Thames Valley: Property Awards are an outstanding success
Scott Witchalls sat open-mouthed and astounded at the 2017 Thames Valley Property Awards last night, staged at Ascot Racecourse.
The Peter Brett Associates (PBA) partner had just been announced as this year’s recipient of the prestigious Outstanding Contribution Award, in front of a TVPA record attendance of 570 of his professional peers and colleagues from the Thames Valley’s vibrant property sector.
It was the biggest property event in the region outside London – and presenter John Inverdale kept the awards flowing as developers, agents, housebuilders, investors, lawyers, and consultants from across the residential and commercial sectors networked until midnight.
Witchalls gained his deserved honour as recognition of his unstinting work “. . . across the Thames Valley and wider afield on major pieces of transport infrastructure; someone who has helped generate inward investment and growth by stimulating development – whether for major housing sites, transport interchanges or business parks.”
Outside his PBA role, Witchalls has served on bodies such as Reading CIC and the Thames Valley Economic Partnership, and is renowned for his strategic thinking, as well as his ability to roll up his sleeves and drill down to find practical solutions on his schemes, said the TVPA awarding panel.
Images from the evening can be found on the Thames Valley Property Awards website. Overall there were 15 category awards at the sell-out gala-dinner evening, and the full winners’ details were:
Commercial Property Consultancy: Firm of the Year
Sponsored by Morgan Lovell
Winner: Lambert Smith Hampton
Other finalists: CBRE, Hollis Hockley, Savills
Industrial & Logistics Property Consultancy of the Year
Sponsored by SEGRO
Winner: Cushman & Wakefield
Other finalists: JLL, Lambert Smith Hampton, Sharps Commercial
Commercial Property Consultancy: Client Service
Sponsored by Morgan Lovell
Winner: Campbell Gordon
Other finalist: Vail Williams
Business Park of the Year
Sponsored by Kempton Carr Croft
Winner: Howbery Business Park, Wallingford
Other finalists: Chineham Park, Basingstoke; Shrivenham 100, Faringdon.
Town of the Year
Sponsored by Barton Willmore
Winner: Basingstoke
Other finalists: Bracknell, Reading,
In-Town Office of the Year
Sponsored by RARE
Winner: Thames Tower, Reading
Other finalists: Charter Building, Uxbridge, No 9 Greyfriars, Reading
Managing Agent of the Year
Sponsored by Jelf Insurance
Winner: Sennen Property Management
Young Property Professional of the Year
Sponsored by Peter Brett Associates
Winner: Heather Harvey-Wood of Cushman & Wakefield
Other finalists: Gemma Care of Barton Willmore, Lewis Djemal of Clifton Ingram
Fast-Rising Property Business of the Year
Sponsored by Romans Group
Winner: Paul Basham Associates
Other finalists: FWS Properties, RARE
Property Law Firm of the Year
Sponsored by Vail Wiliams
Winner: Blandy & Blandy
Other finalists: BP Collins, Charles Russell Speechlys, Pitmans Law
Development of the Year
Sponsored by Hicks Baker
Winner: The Curve, Slough
Other finalists: Imperial Way, Reading; Longwalk Road, Stockley Park; Thames Valley Science Park, Reading.
Property Deal of the Year
Sponsored by Haslams
Winner: Becton Dickinson building, Winnersh Triangle
Other finalists: BP Campus, Sunbury; Mapletree, Green Park.
Residential Development of the Year
Sponsored by NatWest
Winner: Taplow Riverside – Berkeley Homes
Other finalists: Drayton Garden Village – Inland Homes; Rotherfield Garth, Henley – Spitfire Bespoke Homes
Housebuilder of the Year
Sponsored by Pitmans Law
Winner: Bewley Homes
Other finalists: Inland Homes, Spitfire Bespoke Homes
Outstanding Contribution Award
Sponsored by McKay Securities
Winner: Scott Witchalls of Peter Brett Associates
