United - United Kingdom Dominates MAPIC Awards

The United Kingdom featured strongly in the 2009 MAPIC Awards, winning in four of the seven competition categories.

List of winning entries:

Retail success story of the year:
Primark (United Kingdom)

Best concept of the year:
KidZania (Mexico)

Developer of the year:
Multi Corporation bv (The Netherlands)

Agent/Consultant of the year:
CB Richard Ellis (United Kingdom)

Best shopping centre of the year:
Westfield, London (United Kingdom)

Best sustainable retail development of the year:
Ernst-August-Galerie, Hannover (Germany) / submitted by ECE Projektmanagement G.m.b.H. & Co. KG

Urban regeneration initiative of the year:
Liverpool One, Liverpool (United Kingdom) / submitted by Grosvenor

Details of all MAPIC Awards nominees, including winning projects, are available in the MAPIC press kit: click here

Photos of winners are available on the MAPIC Photobank site: www.online-picture.com
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