’ Deal: (Sponsored by Caddick Group)

- G-Park Doncaster, Mammoth 602

- Panattoni Park Rotherham

- Tritax Symmetry signs B&Q at Doncaster

Constructing Innovation: (Sponsored by Savills)

- MEPC & Wates for 11 & 12 Wellington Place

- 12 King Street

- Henry Boot Construction

ESG Excellence Social: (Sponsored by Wilton Developments)

- Imaginosity, Wykeland

- White Rose Park, Leeds

- Places for Life: Launching a sector leading ESG strategy for Caddick Group

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ESG Excellence Environmental: (Sponsored by Wilton Developments)

- MEPC, Wellington Place

- OP65, Overland Park, Leeds

- G-Park Doncaster, Mammoth 602

The Disrupters:

- Tileyard North (Sponsored by Walker Morris)

- Urbo Securing £150 million of investment from Legal and General for West Bar, Sheffield (Sponsored by CEG)

Yorkshires. Rising Star: (Sponsored by DS. Emotion)

Rebecca Housam

Yorkshires. Lifetime Achievement Award: (Sponsored by Richard Boothroyd & Associates)

Bruce Lightbody