NEW YORK, April 11, 2016 – The International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) announced the winners of the 2016 ICSC Latin American Shopping Center Awards competition, recognizing outstanding achievement across the region’s retail real estate industry. The victors were honored during an awards ceremony at ICSC’s premier retail real estate program, RECon Latin America in Cancun, Mexico.
The annual awards program showcased 14 Gold winners and 23 Silver winners, who outshined the competition in Marketing, Design & Development and Retail categories. The competition received wide-ranging submissions from Latin America’s leading shopping center owners, developers, management companies, architects, designers and retailers.
The following properties took home the Gold Award in their respective categories.
Marketing
- Alto Las Condes, located in Santiago, Chile: Public Relations
- Andares, located in Zapopan, México: Cause Related Marketing
- Andino Shopping Center, located in Bogotá, Colombia: Cause Related Marketing
- Andares, located in Zapopan, México: Sales Promotion and Events
- Antara, located in Mexico City, Mexico: Social Media Digital
- Costanera Center, located in Santiago, Chile: Sales Promotion and Events
- Multiplan Empreendimentos Imobiliários S/A, located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Integrated Digital Campaign
- Palladium Shopping Center, located in Curitiba, Brazil: Cause Related Marketing
- Shopping da Bahia, located in Salvador, Brazil: Advertising
Design & Development
- Mallplaza Oeste, located in Santiago, Chile: Renovations/Expansions
- Mall Vivo Los Trapenses, located in Santiago, Chile: New Developments
- Nuevo Sur Shopping Center, located in Monterrey, Mexico: New Developments
- Shopping Metropolitano Barra, located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: New Developments
Retail
- Cinepolis Patio Santa FE, located in México City, Mexico: New Retail Concepts
The following properties received the Silver Award in the respective categories.
Marketing
- Américas Shopping, located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Cause Related Marketing
- Centro Comercial Santafé Medellín, located in Medellín, Colombia: Social Media Digital
- Centro Comercial UNICO Outlet, located in Santiago de Cali, Colombia: Advertising
- Centro Comercial UNICO Outlet, located in Cali, Colombia: Grand Opening, Expansion & Renovation
- Centro Comercial UNICO Outlet Neiva, located in Cali, Colombia: Grand Opening, Expansion & Renovation
- Costanera Center, located in Santiago, Chile: Integrated Digital Campaigns
- Costanera Center, located in Santiago, Chile: Public Relations
- Florida Center, located in Santiago, Chile: Social Media Digital
- Mall Aventura Plaza, located in Lima, Perú: Cause Related Marketing
- Open Plaza Rancagua, located in Rancagua, Chile: Sales Promotion and Events
- Paseo Santa Catarina, located in Santa Catarina, México: NOI Enhancement - Leasing
- Salitre Plaza Shopping Center, located in Bogota, Colombia: Public Relations
- Terrazas de Mayo, located in Malvinas Argentinas, Argentina: Grand Opening, Expansion & Renovation
- UNICENTER, located in Buenos Aires, Argentina: Advertising
- UNICENTER, located in Buenos Aires, Argentina: Integrated Digital Campaigns
- VillageMall, located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Sales Promotion and Events
- Vivo Los Trapenses, located in Santiago, Chile: Emerging Technology
Design & Development
- Antea Lifestyle Center, located in Queretaro, Mexico: New Developments
- Balneário Shopping, located in Balneário Camboriu, Brazil: Renovations/Expansions
- Mall Real Plaza Salaverry, located in Lima, Peru: New Developments
- Shopping RioMar Fortaleza, located in Fortaleza, Brazil: New Developments
- Unico Cali Outlet, located in Cali, Colombia: Renovations/Expansions
Retail
- DePrati Quicentro Shopping, located in Quito, Ecuador: Retail Store Design
For a complete list of finalists and winners, visit the ICSC Global Awards website.
Winners of the ICSC Latin American Shopping Center Awards receive automatic entry into the prestigious 2017 ICSC VIVA Awards, the global awards program that recognizes the shopping center industry’s most cutting-edge properties, innovative solutions and creative responses to market trends. The ICSC VIVA Awards are presented during ICSC RECon in Las Vegas.
RECon Latin America addresses the most pressing issues the retail industry faces globally and regionally, while presenting unparalleled networking, business and education opportunities to attendees who include owners, developers, retailers, investors and product and service providers.
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. They are a significant job creator, driver of GDP, and critical revenue source for the communities they serve 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.