When asked what he remembers about David Mitzner, a legend of the Polish real estate market, Andrzej Tokaj from the Magnusson law office told us how the great man knew that although large and complicated deals are made by institutions, they are created by people. There is a human being behind every success, every skyscraper raised, every shopping centre sold for hundreds of millions of euros, every new strategy or every record lease. A person worthy of respect. This is how the originnaly arose idea for a new category in the Eurobuild Awards competition – the Personality of the Year. At the gala ceremony this year, we will be handing over the award for the second time. But how is the Personality of the Year chosen? In the first stage of the voting process, the nominations are submitted to ‘Eurobuild Central & Eastern Europe’ magazine. Then the jury, which this year consists of app. 180 real estate and construction experts, casts its votes to draw up a shortlist of