The MAPIC Awards Winners 2011

CANNES, France, Nov. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Reed MIDEM, organiser of the international retail and real estate market MAPIC, announces the winners of the MAPIC Awards 2011, which took place on Thursday, 17 November in Cannes, France.

Category Best Retail Expansion:
Desigual (Spain)

Category Best Retailer in City Centre:
Abercrombie & Fitch (United States)

Category Best new retail concept:
Asics Amsterdam flagship (The Netherlands)

Category Best Retail Development:
Eurovea (Bratislava, Slovakia)

Category Best Refurbished Retail Development:
Galeria Echo
Kielce, Poland

As part of the Italy Country of Honour celebrations during MAPIC, the MAPIC Awards Jury chose Mario Moretti Polegato, Chairman of Geox as Personality of the Year.

The jury was composed of recognized personalities in the retail real estate industry and the trade press:

• President of the jury - John Strachan, Global Head of Retail, Cushman & Wakefield LLP (United Kingdom)
• Alain Boutigny, Editor-in-Chief, Sites Commerciaux (France)
• Pierre Francis, Executive Director, AMCV - TOCEMA (Belgium)
• Yann Guen, Vice-President, Mayland Real Estate (Poland)
• Frederic Laloum, Directeur General Adjoint/Membre du Directoire, Altarea (France)
• Herman Kok, International Markets & Research Director, Multi Corporation (The Netherlands)
• Klaus Striebich, Managing Director Leasing, ECE Projektmanagement (Germany)
• Stefano Stroppiana, Retail Real Estate Developer, Stefano Stroppiana (Italy)
• Andrew Watson, International Director and Head of Core Funds Continental Europe, LaSalle Investment Management (France)

Click here for listings of the winning projects.

For editors:

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