NEW YORK, October 12, 2016 – The International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) has announced the winners of the 2016 Asia Pacific Shopping Center Awards, recognizing the region’s most innovative shopping centers for outstanding achievement in marketing and development and design.
The 2016 ICSC Asia-Pacific Shopping Center Awards competition was open to shopping center owners, developers, management companies, architects and designers, and retailers. ICSC announced the winners during an awards ceremony at ICSC RECon Asia Pacific in Manila, Philippines.
The 2016 Marketing Award recipients executed outstanding campaigns across a number of subcategories including advertising, business-to-business, cause-related marketing, public relations and more. The following Gold and Silver winners utilized a myriad of resources to re-energize their properties and support their respective communities.
- Gold: “Fashion Intelligence Index,” Fashion Walk, Hong Kong
- Gold: “Embrace Your Everyday,” QV Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
- Gold: “Share My Shoes,” Mirvac, Sydney, Australia
- Gold: SM Supermalls Mobile App "Download and Win," SM Supermalls Shopping Center
- Gold: TaiKoo Hui's 2015 Summer Campaign, “Speedy Attraction,” TaiKoo Hui, Guangzhou, China
- Gold, “Ayala Malls Blooms,” Ayala Land Malls Inc., Makati City, Philippines
- Gold: “Swimming by the Harbour @Harbour City,” Harbour City, Hong Kong
- Gold: “The Artists Playground,” The Galeries, Sydney, Australia
- Gold: “Hello Sydney!” Harbourside Shopping Centre, Darling Harbour, Australia
- Gold: “Where’s Wally? – The Happiness Hunt @ Harbour City,” Harbour City, Hong Kong
- Silver: SM Partner's Summit "BRICKS CLICK," SM Prime Holdings Inc., Pasay City, Philippines
- Silver: “Orion Construction Calendar,” Orion Springfield Central, Springfield Central, Australia
- Silver: “Ayala Malls Little Free Library,” Ayala Land Malls, Inc., Makati City, Philippines
- Silver: Taroko Park Kaohsiung Grand Opening, Taipei City, Taiwan
- Silver: “Floral Tiles Christmas @ SM Lifestyle Center,” SM Lifestyle Center, Xiamen, China
- Silver: “The Van Gogh Alive Experience,” Beijing Chaoyang Joy City, Beijing, China
- Silver: “The Event Series,” Harbourside Shopping Centre, Sydney, Australia
- Silver: “Guinness World of Records: Lanterns of Hope,” Megaworld Corporation, Quezon City, Philippines
- Silver: “SM Feb 30th Anniversary Sale,” SM Prime Holdings Inc., Pasay City, Philippines
- Silver: “Flat 50% Sale on 250 Brands,” Viviana Mall, Thane, India
The Design and Development Award recipients executed exemplary design as a newly-built property or through significant renovation or expansion.
- Gold: East Village, Zetland, Australia
- Gold: MOKO, Hong Kong
- Silver: AEON MALL Okinawa Rycom, Nakagami-gun, Japan
- Silver: LOTTE WORLD MALL, Seoul, South Korea
- Silver: Macquarie Centre Development, North Ryde, Australia
- Silver: Tin Shing Market, Hong Kong
To learn more about the finalists and winners, visit the ICSC Asia Pacific Shopping Center Awards website.
All 2016 Gold award recipients receive automatic entry into the 2017 ICSC VIVA Awards, the international program that honors the retail real estate industry’s most cutting-edge properties, innovative solutions, and creative responses to market trends. ICSC will announce the victors of the VIVA Awards during RECon 2017 in Las Vegas.
About ICSC
Founded in 1957, ICSC is the global trade association of the shopping center industry. Its more than 70,000 members in over 100 countries include shopping center owners, developers, managers, investors, retailers, brokers, academics, and public officials. The shopping center industry is essential to economic development and opportunity. The industry is a significant job creator, driver of GDP, and critical revenue source for the communities it serves through the generation of sales taxes and the payment of property taxes. These taxes fund important municipal services like firefighters, police officers, school services, and infrastructure like roadways and parks. Shopping centers aren’t only fiscal engines however; they are integral to the social fabric of their communities by providing a central place to congregate with friends and family, discuss community matters, and participate in and encourage philanthropic endeavors. For more information about ICSC visit www.icsc.com and for the latest news from ICSC and the industry go to www.thecenterofshopping.com.