In-Spired Warsaw the winner

It was a successful fair – as many of the people I talked to on the journey home agreed. However, it was the team of Belgian developer Ghelamco, which apart from new business contracts also carried off their award for the Warsaw Spire skyscraper, who were in the best spirits of all on the way back. The developer’s flagship project – and the only Polish project nominated at this year’s MIPIM Awards – was voted ‘Best Office & Business Development’ by the jury and participants of the fair, beating projects from London, Rome and Shenzhen. At the official gala, which took place on March 16th, the statuette was presented to the founder of the Ghelamco Group, Paul Gheysens (who also received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Eurobuild Awards last December). “The most important prize on the real estate market, a MIPIM Award, is the crowning achievement of the work of Ghelamco Poland and all the teams involved with us in the development of