Leading Northern Ireland property company, William Ewart Properties, has been named Ireland’s Property Company of the Year at a prestigious awards ceremony in London.
The Estates Gazette Awards 2008, were held at a black tie event at the Grosvenor House Hotel on London’s Park Lane, with Belfast based Ewart, beating fellow nominees, Dublin-headquartered Ballymore Group and Harcourt Developments, to be voted Irish Property Company of the Year.
The Estates Gazette is the oldest and one of the most respected property publications in the world and its awards ceremony has become one of the UK and Ireland’s most prestigious property events. Ewart was nominated and then voted upon by fellow investors, developers, advisers and tenants.
Nick Reid, Chief Executive of William Ewart Properties, said: “It’s been a busy year for Ewart and this award is most welcome as it recognises the results we have delivered through the active management of our entire portfolio. It is particularly pleasing to receive this award as it is voted on by our industry peers throughout the UK and Ireland.”
William Ewart Properties is one of the biggest names in British and Irish property circles with a portfolio of properties within Northern Ireland, the UK and mainland Europe worth well in excess of £1bn.
Ewart holds a variety of investment assets, mainly in the retail sector in London, Edinburgh and Belfast. In London, the company has three centrally located shopping centres with a combined annual footfall of 150 million people. These centres are located at Fulham, Hammersmith and Victoria Stations. In Edinburgh, the company owns the 600,000 square foot Gyle Shopping Centre, one of the largest in Scotland which Ewart is currently extending to meet retailer requirements. In Germany the company has a €230m mixed portfolio of retail, office and mixed use properties in various locations in the West and South of Germany.
In Belfast, Ewart currently has two major schemes under construction in the Laganside area which will deliver c250,000 square feet of grade A office space by late 2009.