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The award for Corporate Real Estate Executive of the Year was presented to Gren Collings of Post Office Property Holdings last Thursday at the fourth annual Corporate Real Estate Awards Dinner, hosted by the UK Chapters of NACORE and IDRC. Over 500 people packed the historic Porter Tun Room in The Brewery to see three Awards presented. As well as the CREE of the Year Award, sponsored by English Partnerships, The Innovation in Corporate Real Estate Award went to BT's Office of the Future project and The Corporate Real Estate Advisor Award to the Colliers Erdman Lewis team, led by Nicholas Giradeau, for their work with Viatel, Black & Decker and Cisco Systems. |
Gren Collings (pictured above) was nominated for his leadership of a large
team responsible for over 8,000 properties, where business performance
relies heavily on real estate. He was described as having, "in real estate
terms stopped and then turned a super tanker round in a very tight circle."
Previous winners of the CREE Award have been Ray Carneiro of Citibank, Nick Schroeder for his work at Xerox and BT's Alan White.
BT's Office of the Future project was nominated for trialling new office furniture and networking systems which have the potential to change our working culture as much as our working practice. Cordless and wireless technology are tested under working conditions at BT's Prospect West offices.
Richard Byatt
NACORE International is a non-profit association for corporate real estate executives, founded in 1969 in the US, which aims to create networking and educational opportunities for its 3,700 members. The UK chapter was launched in 1992 and now has over 200 members
The International Research Development Council (IDRC) was founded in 1961 to advance the profession of corporate real estate management worldwide. IDRC has more than 2,500 members worldwide, 360 in Europe and over 150 in the UK.
