REA Group has today announced the finalists for this year’s Annual REA Excellence Awards (AREAs), to be held in Sydney on Thursday 15 November 2018.
The AREAs honour the most innovative, community-minded and highest-achieving individuals and businesses across the property and media industries.
Twenty-one awards will be presented across the three categories of Innovation, Service and Marketing Excellence, and Community. This year, REA Group has included three new awards to further recognise the game-changers across the property industry: Agent of the Year, Property Manager of the Year and Most Influential Woman in Property.
Andrew Rechtman, REA Group Executive General Manager – Residential, said: “We’re really excited to be holding the AREAs again this year to recognise the exceptional work our partners and customers do for the industry.
“With the addition of three new awards into the mix, we’ll be celebrating 21 individuals and companies who have truly set themselves apart from the competition over the past twelve months,” added Mr Rechtman.
The finalists:
Residential Real Estate Agents and Property Managers
Agency of the Year
Harcourts Solutions Group
Biggin & Scott Knox
Barry Plant Manningham
Nicholas Lynch Real Estate
Agent of the Year
Chris Hassall, Buxton Real Estate Group (VIC)
Grant Smith, Century 21 Grant Smith Property (QLD)
Ercan Ersan, Ray White (NSW)
Jeremy Wilkinson, Harcourts (TAS)
Holly Komorowski, home.byholly (ACT)
Kelly Jones, Jones & Co Property (WA)
Most Influential Women in Property
Kylie Walsh, Di Jones Real Estate
Sadhana Smiles, Harcourts Victoria
Jodie Hedley-Ward, McGrath Estate Agents Caloundra
Leanne Pilkington, Laing+Simmons Corporation
Monika Tu, Black Diamondz Property Concierge
Property Manager of the Year
Danelle Hunter, Biggin & Scott Knox
Branka Stankovic, Novak Properties
Dave Skow, Wagga Property Management
Game Changer of the Year
Market Share Property
Mint Real Estate
Etch Real Estate
Brand Marketing Campaign of the Year
O’Brien Real Estate
Harcourts Solutions Group
Hodges Real Estate
Excellence in Customer Service
Shane Colquhoun, LJ Hooker Nerang
Simone Firns, Network Pacific
Keryn Osgerby, SOLD Property Group Pty Ltd
Darin Butcher, Wiseberry Heritage Group
Residential Property Campaign of the Year
799 Heidelberg Road, Alphington – Simon Shrimption, Jellis Craig
19 Simpson Street, Watson – home.byholly
Stokehouse, EIS Property
Commercial Real Estate Agents
Agency of the Year
CBRE
Colliers International
The Novak Agency
Agent of the Year
Adam Thomas, Burgess Rawson
Miron Solomons, Colliers International
Justin Dowers, CBRE
Game Changer of the Year
CBRE
Melbourne’s Mapping Project, JLL
Office Hub
Brand Marketing Campaign of the Year
Vivid Sydney 2018, Cushman & Wakefield
Industrial Solutions, Colliers International
FAL Property Group
Commercial Property Campaign of the Year
Flagship (BMW Southbank), CBRE
72-74 Bourke St, Savills Australia
Millers Junction Business Park – Altona North, Bosisto Commercial Real Estate
Media Agencies and Clients
Game Changer of the Year
Andrea Cehovin, Origin Energy
NAB Audio Game Changer, Mindshare
Integrated Brand Campaign of the Year
RAMS & Flatmates Content Partnership: Share2Buy, RAMS
Consumer Affairs Underquoting Campaign, Victoria Government, Consumer Affairs
Selleys No more gaps, OMD Australia
Developers, Home Builders, Project Marketers and Developer Media Agencies
New Development Player of the Year
Lucent
Aqualand Australia
Pace Development Group
Game Changer of the Year
The World’s First Virtual Reality Display Village, Villawood Properties
Peet Vision360, Peet Limited
Tick Space Experience Centre, Tick Homes
Brand Marketing Campaign of the Year
Teneo, Toast Creative & Lenland
Rich Parents You Never Had, Porter Davis
Vista Park, Sheargold Property Developments
Development Campaign of the Year
CBRE Residential Projects Brisbane, CBRE
High Society, Geocon
Botanical, Satterley Property Group
Canopy Palm Beach, Metric
Marketer of the Year
Heath Thompson, Beller Project Marketing
Kat Smith, Metric
Susan Doran, Mirvac
Contribution to Community – all finalists
Vivid Sydney 2018, Cushman & Wakefield
G.J. Gardner Variety Freedom House North Richmond, G.J. Gardner Homes
Mediacom
Carla Haddan, Place Estate Agents
